Dean Fearing

Long known as the “Father of Southwestern Cuisine,” Chef Dean Fearing has been recognized as a “Pioneer of American Cuisine” by the Culinary Institute of America, was presented with the Silver Spoon for sterling performance by Food Arts, and has won the James Beard Award for “Best Chef in the Southwest.” After 20 plus years as the chef at The Mansion on Turtle Creek, he opened Fearing’s in 2007 at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, which has been named “Restaurant of the Year” and “Table of the Year” by Esquire Magazine, No. 1 in Hotel Dining by Zagat Survey, and nominated by the James Beard Foundation for Best New Restaurant, and has received accolades from the New York Times, Newsweek, Food and Wine, Texas Monthly and others.
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