This just in. Here's the release. John Tesar, a recent 2009 James Beard award semifinalist for Best Chef Southwest announced today he has accepted the position as executive chef of Fishtail by David Burke. In addition, Tesar will work closely...
Speculation on the future of former Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek chef John Tesar continues. Will he stay in Dallas to open his own eatery, take over a fabulous New York hot-spot, or both? Sidedish's Sarah Eveans posted this curious...
The James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its prestigious culinary awards today, and they include several Dallas names. Stephan Pyles made the cut in the Outstanding Chef category. Tei An is among the Best New Restaurant semifinalists. David Collier...
This is early, early notification on the DIFFA/Dallas Burgers and Burgundy benefit that takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. March 22, for which restaurantless John Tesar is the Style Council Ambassador and Chef. That afternoon, he and six other...
This just in. Tesar's statement via a press release from his rep: "I think it is important for me to go on record here and let the public know that my time with the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek...
Former Rosewood Mansion chef John Tesar wrote in an email early this morning that he will make a public announcement on Tuesday. He was responding to an email sent to his personal account on Friday from freelance writer (and former...
I guess where there's smoke, there's fire. Earlier this week, I wrote about a comment to one of my blog posts that suggested Tesar was opening his own restaurant outside of Dallas. The official word from Rosewood Mansion on Wednesday?...
Christopher Wynn tells more about the split here....
I just got a call from a Mansion rep announcing the news. No word on what John Tesar's going to do or the Mansion is going to do. Stay tuned....
I've been surprised by the heated commentary sparked by our post on last week's Share Our Strength event at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek --- including one response in self-defense from chef John Tesar. What really caught our...
Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek exec chef John Tesar (left) hosted a preview party last night for the 21st annual Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation Dallas. I knew Tesar was local chef chair for this May's event,...
What a great opportunity to get up close and personal with some of Dallas' top chefs and learn the tricks of their trade - for a rock-bottom price. The Rosewood Mansion's own John Tesar leads the first class in the...
The Wine & Food Foundation of Texas has just announced the launch of its virtual cookbook, Plate & Vine. This is an online annual subscription cookbook, costing $20 for foundation members, $30 for the rest of us. It includes not...
On Tuesday at the Rosewood Mansion Restaurant, chef John Tesar recreates the Champagne Henriot dinner that he prepared last summer at the James Beard House. Wine geeks will recognize Henriot as one of France's oldest Champagne houses. Founded in 1808,...
For Francophiles and wine geeks, the introduction of the new Bordeaux vintage is as eagerly anticipated as a playoff game for Dallas Cowyboys fans. Bordeaux is big-league wine, and Sigel's is teaming with the Rosewood Mansion Restaurant to unveil the...
Pat Sharpe at Texas Monthly is reporting on her blog that The Mansion Restaurant, under chef John Tesar's direction, has made Esquire magazine critic John Mariani's coveted list of the year's best new restaurants. (The list is officially released in...
You may recall an earlier Eats blog post about how executive chef John Tesar of the Mansion Restaurant spent much of August eating his way around some of Spain's outstanding restaurants. While he was gone, the Chef's Room at...
...and we're warning you, don't read his entries unless you are prepared to be very, very hungry. And very, very jealous: It's a rainy day here on the beach. The wind is howling and it is somewhat chilly, but much...
Fans of executive chef John Tesar (right) at the reinvented Mansion restaurant should be sure to catch his return visit to NBC's Today show, Wednesday morning on KXAS-TV Ch.5. The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek's Erika Gonzalez says that chef...
Produce broker-gardener Tom Spicer (left) and John Tesar tramp outside behind the Mansion Restaurant, discussing how the chef's garden grows. You can't miss it if you follow around the parking circle and go to the right. Or if you're on...
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