The collaboration make sense, since they share a common address at Post Oak Blvd. The couple who chooses to mark the day of love with this unique event will begin with a different kind of ice β a frozen Nikka vodka dirty martini β alongside bluefin nigiri featuring olive kosho and caviar.
The Houston-based nonprofit, headed by award-winning chef and CultureMap wine columnist Chris Shepherd , provides hospitality workers with emergency assistance and mental health services. Save the date for the tastiest food and drink event of the season: The CultureMap Tastemaker Awards return this spring to celebrate Houston's top restaurant and bar talent β and discounted tickets are on sale now. Join us April 3 at Silver Street Studios for our signature tasting event and annual awards ceremony.
You'll enjoy a full evening of chef-driven bites, perfectly paired sips, and the big reveal of the Houston Tastemaker Award winners for The CultureMap Tastemaker Awards program shines a spotlight on the people and places that make Texas' top cities world-class culinary destinations.
Our panel of industry experts β including past Tastemaker winners β selects all nominees and winners, except for the Best New Restaurant winner, which will be determined by you, our readers, in a heated online tournament. The Houston Tastemaker Awards nominees will be unveiled soon, and readers will get to know all of our nominees in a special editorial series leading up to the big event on April 3.
Prices will go up soon. More delicious details about each event are coming soon. But don't delay: Nab tickets for Houston β and all of our events β now. A portion of Houston proceeds will benefit our nonprofit partner, the Southern Smoke Foundation.
