“This is the right time for them they’ve earned it.”įorkish’s restaurant industry retirement has been in the works for years, in certain ways: First, with the closure of Trifecta in 2019, followed by the sale of Checkerboard Pizza this fall. “I felt like this was the right time, because I wanted to make sure they were the stewards of the businesses going forward,” Forkish tells Eater Portland. He sold the pizzeria to Peter Kost, who also owns Carina Lounge in Northwest Portland Kost has been “running the show” since Ken’s Artisan Pizza’s reopening in July. Longtime employees Theo Taylor (general manager), Randy Dorkin (pastry chef), and Melissa Joubert (front of house) will take over the bakery, with a combined 43 years working with Forkish. In a December 31 newsletter update, Forkish announced the sale of both Ken’s Artisan Pizza and Ken’s Artisan Bakery, as the baker steps down. 20 years after opening Ken’s Artisan Bakery, however, Forkish has decided to retire, selling his two remaining businesses to his employees. His Northwest Portland bakery, the straightforwardly named Ken’s Artisan Bakery, is an iconic Portland destination for bread and pastries on the other side of the river, Ken’s Artisan Pizza will still accumulate lines for its char-blistered pies, years after its opening. His James Beard Award-winning cookbook, Flour Water Salt Yeast, is often considered one of the best bread-baking manuals to come out in the last 20 years. Ken Forkish is, arguably, Oregon’s most famous baker.
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