Chef Thomas Billie of Belly of the Beast wins Best Chef: Texas at the 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards. Maddow Blog | ...

Houston's own Thomas Bille has won the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Texas, and the story behind his success is truly inspiring.

The 35th James Beard Foundation Awards celebrated culinary excellence, with winners like Thomas Bille and Carlos Delgado recognized for their innovative cuisine. Immigrant influence was highlighted, ...

On June 16, the winners of the “Oscars of food,” as the James Beard Awards have been called, were announced. From Houston, ...

Four Houston-area chefs and restaurants represented Houston as nominees, with one taking home the top honor. Thomas Bille of Belly of the Beast i n Spring was named Best Chef: Texas over fellow ...

Thomas Bille of Belly of the Best was awarded the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef: Texas award for 2025, while Ema and ...

Thomas Bille closed his opened and closed his restaurant during the pandemic. It's back better than before with the awards to prove it.

Billie Marie “Mimi” Russell, 92, longtime Hope resident and teacher passed away peacefully on June 10, 2025.

Billie met her beloved husband ... her daughter Lauren (Kurt), grandsons William (Cheryl), Christopher (Amy), Thomas (Paula) and Eric (Jen), 10 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

somehow end up in the room of university student Grace Thomas (Billie Early) in Leicester. All of this is set to musical accompaniment by harpist Alice Brightman, who composed the music for the show.

She loved the Lord with all her heart. Billie was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Franklin Rutledge; her parents, Leon Hosmer Sherer and Reba Mae Sherer Abbott; step-father, Commander Thomas ...

Houston diners are known to travel at least 20 miles north to try the many creations of chef Thomas Bille, who is also a James Beard Award finalist for Best Chef: Texas this year. The menu’s mainstays ...