From a Single Ripple, A Tide of Change
GALA 2024
November 15 • Portland Art Museum
2024
FEATURED CHEfs
lead chef
fatou ouatarra
Headlining as our Lead Chef this year is acclaimed West African chef, Fatou Ouattara of AKADI PDX.
Together with chefs Kiara Hardy of Kitchen Killa Culinary Solutions and Elsy Dinvil of Creole Me Up – two stand-out reception “bites” chefs at our 2023 Gala! – the dinner will showcase the cuisine of Africa and the African diaspora.
That culinary story is just one part of a gala that features 10 chefs and wineries, dance artists and honorees that will remind us of the tides of change created by each ripple we make–the impact of every contribution to equity and justice in Portland.
featured dinner chefs
Fatou Ouattara
Cuisine: West African
Location: 1001 SE Division St, Portland
Instagram: akadipdx
Elsy Dinvil
Cuisine: Black, Creole/Haitian
Location: Food Retailer and Pop Up
Instagram: creolemeup
Kiara Hardy
Kitchen Killa Culinary Solutions
Cuisine: Floribbean, Sophisticated Comfort Food
Location: Catering
Instagram: kitchen_killa
featured DESSERT chef
Gabriella Gonzalez Martinez
Cuisine: Desserts that speak from my heart.
Location: 2601 SE Clinton St, Portland
Instagram: librepdx
featured Reception “bites chefs
Polo Banuelos
Cuisine: Mexican food inspired by our chicano upbringing, nostalgic comfort food made Vegan and made from scratch.
Location: 1670 NE Killingsworth, Portland
Instagram: mistaconespdx
Sunny Hatch
Cuisine: Korean-American Fried Chicken and Sides
Location: 1015 SE Stark St, Portland (Lil’ American Food Cart Pod)
Instagram: frybaby.pdx
Cyrus Ichiza
Cuisine: Vegan Pan-Asian
Location: 2117 Northeast Oregon Street, Portland
Instagram: jaderabbitpdx
Alexa Numkena-Anderson
Cuisine: Indigenous/Native American
Location: Pop Up
Instagram: javelina.pdx
Diego Palacios
Cuisine: Mexican street food
Location: Pop Up
Instagram: machetes.pdx
U’ilaniku’ulei Vele
Executive Chef for The Hoxton Hotel
Cuisine: Native Hawaiian and Samoan culture
Location: 15 NW 4th Ave, Portland
Instagram: freshlyslicedpineapple
