Chef Gregory Gourdet Returns to His Hometown as Chef of Printemps

In the ’90s, Gregory Gourdet embraced the raver look complete with wide leg jeans, platform sneakers, and piercings. He went through an all-black phase, and in the early aughts, he scoured racks at Century 21 for Gucci shirts. “That was the Tom Ford era, which is the best era of Gucci ever,” says Gourdet, chef/owner of Kann in Portland, Ore. “I’ve always said if I hadn’t become a chef, I would...