Joshua McFadden

Joshua McFadden, Executive Chef/Partner
Ava Gene’s, Roman Candle Baking Co., Portland, OR

Ava Gene’s
Roman Candle Baking Co.

Joshua McFadden is executive chef and partner at both Ava Gene’s and Roman Candle Baking Co. in Portland, OR. After stints at Lupa, Momofuku, Blue Hill & Franny’s, Joshua spent two years working in coastal Maine, running Four Season Farm with Eliot Coleman, allowing him an intimate understanding of fruits and vegetables from the source. His belief that food should be simple, honest and of the ingredients has found it’s natural home in the Pacific Northwest.

Featured in The New York Times, Bon Appetit #5 Best New Restaurant 2013, Portland Monthly Restaurant of the Year 2013