Texas claimed 39 restaurants, chefs and professionals who were nominated as semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards.

A conversation with Thomas Bille, the only Houston-area person awarded the James Beard award in 2025. Hosted by restaurant critic Bao Ong and food editor Jody Schmal.

This year's winner of the James Beard Best New Restaurant award is redefining fine dining by serving food that's "fine-dining complex, but presented with warm hospitality in absolute casual style." ...

The nonprofit James Beard Foundation was established in 1986, shortly after chef and TV personality James Beard’s death. The first awards ceremony was held in 1991.

The other Texans to take home awards were Thomas Bille, of Belly of the Beast in Spring, Texas, who won the Best Chef: Texas category, and Chad Houser, founder and CEO of Café Momentum, who was ...

Carmen Lemons, left, and Lynn Walker, of Lem’s Bar-B-Q, pose for a portrait after winning the America’s Classics Award at the 2025 James Beard Awards at the Lyric Opera House on June 16, 2025 ...

When I first wrote about Phila Lorn getting the Best Emerging Chef nomination, "I said that the James Beard Award judges should just make their job easy and give him the award immediately," said Jason ...

Updated: Jun 18, 2025 / 10:44 AM CDT Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of Texans who won James Beard Awards. This story has been updated.