Market Schedule

Market Chefs’ mission is to support the region’s farmers, ranchers and producers by inspiring and teaching consumers to buy and prepare local foods.

Market Chefs September Schedule for Portland's King Market

September 6, 2009
A Farmers Market Menu for the Whole Family with guest chef, Linda Colwell

Linda Colwell is a chef, writer, and consultant in food, farms, and school-garden education. She founded the Garden of Wonders school-garden project, the scratch kitchen at Abernethy Elementary School, and was a founder of Eat.Think.Grow.

September 13, 2009
Fresh for Less: delicious ways to get more from your farmers market dollar with guest chef, Paul Folkestad.

Paul Folkestad is one of many disciples from Zefiro Restaurant still working in Portland. Paul has been an instructor at Western Culinary Le Cordon Bleu since 2003, where he specializes in General Education and PR functions. He had a 2-year stint cooking on KATU's AM Northwest, and he's also been a Food Writer and a Caterer. He received Instructor of the Year awards in 2005 and 2008, and among his other exploits he's established a Slow Food Chapter on the WCI Campus. He and his wife and two boys reside in NE Portland.  

September 20, 2009
Fruits and Vegetables from Around the World: simple preparations from a variety of cultural traditions guest chef, Jeremy Daniels.

Jeremy Daniels is a chef at Nostrana and a graduate of the Western Culinary Institute. He has also sharpened his skills with stints at Saucebox and Torro Bravo.

September 27, 2009
Stump the Chefs: leave the cookbooks behind and improvise with Market Chefs and guest chef, Katherine Deumling.

Katherine Deumling is a regional governor for Slow Food USA and was formerly the leader of Slow Food Portland. Katherine grew up in Germany and has studied food and culture in Italy and Mexico.