Virtuoso Life - May/June 2008 - (Page 70) GLOBAL GOURMET Culinary Cachet Celebrity chefs are bringing star power – and new clientele – to top-tier hotels. BY JUNE NAYLOR Dean Fearing in the light-filled Sendero, one of seven dining spaces at Fearing’s. 70 V I RT U O S O L I F E CHAD WINDHAM T oday’s fabulous hoTels need more than just sublime spas, dreamy bedding, and crackerjack concierges to win your favor. appealing to the palate is also an important key to bringing in guests, and savvy hoteliers are tapping into the gastrotourism trend by putting celebrity chefs on the welcome mat. No longer content with generic, albeit pretty, on-site restaurants, luxury hotel groups have entered a high-stakes game of landing the hottest culinarians. Credit dean fearing for helping spur this trend. for two decades the personable dallas chef made a name for himself while boosting the profile of the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. Now ensconced in his namesake restaurant
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