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Houston Restaurants and Chefs Named 2023 James Beard Semifinalists

Phaedra Cook — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:59:32 +0000

The James Beard Foundation has now revealed the 2023 Restaurant and Chef Awards Semifinalists. These annual awards recognize some of the best food and beverage professionals in the country. Though […]

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Houston Fares Impressively Well With its James Beard Award Finalists for 2022

Phaedra Cook — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:40:07 +0000

Only three weeks ago, we learned which Houston chefs and restaurants made the James Beard Award semifinalist list, aka the “long list.” That list of semifinalists (available online) has now been whittled down dramatically by volunteer judges in regional committees across the country, and the finalists were announced starting at 11:30 a.m. Central Time in […]

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Here Are the Houston-Area Semifinalists for the 2022 James Beard Awards

Phaedra Cook — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:08:01 +0000

After a period fraught with delays and cancellations due in part to COVID, and in part to controversial decisions, the James Beard Foundation Awards are returning this year. The “long list” of award semifinalists is out, and Houston has several nominees, not just in Best Chef: Texas, but in multiple national categories as well. In […]

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Bravo Top Chef: Houston Series Debuts in March, and Here’s Who’s Showing Up

Lauren Bebeau — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:04:09 +0000

Bravo cooking competition series “Top Chef” is returning on Thursday, March 3 — and this time, it was filmed in Houston. Episodes air at 7 p.m. Central Time and will showcase the Bayou City in all its diverse culinary glory. The Emmy and James Beard Award-Winning series, produced by Magical Elves, returns for its 19th season […]

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March in Montrose Makes Top 10 of Prestigious Best New Restaurants in America List

Phaedra Cook — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 21:22:05 +0000

Esquire magazine has released its Best New Restaurants in America list for 2021, and March, which opened in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood on the last day of its namesake month, is residing among the top 10. Writer Joshua David Stein hailed it as “a steady movement toward the avant-garde.” Specifically, the restaurant under chef Felipe Riccio […]

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Bravo’s Top Chef is Filming 19th Season in Houston

Lauren Bebeau — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:34:43 +0000

It took 19 seasons for Bravo’s Emmy and James Beard Award-Winning series “Top Chef“ to fully explore Houston’s culinary excellence. Often considered the nation’s most diverse city, Houston, with restaurants offering over 140 different cuisines, epitomizes what the show is striving to represent: an American culinary landscape where many cultures rub shoulders. Accompanying the announcement […]

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“Restaurant: Impossible” Episode Featuring Habanera & The Guero Airing Tonight

Phaedra Cook — Thu, 21 May 2020 17:26:44 +0000

Habanera & The Guero at 9902 Gulf Freeway, which is owned by Vanessa Lomeli and Ben Downing, received a $10,000 makeover from Food Network show “Restaurant: Impossible“, as well as from craftspeople and fans recruited to help. Tonight, the resulting episode — the first of “Restaurant: Impossible” season 17 and entitled “Fixing a Family in […]

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Houston 2020 James Beard Award Semifinalists Prominent in New Texas Region

Phaedra Cook — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:07:51 +0000

Today, the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2020 Restaurant and Chef Awards. It seems that Houston’s culinary professionals reaped the benefits of Texas being named its own region for the James Beard Foundation Awards. This is the first time the Lone Star State and California are standalone regions for award consideration. The […]

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Houston Mexican Restaurant Is Receiving A “Restaurant: Impossible” Makeover

Phaedra Cook — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:55:59 +0000

Habanera & The Guero at 9902 Gulf Freeway, and owned by Vanessa Lomeli and Ben Downing, has earned many fans over its five-year tenure, including the Houston Chronicle restaurant critic, Alison Cook, who first reviewed it (under its prior name, Habanera & The Gringo) in 2015. From 2016 through 2018, Cook also placed it on her […]

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A Houston Celebrity Chef is Soon Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Phaedra Cook — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:11:22 +0000

Local celebrity chef and owner Chris Shepherd of Houston restaurants One Fifth, UB Preserv and Georgia James recently published his first cookbook, Cook Like a Local. He’s now getting an opportunity to share it with a national audience. On Tuesday, December 3, Shepherd is appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and demonstrating a dish from the […]

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