A conversation with Thomas Bille, the only Houston-area person awarded the James Beard award in 2025. Hosted by restaurant ...

Belly of the Beast chef Thomas Bille is the first Houston nominee to win a prestigious 2025 James Beard Award during a Monday evening ceremony held in Chicago. Bille came out ahead of not only Tatemó ...

Chef Thomas Bille just took home the prestigious title of Best Chef: Texas at the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and ...

Actually, Chef Thomas Bille's restaurant, Belly of the Beast, for which he won the high honor, is located a little north of Houston in Spring, Texas. Originally sited in Old Town Spring, ...

Thomas Bille’s restaurant career is a lesson in how to be persistent. Before the 44-year-old chef moved from Los Angeles to Houston in 2018, Bille spent years cooking in a variety of kitchen ...

Thomas Bille, executive chef at Belly of the Beast in Spring, took home a major award on Monday night. By Erica Cheng, Former Food Reporter June 16, 2025.

Thomas Bille of Belly of the Beast in Spring was named Best Chef: Texas over fellow finalists, including Houston's Emmanuel Chavez of Tatemó, as well as chefs from San Antonio, Dallas and Marfa ...

Chef Thomas Bille of Belly of the Beast. ... Bille gave an earnest off-the-cuff speech, saying the one he had written had a “different vibe” than he was feeling at the moment.

Thomas Bille became the face of Chivos, an upscale Mexican restaurant in the Heights, when it opened to much fanfare in October 2021. Less than a year later, the Houston chef has moved on.

Bille worked in top Los Angeles restaurants before settling down in Spring, a suburb north of Houston. He opened Belly of the Beast in 2020 and at one point took a two-year hiatus for other projects.