Crescent Hotel in Fort Worth names restaurant, hires Texas chef from Food Network show
The new Crescent Hotel’s restaurant will feature Mediterranean dishes by Paradiso chef Preston Paine, a contestant on the Food Network show “Ciao House,” the hotel announced Tuesday.
Emilia’s restaurant in the Crescent will feature local purveyors and will include a separate fine dining space, The Blue Room, according to the announcement.
Paine, a Fort Worth resident, moved back to Texas after working at Eleven Madison Park in New York City, according to The Dallas Morning News. He is executive chef at several Dallas Bishop Arts District restaurants including Paradiso, 308 N. Bishop Ave., and also co-founded Shug’s Bagels, 3020 Mockingbird Lane.
He played high school football in Dallas and college football as an offensive lineman at Tulane University in New Orleans.
The hotel, 3300 Camp Bowie Blvd. across from the Kimbell Art Museum, is accepting reservations beginning in mid-September.
This story was originally published June 27, 2023 at 9:31 AM.
