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The Louisiana Creole people who settled Houston around the 1920s brought their cuisine with them and often sold the food. The cuisine style spread in Houston in the post-World War II era. [9] Because of the post-World War II increase, various chains in the Houston area sell Creole food, including Frenchy's Chicken, Pappadeaux, and Popeyes. [10]
Paella is a Valencian word that means frying pan, [13] [14] [15] from which the dish gets its name. [14] [15] Valencian speakers use the word paella for all pans, including the traditional shallow pan used for cooking the homonym dish. [15] The pan is made of polished or coated steel with two side handles. [16]
Michael Cordúa (born 1961) is a Nicaraguan-born American restaurateur, entrepreneur, former owner of Cordúa Restaurants, and award-winning self-taught chef. [1] Cordúa is the former owner of six restaurants in the Houston, Texas area. [2] He was the first to introduce Houston to Latin American cuisine that was not Mexican. [3]
Top Chef is an American reality competition television series. The contestants, sometimes referred to as "cheftestants", [1] [2] compete against each other in a variety of culinary challenges to become the next "Top Chef" and win a cash prize. The show has aired 21 seasons since its premiere in March 2006 and featured over 300 chefs.
Top Chef: Houston is the nineteenth season of the American reality television series Top Chef. It was first announced by Bravo and NBCUniversal on September 21, 2021. [ 1 ] The competition was filmed in Houston, Texas , which was not featured during the series' previous Texas-themed season , and Galveston Island .
Benchawan Jabthong Painter is a chef and restaurateur in Houston, Texas. In 2023 she was named Best Chef/Texas by the James Beard Foundation. [2] [1] [3]Painter was raised in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand and learned to cook in her grandmother's restaurant there, starting at age 6.
According to Jade Yamazaki Stewart of Eater Seattle, Garcia is "known for her creative melding of Texas and Southeast Asian cuisines". [4] She operates the restaurant Kin (also known as Kin HTX), [5] [6] and has also hosted pop-up dinners and workshops.
According to Gail Simmons, the concept for Top Chef: World All-Stars had been in the works for over two years. [9] After filming had wrapped up for the finale of Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. in Tuscany, Magical Elves Productions' executive producers and showrunner flew to Paris to meet with Bravo executives and representatives from the twenty-nine global adaptations of Top Chef. [9]