A new food festival featuring more than 30 of the Houston’s top chefs is coming to Sugar Land. Bazaar Food and Wine takes place Saturday, May 18.
Held at Sugar Land Town Square, Bazaar Food and Wine builds on the success of last year’s Nowhere Somewhere Supper Club pop-up dinner. That night’s headliners — James Beard Award winner Paul Qui (East Side King), Top Chef finalist Dawn Burrell, and star Mexican chef Luis Robledo Richards (Comalito) — are all participating in the event, too. They’re joined by a who’s-who of Houston-area chef that includes James Beard Award nominees, CultureMap Tastemaker Award winners, and other notable names (see the full lineup below).
Organized by Rebees, the Dallas-based real estate firm that manages Sugar Land Town Square, the festival is divided into six distinct “neighborhoods” representing different parts of the world — Latin America, India & Pakistan, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Europe, and Texas. Each neighborhood will have stations from five or more chefs along with entertainment. Performers include Dance Houston and other dance troupes, Houston country artist Sheila Marshall, African drummers, and a dragon and lion dance that will end the event.
“Bazaar celebrates and explores the special culinary heritage that is singular to the city of Houston,” Rebees executive Matt Ragan said in a statement. “Sugar Land Town Square is the perfect home for an event like this, located in one of the most diverse suburbs within one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.”
Tickets, priced at $150 for general admission and $200 for VIP, are on sale now. Purchase them and get more details at the event’s website. A portion of proceeds will benefit the James Beard Foundation.
Here’s the full lineup as of April 10:
Latin America
- Victoria Elizondo, Cochinita & Co
- Luis Robledo Richards, Comalito, Mayahuel, and Tout Chocolat
- Victoria Marini, The Original Marini's Empanada House
- Martin Weaver, Mi Tierra Mexican Kitchen
- Cristina Benitez, Cafe Piquet
- David Guerrero, Andes Café
- Belen Baily, Sweets by Belen
India & Pakistan
- Mayank Istwal, Musaafer
- Dipak Aryal, Mahesh's Kitchen
- Sunil Srivastava, Verandah
- Kaiser Lashkari, Himalaya
- Sharan Gahunia, Raja Sweets
East Asia
- Benchawan Painter, Street to Kitchen
- Paul Qui, East Side King & Golfstrømmen
- Tom Cunanan, Soy Pinoy
- Cori Xiong, Mala Sichuan Bistro
- Cory Nguyen, Crawfish & Noodles
- Jennifer Hoffman, Big Macarons
Africa and the Middle East
- Yotam Dolev, Hamsa
- Haig Tcholakian, Phoenicia Specialty Foods
- Khalieb Rufael & Yems Thomas, Spice Boyz Supper Club
- Adeel Khan, Haraz Coffee House
- Dawn Burrell
Europe
- Pedro Garcia, El Meson
- Shawn Gawle, Camaraderie
- Mikael Palmer, Savior
- Otto Sanchez, Magnol French Baking
- Bruno Amato, BB Italia
- Andrea de Gortari, The Bake Happening
Texas
- Jess DeSham Timmons, Camellia Monday Hospitality
- Kirthan and Kripa Shenoy, Auden
- Kennis Williams, Williams Smokehouse
- Joseph Quellar, JQ’s Tex-Mex BBQ
- Joe Cervantez, Pier 6 Seafood & Oyster House
- Kathleen Morgan, Honeychild’s Sweet Creams
- Alisher Yallaev, Prime 131
