{"id":157604,"date":"2026-02-10T00:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157604\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:17:16","slug":"the-best-chef-driven-food-and-drink-events-in-fort-worth-this-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157604\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Chef-Driven Food and Drink Events in Fort Worth This February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barely a week after covering the launch of a new charitable supper series<\/a> featuring local celebrity chefs, we\u2019re already circling back to see what\u2019s unfolding next across Fort Worth\u2019s dining scene. February promises a packed month of chef-driven dinners, including notable newcomers. These are the Best Chef-Driven Food and Drink Events in Cowtown this month:<\/p>\n

The Usual to Feature Chef Adam Krajewski of The Chumley House<\/p>\n

The Usual\u2019s Four Courses series brings the venerable craft cocktail bar\u2019s exacting standards to the dinner table. After a standout pop-up dinner by Tokyo Cafe\u2019s Chef Kevin Martinez last month, February\u2019s series is enticing us back. This Sunday, February 15, will see the launch of Four Courses at The Usual: Sous Series, featuring The Chumley House<\/a>\u2019s Chef Adam Krajewski, whose background includes stints in three Michelin-starred kitchens.<\/p>\n

\u201cSous chefs are the backbone of a restaurant,\u201d Krajewski tells PaperCity Fort Worth. \u201cWe keep our heads down and do the hard work to make sure the kitchen runs smoothly. I am so grateful to The Usual and excited for this dinner series. It is such a great opportunity for sous chefs, like me, to share our creativity and vision directly with guests. The restaurant industry is tough, and profit margins are thin. There is so much to consider when crafting a sustainable menu at a restaurant, but an event like this gives us the chance to let loose and really have some fun with food.\u201d<\/p>\n

The $75 ticket<\/a> includes a four-course dinner prepared by Krajewski and accompanying cocktails crafted by Lisa Little-Adams, managing partner at Proper Cocktail Lounge. Upcoming featured sous chefs for the series include CJ Fields of Walloon\u2019s Restaurant and Easton Osman of Emilia\u2019s Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Bathed in deep navy and framed by velvet drapes, The Blue Room at The Crescent Hotel offers an intimate, modern setting with sculptural lighting and contemporary art. (Photo by Jason Dewey and The Crescent Hotel Fort Worth)
\nContemporary Art-Inspired Fare at The Blue Room<\/p>\n

With Caf\u00e9 Modern and Emilia\u2019s just steps apart, February 12th\u2019s art-inspired collaboration between chefs Jett Mora and Preston Paine felt like an inspired idea waiting to happen. An Artfully Curated Collaborative Dinner<\/a> will feature six courses, with each plate based on an artwork at The Modern. Tickets are $150 per person.<\/p>\n

While recently indulging in Caf\u00e9 Modern\u2019s Cowtown Steak Patty Melt<\/a>, we caught Mora and Paine lingering over the museum\u2019s massive outdoor installation, Conjoined \u2014 hinting that at least one dish may be inspired by artist Roxy Paine.<\/p>\n

\t Valentine’s Day Gift Guide<\/p>\n

Rowan<\/p>\n

Joy Gift Shoppe<\/p>\n

Pecos Jane Vintage<\/p>\n

Music Lane<\/p>\n

Lake Austin Spa Resort<\/p>\n

Rose Gold Ros\u00e9<\/p>\n

Fairmont Austin<\/p>\n

APIS<\/p>\n

Domain Northside<\/p>\n

The Fort Worth Food and Wine Festival Presents Metamorphosis<\/p>\n

Keeping up with Fort Worth\u2019s ever-evolving dining scene is no easy task. The Fort Worth Food and Wine Festival\u2019s Metamorphosis celebrates transformation across restaurants and ingredients by bringing together the city\u2019s top visionary chefs. On Thursday, February 19, the annual series<\/a> brings together four Fort Worth restaurants \u2014 Dos Mares, The Mont, The Chumley House, and The Fort Worth Club \u2014 with each contributing to the wine-paired menu. Highlights include mussel bisque, chicken roulade, and spring lamb and foie gras Wellington.<\/p>\n

\"Chef<\/a>Chef Michael Arlt will be one of four guest chefs at the Fort Worth Food and Wine Festival\u2019s Metamorphosis event. (Courtesy)
\n2026 Foodie Philanthropy<\/p>\n

Foodie Philanthropy is a Fort Worth-based dining event that brings together chef-driven, one-night-only dinners in support of a local nonprofit cause. The 2026 Foodie Philanthropy dinner<\/a> takes place on Saturday, February 21, and the organization has raised more than $600,000 to date for area nonprofits. This year\u2019s beneficiary is Academy 4<\/a>, which pairs students with consistent adult mentors to build confidence and leadership skills. Participating restaurants for the 2026 event include The Mont, Waters, and Taste Project, with additional collaborators expected.<\/p>\n

With all that February has teed up, we\u2019re already eyeing March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barely a week after covering the launch of a new charitable supper series featuring local celebrity chefs, we\u2019re…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-157604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}