Gregory Gourdet Biography
Gregory Gourdet is an American chef, writer, restaurateur, and former finalist on Bravo’s American reality television series Top Chef, which aired in the twelfth and seventeenth seasons. He is the former executive chef and culinary director of Departure at The Nines in Portland, Oregon, as well as the owner of the pop-up restaurant Kann.
How old is Gregory Gourdet? – Age
He is 46 years old as of 25 July 2021. He was born in 1975 in New York, New York, United States.
Gregory Gourdet Family – Education
Gourdet was born in Haiti to Haitian immigrants. He grew up in Queens and attended St. Andrew’s High School (Delaware). He studied pre-med at New York University for a year. He went on to study wildlife biology at the University of Montana (UM) before graduating with a degree in French.
Gourdet discovered his passion for a cooking while at UM and went on to attend The Culinary Institute of America. From there, he landed an internship with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, with whom he worked for nearly seven years.
Gregory Gourdet Partner
He is openly homosexual. Gourdet enjoys long-distance running. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon.
Gregory Gourdet Book
Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health, Gourdet’s first cookbook, was released in 2021, and it is the ultimate guide to cooking globally-inspired dishes free of gluten, dairy, soy, legumes, and grains. The book was co-written with J.J. Goode and will be released on May 11, 2021, by Harper Wave Books. The book is a national best-seller aimed at making healthy eating more accessible.
Gregory Gourdet Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Did Gregory Gourdet ever win Top Chef?
He was a finalist on Top Chef season 17 All-Stars LA and the runner-up on Top Chef season 12 in Boston.
Gregory Gourdet Restaurant
She is the chef and owner of Kann PDX, a restaurant that taps into BIPOC cuisines flavors from around the world, with a strong focus on his Haitian heritage.
Is Gregory Gourdet vegan?
More than half of the book is plant-based and vegetarian-friendly; there are two vegetable chapters, an egg chapter, but the entire back, all the desserts are plant-based or vegan, made vegetarian-friendly or vegan.
Gregory Gourdet Career
Gourdet went to work full-time for chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten after graduating from The Culinary Institute of America in 2000, honing his craft at three of Vongerichten’s restaurants before rising through the ranks to become one of his chef de cuisines.
Gourdet became Executive Chef of Departure Restaurant + Lounge in Portland, Oregon, in 2010, where he created modern Asian fare by combining Pacific Northwest ingredients with flavors and traditions from Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Korea. When the brand expanded to Denver, Colorado, he was promoted to Culinary Director in 2016.
Gourdet left Departure after ten years to focus on his own restaurant, Kann, a wood-fired concept that aims to bring the cuisine of his Haitian heritage and the Caribbean diaspora to the American spotlight. After COVID-19 postponed plans to open the restaurant, Gourdet launched a Portland Kann pop-up in Portland in 2020.
Kann will open in Portland in 2022. Gourdet rose to prominence on Bravo’s Top Chef Season 12 in 2015, where he finished runner-up. He went on to make numerous other television appearances, including another appearance on Top Chef: All-Stars L.A., where he finished as a finalist.
