About Simon
Chef & owner
Simon Webster
Born in England and raised in New Zealand, Chef Webster was classically trained at the New Zealand Culinary Institute through the City and Guilds of London and apprenticed with some of the finest chefs in the area. His 40 years in the kitchen include chef and developer for five-star restaurants in New Zealand, chef and food and beverage manager for prestigious wine bars and pubs in London and Manchester, catering consultant for Nestlé, first-class chef for BMI Airlines, and owner of his own restaurant and catering company in Derbyshire, England, and now the United States. He opened Sabor a Pasion in 2004 and single-handedly transformed it into a restaurant, bed and breakfast, event center, wedding venue, catering headquarters and vineyard.
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Simon and his recipes have been featured in Texas Highways, Condé Nast Traveler, AAA Texas Journey, Fort Worth Magazine, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houstonia, Great Day Houston, Spectrum TV, County Line Magazine, Tyler Today, BScene, the Tyler Morning Telegraph and the Palestine Herald-Press. Sabor a Pasion has also been on the Outdoor Channel and food networks in Canada and Japan. He frequently appears on KLTV7-ABC demonstrating recipes, and on KETK56-NBC as a culinary brand ambassador. Watch him on the Sabor a Pasion YouTube channel.
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