{"id":63169,"date":"2025-11-24T18:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/63169\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:48:08","slug":"one-of-dallas-top-fine-dining-chefs-is-taking-over-georgie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/63169\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Dallas\u2019 top fine dining chefs is taking over Georgie"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the recent and swift departure of its executive chef<\/a>, Dallas restaurant Georgie will get a new leader who isn\u2019t actually new at all.<\/p>\n

Chef Bruno Davaillon \u2014 who opened the short-lived but lauded restaurant Bullion<\/a> and who serves as the culinary director for Georgie\u2019s parent company Travis Street Hospitality \u2014 will be the restaurant\u2019s permanent executive chef.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Stephan Courseau, founder of Travis Street Hospitality, said Davaillon will take over the kitchen after Thanksgiving. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a natural evolution,\u201d Courseau said. \u201cBruno is the best I can think of to be at the helm there.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Davaillon would have taken over Georgie\u2019s kitchen earlier this year when its previous executive chef RJ Yoakum<\/a> abruptly departed, Courseau said, but at the time, the restaurant group was opening Frenchie<\/a> where Davaillon was needed. <\/p>\n

Instead, chef Wes Whitsell, who was the executive chef<\/a> for one of Courseau\u2019s Dallas restaurants in 2017, was hired in September as Georgie\u2019s new executive chef, but that lasted a little more than a month and a half. <\/p>\n

Whitsell\u2019s departure last week was a mutual decision, Courseau said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always had a great relationship,\u201d he said. \u201cThe truth is, I think he never really found his footing there. I believe that he was expecting something different and wasn\u2019t really happy at the end of the day. That\u2019s all there is. Wes is a fantastic talent. I don\u2019t want people to think we didn\u2019t believe in him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courseau made it clear Davaillon\u2019s appointment is not a temporary fix; it\u2019s a new era.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going to look for anyone else,\u201d Courseau said. \u201cHe is going to be the guy. I don\u2019t foresee any changes happening over there for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

In what direction Davaillon takes Georgie is entirely up to him, Courseau added, but he expects the French chef to lean into what he knows and is known for \u2014 French fine dining. <\/p>\n

\"Georgie<\/p>\n

Georgie executive sous chef Reilly Brown prepares for dinner before the live stream presentation of the Michelin awards, November 11, 2024. Georgie was invited to the awards ceremony in Houston and received a Recommendation. <\/p>\n

Tom Fox \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

Davaillon\u2019s takeover of Georgie\u2019s kitchen comes at an interesting time. Michelin<\/a> is keeping a close eye on the restaurant as its anonymous inspectors have twice included it amongst Recommended restaurants in the Michelin Guide Texas<\/a>. Courseau said getting a Michelin Star was a goal for Yoakum<\/a>, but he doesn\u2019t think it will be for Davaillon. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf Michelin recognizes the work, great, because I certainly believe he deserves one,\u201d Courseau said, \u201cbut that\u2019s not the quest, that\u2019s not the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davaillon\u2019s menu changes, at least significant ones, likely won\u2019t happen until mid- to late January, Courseau said. He said they are pretty happy with the menu currently in place and will keep the status quo through the busy holiday season ahead. <\/p>\n

While Georgie will be his full charge, Davaillon will still serve as culinary director for Travis Street Hospitality. <\/p>\n

Georgie is located at 4514 Travis St., Suite 132, Dallas. georgiedallas.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Stephan<\/p>\n

Stephan Courseau (right) and chef Bruno Davaillon, who is the culinary director for Travis Street Hospitality, opened Le PasSage along the Katy Trail in Dallas last year.<\/p>\n

Tom Fox \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the recent and swift departure of its executive chef, Dallas restaurant Georgie will get a new leader…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2808,102,324,104,103,5459,49,320,18279,5460,5458,354],"class_list":["post-63169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-chefs","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-fortworth","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-fine-dining","tag-food","tag-food-and-drink","tag-french-food","tag-knox-henderson","tag-michelin-guide","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63169","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=63169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}