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Stephan Pyles was born on 1952, is an An american male chef. Discover Stephan Pyles's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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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.

1952

Stephan Pyles was born in Big Spring, Texas, in 1952.

He received classical training in voice and piano, but preferred to apprentice in the kitchen of his family's West Texas truck stop.

This was followed by training in fine French Cuisine.

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

1970

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.

Pyles was also a cuisine consultant for a number of hotel and resort companies as well as for American Airlines.

1980

These restaurants are known for being the flagship of the Southwestern Cuisine explosion of the 1980s and 1990s.

1982

Since its inception in 1982, NTFB has procured and locally distributed more than 293 million pounds of food.

1983

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.

Pyles owned and operated the Dallas restaurants Routh Street Cafe and Baby Routh from 1983 to 1993.

1987

He owned and operated the restaurants Goodfellow's and Tejas in Minneapolis from 1987 to 1993.

1988

Pyles founded Dallas’ Taste of the Nation event for the organization in 1988, raising over $1,500,000 for local ministries and food pantries.

He also serves as a life board member of The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB), an organization that “seeks to eliminate hunger by distributing food and grocery products through a network of nonprofits while providing education and increasing community awareness”.

1994

In 1994 Pyles opened Star Canyon.

The James Beard Foundation called it one of the top five new restaurants in America, and it was well-reviewed in Bon Apetit, Esquire Magazine, Town and Country, Playboy and other publications.

1997

In 1997, Pyles opened AquaKnox, a global seafood restaurant.

It too was named the best new restaurant by Food and Wine.

1998

This series ran between 1998 and 1999 and included a number of guest Celebrity chefs, including Diana Kennedy, Rick Bayless, Patricia Quintana, Zarela Martinez, Americo Circuit and David Garrido.

The September 1998 issue of Food and Wine Magazine listed Star Canyon as the "quintessential Dallas restaurant."

In 1998, Pyles sold Star Canyon and AquaKnox to Carlson Restaurants WorldWide and during the next two years opened new versions of Star Canyon: in Las Vegas, Nevada, at The Venetian, and at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas.

In 1998, Share Our Strength presented Pyles with the Humanitarian of the Year Award for his outstanding patronage.

2001

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

During this hiatus, he spent significant time in Latin America, and the Eastern Mediterranean including the Levant, Spain and India.

These places would all provide cultural influences for his new restaurant ventures.

2006

In 2006, Pyles opened in Dallas a new restaurant named after himself.

The "Stephan Pyles" Restaurant is situated in the Dallas Arts District.

2009

Since opening Routh Street Cafe, Pyles has opened some 15 restaurants, including Samar in the fall of 2009.

Pyles is a fifth-generation Texan.

He was awarded, 'Outstanding Restaurateur of the Year' by both the Minnesota Restaurant Association and Texas Restaurant Association.

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

In addition to his many achievements, he also hosted the Emmy Award winning PBS television series "New Tastes From Texas With Chef Stephan Pyles."

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.

Stephan Pyles is a founding board member of Share Our Strength, America’s largest hunger relief organization.