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Chefs and Speakers

Below are some of the bios for our amazing chefs and speakers. Bios will be added as soon as chefs and speakers are confirmed.

Culinary Bios

Friday Evening - The Wild Table

Constance Green
Author, The Wild Table
Friday Evening The Wild Table
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Friday Cooking Class Chef Bio

Robin Jackson
Sooke Harbour House, Sooke, B.C.
Friday Cooking Class Chef
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Villa Evening Chef Bio

Sarah Schafer, Chef
Irving Street Kitchen, Portland, OR
Villa Evening Chef
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Saturday Winemaker Luncheon Chefs

Jason French, Chef
Ned Ludd, Portland OR
Saturday Winery Luncheon Chef
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Matt Bennett, Chef
Sybaris Bistro, Albany OR
Saturday Winery Luncheon Chef
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Dustin Clark, Executive Chef
Wildwood Restaurant, Portland OR
Saturday Winery Luncheon Chef
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Shiloh Ficek, Chef
Red Hills Market, Dundee OR
Saturday Wood Fired Winery Luncheon Chef
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Grand Truffle Dinner Chef Bios - More Coming Soon!

Nick Balla
Bar Tartine, San Francisco, CA
Grand Truffle Dinner Chef
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Elias Cairo
Olympic Provisions, Portland OR
Grand Truffle Dinner Chef
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Gregory Denton & Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton
Ox Restaurant, Portland OR
Grand Truffle Dinner Chef
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Rocky Maselli
A16 Rockridge, San Francisco CA
Grand Truffle Dinner Chef
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Tobi Sovak
Noisette Pastry Kitchen, Eugene OR
Grand Truffle Dinner Chef
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Sunday Cooking Class

Maurizio Paparo
Excelsior Inn and Ristorante, Eugene, OR
Grand Truffle Dinner Chef
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Truffle Dog Training and Growers' Forum Bios

Growers' Forum Bios

Dr. James Trappe
Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University
Speaker: Truffle Growers' Forum
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Dr. Ian Hall
Truffles and Mushrooms Ltd.
Speaker: Truffle Growers' Forum
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Dr. Greg Bonito
Duke University
Speaker: Truffle Growers' Forum
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Dr. Alessandra Zambonelli
President, Italian Mycological Association
Speaker: Truffle Growers' Forum
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Dr. Shannon Berch
Government of British Columbia
Speaker: Truffle Growers' Forum
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Dr. Charles Lefevre
New World Truffieres
Speaker: Truffle Growers' Forum
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Truffle Dog Training Bios

D. Glenn Martyn
Truffle Dog Training Seminar Instructor
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Jim Sanford
Truffle Dog Handler/Trainer for the Blackberry Farm
Truffle Dog Training Seminar Instructor
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Deb Walker
K-9 Behavior Company
Truffle Dog Training Seminar Instructor
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