Stephan Pyles

Stephan Pyles is one of the founding fathers of Southwestern Cuisine, after more than 25 years in Dallas’ restaurant circuit, and was the creator of New Texas Cuisine. [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/oclc/26503648]

Pyles has received numerous awards and much acclaim in his native Texas and across the nation. A fifth-generation Texan, Pyles was the first from his state to be inducted into The James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America, and Bon Appetit has credited him with “almost single-handedly changing the cooking scene in Texas.” [http://www.umass.edu/chefconference/pyles.php] The New York Times has called Pyles “an absolute genius in the kitchen”. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713FD3C5D0C758CDDA10894DE484D81]

Pyles hosts the Emmy award winning PBS Television series "New Tastes from Texas", and is the author of four books on Southwestern cooking.