Juan Gómez

Juan Gomez is the executive chef at Lilia Comedor in Portland, Oregon, where the restaurant’s concept is Pacific Northwest cuisine through the lens of a Mexican-American chef. He is Executive Chef Juan Gomez and says he joined República in 2021, rising from Sous Chef to Chef de Cuisine before leading the project. He is the chef behind Lilia Comedor and notes his hyper-local, hyper-seasonal approach.