The Lubbock Women’s Club Historical Foundation and The Ernestine Payne Welborn Endowment Community Speaker Series will welcome Stephan Pyles as a speaker for the Annual Speaker Series. Pyles will speak on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at The Lubbock Women’s Club, 2020 Broadway St., Lubbock, Texas. Tickets, ranging in price from $50 – $100, are now available at The Lubbock Women’s Club
Stephan Pyles is a pioneer of New American Cuisine, having been at the forefront of the renaissance in American cooking a generation ago. Considered the founding father of Southwestern Cuisine, Pyles has opened 21 restaurants over the last 30 years, including Routh Street Café, Star Canyon and Stampede 66.
Pyles has authored four highly successful cookbooks and hosted two seasons of the Emmy Award-Winning PBS series New Tastes from Texas. He was the first person in the Southwest to win a James Beard Award for Best Chef. Pyles has cooked for dignitaries and celebrities around the world, including five American presidents and HRH Queen Elizabeth.
Sandy Core, President of the Lubbock Women’s Club said, “We are thrilled to welcome Chef Pyles to Lubbock. If you love to cook or like most of us, enjoy a wonderful meal, then join us for a fun evening at the Lubbock Women’s Club. We will feature items from Stephan’s cookbooks on the menu that night.”
A tireless philanthropist, Pyles is a founding board member of the Share Our Strength, an international hunger relief organization and received its Humanitarian of the Year award. He is a life board member of the North Texas Food Bank and founded The Hunger Link, Dallas’ perishable food program. Pyles has given $250,000 in culinary scholarships.
(News release from the Lubbock Women’s Club)
