When not at one of the restaurants, Fortgang can be found at home (in the backyard, weather permitting) with Lauren and their children. Fortgang surrounds himself with good food, good people, and great wine, living by the motto that “Life is too short to drink anything else.” Born and raised in New York City into a family that loves to eat and drink, Fortgang’s profession is also his passion, starting in the kitchen of the famed Gramercy Tavern at the age of sixteen. Andrew Fortgang is Co-Owner and Wine Director of Le Pigeon and Little Bird Bistro, award-winning restaurants in Portland, Oregon that challenge the notions of classic French cuisine. Facebook. The James Beard Foundation named Rucker its 2011 Rising Star Chef of the Year, and in 2013 its Best Chef/Northwest. Le pigeon est généralement classé dans les volailles lorsqu'il est d'élevage et en gibier quand il est sauvage. Le Pigeon released their first cookbook, Le Pigeon: Cooking at the Dirty Bird (Ten Speed Press), in September 2013. Get menu, photos and location information for Le Pigeon in Portland, OR. Forwarded by Chef Tom Colicchio, the cookbook is a serious yet playful collection of 150 recipes celebrating Rucker's high-low extremes in cooking combining the wild and the refined in a unique and progressive style, plus wine pairings and stories from the kitchen by Fortgang, receiving national acclaim from media and chefs alike, including Andrew Zimmern’s Top Cookbooks of 2013, Food Republic’s Top 20 Cookbooks, one of Financial Times’ Books of the Year, Food Network Favorite Fall Books, praised in UK Independent, Wall Street Journal, Eater, and The Week, and was a finalist for a 2014 IACP Cookbook award. His work led him to his wife Lauren, who worked at Craft as a pastry chef. La chair du pigeon sauvage est plus dense et plus parfumée. George Embiricos September 23, 2015. And not long after, he caught the attention of Naomi Pomeroy, who invited him to join her Gotham Building Tavern.© Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation.
Following stints in kitchens at Jean-Georges and Aureole, and upon the completion of his studies at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, he returned to Gramercy Tavern as a floor manager and director of the cheese program. Under Fortgang’s management, Le Pigeon and Little Bird have become two of Portland’s most critically acclaimed restaurants, earning many accolades including The Oregonian’s Restaurant of the Year in 2008 for Le Pigeon and 2012 for Little Bird, Food & Wine Best New Chef 2007, and Portland Monthly’s Chefs of the Year, Le Pigeon was ranked as the eighth best restaurant in America by The Daily Meal, one of Wine Enthusiast’s 100 Best American Wine Restaurants in 2015 and 2016, named among Travel + Leisure's 10 Best French Restaurants in the US, highlighted in Art Culinaire, The Guardian, Zagat, Kinfolk, Details Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Wine Spectator, SF Chronicle, and USA Today. The restaurant has been featured in episodes of NBC New York and Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Heading to Portland in 2003, he landed a spot at noted farm-to-table restaurant, Paley’s Place. “I’m not pushing any boundaries.
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