![]() His six-episode series Guy’s Big Bite started off slow. Fieri got to the Food Network in 2006 after winning the chance to make his own show while competing on the second season of Next Food Network Star. ![]() His first restaurants focused on Tex-Mex food in Santa Rosa, California. ![]() He later studied cooking in Chantilly, France and attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas to learn about hospitality management. The signing marks another milestone for Fieri, whose first food business was selling pretzels out of a stand at 10 years old. Floyd will maintain ownership of the original Washington Avenue location, and will work as a consultant for Brenneman’s expansions.Planet Hollywood CEO Robert Earl (left) and Guy Fieri (right) open a new location of their chicken tender chain Chicken Guy. Locations are also planned for the Med Center, in Sugar Land and Katy. The first, at 207 East Shore Drive in The Woodlands, will open in January. As part of the sale, Brenneman will open several more locations of Porta’Vino in the Houston area. Brenneman, who currently serves as chairman for the private equity firm CCMP Capital, has previously worked as the CEO for Burger King and Quiznos. Floyd has sold the rights to the concept, which opened at 7800 Washington Avenue in March 2020 and has done business at a steady clip ever since, to Woodlands businessman Greg Brenneman, according to the Houston Chronicle. Porta’vino, the relatively new bring-your-own-wine restaurant from longtime Houston restaurateur Bill Floyd, has been sold as part of an ambitious expansion plan. BYO wine restaurant Porta’Vino sold as part of ambitious expansion plan No word yet on an opening timeline, but stay tuned to Eater for more details. In an email, Schmidt declined to elaborate on the new spot. That’s the former location of Italian restaurant Divino, which closed July 31 after 20 years in business. Documents filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission indicate that the spot, called Cafe Philippe, will be located at 1830 West Alabama Street. Philippe Schmidt, the chef behind a number of French restaurants in Houston including now-shuttered Philippe Restaurant + Lounge, Toulouse in River Oaks, and Bistro Moderne at the Hotel Derek, has a new project in the works. “French Cowboy” Philippe Schmidt has a new restaurant in the works in Montrose No word yet on when the other restaurants he visited this spring will be featured on the show. on Friday.įieri last filmed for DDD in Houston in 2017. CultureMap also posits that Westchase-area restaurant The Original Marini’s Empanada House, described as “ an empanada empire”, will be featured in a second episode, called “Fresh From Flavortown”, airing at 9 p.m. Now, at least two of the restaurants he visited during that trip will be featured in the show - Weights + Measures, and Greenway Plaza spot Fresco Cafe Italiano are set to air in an episode called ““Cookin’ From Scratch” on Friday, September 3, at 8 p.m. ![]() Fieri visited the Bayou City in April to film for the show, hitting up restaurants like Toasted Coconut, Be More Pacific, Traveler’s Table, and Weights + Measures. Mayor of Flavortown Guy Fieri will highlight at least two Houston restaurants in a new episode of his Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, set to air this Friday at 8 p.m. Guy Fieri will showcase several Houston restaurants in new episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives ![]() Trying to stay on top of Space City’s endlessly vibrant dining scene? Keep up with the hottest new openings, essential eateries, and more by subscribing to the Eater Houston newsletter, and following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Welcome to AM Intel, a (mostly) daily round-up of Houston’s hottest bits of dining intel. ![]()
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