“We are very lucky to have Matthew Lightner back in Oregon.” That’s the refrain I said to myself course after exquisite course at ōkta, Chef Lightner’s fine dining restaurant in McMinnville, Oregon, in the heart of Willamette Valley wine country.
Nebraska-born Lightner first moved to Oregon to attend culinary school in Portland. Then, after enviable stints abroad at two of the world’s most revered avant-garde kitchens—René Redzepi’s Noma in Copenhagen, and Mugaritz in Spain’s Basque country—the young chef returned to Portland as Executive Chef at Castagna.
Michelin-starred chef Matthew Lightner
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