H ouston is a foodie city at heart and this got driven home again at the James Beard Foundation’s Taste America culinary event. Presented by Capital One and co-hosted by Houston First, this one-night-only extravaganza brought chefs and foodies alike to The Post Oak Hotel for walkaround tasting that highlighted the Bayou City’s diverse restaurant scene.

Through the James Beard Foundation, a cohort of 20 top chefs — referred to as the TasteTwenty — have hosted dinners and tasting sessions around the country. Ope Amosu of the newly Michelin recognized ChòpnBlok served as Houston’s 2025 TasteTwenty chef. At his restaurant’s station, Amosu presented African palm butter chicken and prawns with Liberian greens and plantain-potato mash.

The star-studded chef lineup brought James Beard Awa

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