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In 2012, Christine Ha beat out seventeen other amateur chefs to win season three of
MasterChef. Her attention to detail and inspiring story Ha is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees and the TV show’s first blind contestant made her a fan favorite. Her winnings included a cookbook deal and a check for $250,000. Ha felt compelled to strike while the iron was hot, but as she began scouting locations for her first restaurant in her hometown of Houston, reality set in.
“I won a quarter of a million dollars but a lot went to taxes, and when we looked at spaces around town and the numbers, it was going to cost around a million dollars to do the build-out,” Ha says. “I didn’t feel ready to take that on when I was still very new to the food industry.”
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Houston s food stars, fans, and Bun B toast the 2021 Tastemaker Awards
Photo by Emily Jaschke Chef of the Year winner Kaitlin Steets and Rising Star Chef of the Year winner AJ Ede.
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Photo by Emily Jaschke Lucille s 1913 culinary director Lawrence Walker, Best Startup/Pop-up nominee Dawn Burrell, and Chef of the Year nominee Chris Williams.
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Houston s best restaurant and chef unveiled at 2021 Tastemaker Awards
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Photo by Shannon O Hara Pastry Chef of the Year: Drew Gimma, Bread Man Baking Company.
Photo by Will Blunt/StarChefs Best Pop-up/Startup: Underground Creamery.
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Photo by John Suh/Xin Chao Wine Program of the Year: Squable.
Courtesy of Squable Presenting the winners of the 2021 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards. Presented at a lively ceremony on Thursday, July 22 by Houston hip hop legend Bun B, our judges panel of restaurant industry experts selected these establishments and individuals as the very best of Houston’s culinary scene in every category except Best New Restaurant, which was voted on by CultureMap readers.