SIP & SAVOR
San Antonio’s Top Chefs Make National TV* By Kimberly A. Suta
Over the past decade or two, cooking and food-focused TV shows have become all the rage. Food Network is now one of the most popular networks, watched in almost 100 million households. Several of our San Antonio chefs and restaurants have had the esteemed honor of being featured on various TV shows as the Alamo City continues to rise as a top culinary destination. In fact, in 2018, San Antonio was designated a Creative City of Gastronomy by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization, which was established after WWII. Here are just a few of our chefs that have made it to the screens in your comfortable living rooms.
CHEF JASON DADY Chef Jason Dady of the Jason Dady Restaurant Group, which includes Tre Trattoria at the San Antonio Museum of Art, Two Bros. BBQ Market, Alamo BBQ Co., Jardin at the San Antono Botanical Garden and Range is perhaps one of San Antonio’s most renowned chefs. Tre Trattoria, known for their family-style Tuscan Italian fare, has been a neighborhood staple since 2007 and it is fair to say Chef Dady can serve up a phenomenal steak. He threw down with Bobby Flay on “Beat Bobby Flay” in 2017 and has also been a guest on “A Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking” and “Man Fire Food,” but perhaps his most illustrious gig was as a competitor on “Iron Chef Gauntlet” in 2017. He may not have taken home the win that night, but he stole the hearts of foodies all across America. “Having been given the unbelievable opportunity to be on ‘Food TV’ was such an amazing and rewarding experience. I loved the competitive nature of the shows, but also the lifelong relationships and friendships I made along the way. My only goal was to really shine a light on San Antonio and our amazing food culture. I loved every second of it and cannot wait to do it again,” he said.
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