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March 24, 2015
Four Texas Chefs Make It to the Finals For “Best Chef: Southwest” in James Beard Awards
Including Aaron Franklin, Gilmore, Hugo Ortega, and Justin Yu.
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February 18, 2015
Texans Among Semifinalists For James Beard Foundation’s 2015 Restaurant and Chef Awards
More than a dozen restaurants represent the state.
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May 6, 2014
King Creole wins James Beard Award
Chris Shepherd, of Underbelly in Houston, takes home the big prize.
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March 18, 2014
Texas Represents Among the James Beard Award Finalists
Four of the five chefs nominated for Best Chef Southwest hail from Texas.
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February 19, 2014
Fourteen Texas Chefs and Restaurants Named James Beard Award Semifinalists
One day after Texas Monthly unveiled its list of the Best New Restaurants of 2014, the James Beard Foundation announced their 2014 Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists early this morning, and there were quite a few overlapping restaurants and chefs. Here’s are the fourteen Texas chefs, bars and restaurants
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March 18, 2013
2013 James Beard Award Finalists Announced
Eight Texas chefs, restaurants, and writers are finalists for the prestigous awards.
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February 19, 2013
James Beard Award Semifinalists Announced
The semifinalists for the annual Restaurant and Chef Awards for 2013, a.k.a. the Oscars of the restaurant industry, included 25 Texas nominations.
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May 7, 2012
Foodie Alert: James Beard Awards Are Tonight at 5 p.m. and Will Be Live-Streamed and Blogged
The James Beard Awards—which are “the Oscars of the culinary industry,” as has been said ad infinitum but which also happens to be true—happen tonight in New York starting at 5 Central time (6 Eastern). The best restaurants and chefs in the country—determined by a vote of chefs and
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March 19, 2012
Texas Captures Four of Six Slots in the James Beard Awards’ Southwest Finals, and a Houston Columnist Gets a Nod, Too
Well, finally! For once, Texas didn’t get skunked by Las Vegas in the finals for the James Beard Awards. Our chefs captured four of the six finalist slots in the category Best Chef: Southwest. And in addition, Houston Chronicle columnist and blogger Alison Cook, who writes Cook’s Tour, made the