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Stephan Pyles is a chef, cookbook author, philanthropist, and educator. His dishes blend elements of Southern homestyle cooking, Southwestern fare,

Mexican food and Tex-Mex food, as well as Cajun cuisine and Creole cookery. Pyles, along with his colleagues, Dean Fearing, Robert Del Grande and Anne Lindsay Greer contributed to changes in the cuisine of the U.S. states of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Pyles spent more than 25 years in the Dallas restaurant circuit and was further the main creator of New Texas Cuisine.[1] His first two restaurants were the business casual Routh Street Cafe which was founded in 1983 as well as a miniature version of said restaurant called Baby Routh. These restaurants are known for being the flagship of the Southwestern Cuisine explosion of the 1980s and 1990s. Since opening Routh Street Cafe, Pyles has opened some 15 restaurants, including Samar in the fall of 2009.[2]

Pyles is a fifth-generation Texan. He was awarded, 'Outstanding Restaurateur of the Year' by both the Minnesota Restaurant Association and Texas Restaurant Association.[3][4]

Stephan Pyles is the author of five cookbooks on Texan and Southwestern Cuisine.

David Garrido.[6]

Early life

Stephan Pyles was born in

French Cuisine. Pyles published a cookbook entitled "The New Texas Cuisine", which made him nationally recognized by his early thirties.[8]

Career

Pyles owned and operated the Dallas restaurants Routh Street Cafe and Baby Routh from 1983 to 1993. He owned and operated the restaurants Goodfellow's and Tejas in Minneapolis from 1987 to 1993. In 1994 Pyles opened Star Canyon. The

Food and Wine Magazine listed Star Canyon as the "quintessential Dallas restaurant."[10]

In 1997, Pyles opened AquaKnox, a global seafood restaurant. It too was named the best new restaurant by Food and Wine. In 1998, Pyles sold Star Canyon and AquaKnox to

The Venetian, and at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. Back in Dallas, he opened FishBowl, an Asian-themed restaurant, and a casual Mexican restaurant called Taqueria Cañonita, which was later replicated in several cities around the U.S.A. He has appeared around the world as a guest celebrity chef and was one of five chefs worldwide invited to prepare dinner for Jimmy Carter’s 70th birthday. In addition to his first cookbook, The New Texas Cuisine, Pyles has also co-authored Tamales, and written New Tastes from Texas, and Southwestern Vegetarian. He further worked full-time on the PBS TV show New Tastes from Texas.[11] Pyles was also a cuisine consultant for a number of hotel and resort companies as well as for American Airlines.[10]

Change & New Discoveries

In 2001 Pyles took a five-year “siesta” from the restaurant world; he used the time to travel, educate, teach, and write.

Mediterranean including the Levant, Spain and India. These places would all provide cultural influences for his new restaurant ventures.[13] In 2006, Pyles opened in Dallas a new restaurant named after himself. The "Stephan Pyles" Restaurant is situated in the Dallas Arts District.[14]

On November 22, 2009, a second new Dallas Arts District restaurant by Chef Pyles was opened, "Samar by Stephan Pyles". The word "Samar" is a concept designed on combining three cultures, Spain, Eastern Mediterranean and India.

Philanthropy, consulting, and scholarship fund

Stephan Pyles is a founding board member of

Art Institutes International.[15]

Since 2000, the Food and Wine Foundation of Texas has awarded a $15,000 scholarship to a worthy Texas-based culinary student. The award is given to the winner of a cook-off held in a number of cities around the state. This scholarship is called "The Stephan Pyles Scholarship Fund."[16]

Cookbooks

  • The New Texas Cuisine
  • Tamales
  • New Tastes from Texas
  • Southwestern Vegetarian

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0385423365
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  2. ^ "Stephan Pyles". Starchefs.com. June 2010.
  3. ^ "Stephan Pyles, Chef/Owner". The Team at © Stephan Pyles. June 2010.
  4. ^ Claiborne, Craig (August 1986). "A CULINARY STAR RISES IN THE LONE STAR STATE". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Cookbooks". June 2010.
  6. ^ "New Tastes From Texas With Chef Stephan Pyles". 1998–1999.
  7. ^ Claiborne, Craig (August 6, 1986). "A Culinary Star Rises in the Lone Star State". The New York Times.
  8. ISBN 0385423365
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  9. ^ "Chef Stephan Pyles". June 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Award-Winning Chef Stephan Pyles Joins Gaylord Opryland Texas as Consulting Concept Chef for Hotel Restaurant". January 2003.
  11. ^ "The Food & Wine Foundation of Texas on Chef Stephan Pyles". June 2010.
  12. ^ "The Chile Whisperer". Starchefs.com. June 2008.
  13. ^ "Stephan Pyles Biography". Stephan Pyles Restaurant. June 2010.
  14. ^ "About Us and The Menu". Stephan Pyles Restaurant. June 2010.
  15. ^ "Lunch Counter Stephan Pyles". Southern Living. June 2010.
  16. ^ "Texas Culinary Academy Student Sweeps $15,000 Stephan Pyles Scholarship Cook-off". Food & Wine Foundation of Texas. 2008.
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