Titles
• Chef of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Inc.;
Dallas, TX
• Chef of The Mansion on Turtle Creek;
Dallas, TX

Heroes
• Harvey Colgin, apprentice to Escoffier
and Graham Parsons, singer/songwriter

Innovation
• Developed modern Southwest Cuisine

Television Programs
• Entertaining at Home with Dean Fearing,
TV Food Network
• Dean's Cuisine, KDFW-TV/Channel 4
(FOX) weekly segment

Footwear of Choice
• Lucchese boots

Education
• Culinary Institute of America

Authorship
• The Mansion on Turtle Creek Cookbook,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Dean Fearing's Southwest Cuisine:
Blending Asia and the Americas,
Grove Weidenfeld

Awards This Decade
• 1997 - Mobil Five-Star Award (Restaurant)
• 1997 - Condé Nast Traveler magazine
"Reader's Choice"
Best Food/Restaurant in the World
• 1996 - The Robb Report "Best of the Best"
survey/Best U.S. Restaurant
• 1995 - Wine Spectator Grand Award
• 1992-97 - AAA Five-Diamond Award/
The Mansion on Turtle Creek

Favorite Food
• Southern foods and Texas barbecue