{"id":361,"date":"2026-05-15T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:31:20","slug":"cullums-attaboy-sue-kim-of-the-magpie-jue-let-shine-at-san-antonio-tastemaker-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"Cullum\u2019s Attaboy, Sue Kim of The Magpie, Jue Let shine at San Antonio Tastemaker Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Inside the Briscoe Western Art Museum, Chris Cullum cut a familiar victory pose. He took a bow, smiled for the cameras and lifted a trophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=359\">Every Texan can vote in the May 26 primary runoffs. Here\u2019s how to find your sample ballot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His Tobin Hill eatery, Cullum\u2019s Attaboy, won the CultureMap San Antonio Tastemaker Award for Restaurant of the Year Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, his smaller Tobin Hill eatery, Cullum\u2019s Attagirl, claimed the Tastemaker Award for Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just goes to show that I have an amazing team,\u201d Cullum said as he celebrated back-to-back triumphs with chef de cuisine Alysha Brooke. \u201cAnd I\u2019m grateful to fight the good fight every day with them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tastemaker Awards drew hundreds of guests and dozens of nominees across 10 categories to recognize San Antonio\u2019s top restaurant, chef and bar talent for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Kim was named Chef of the Year for her work at The Magpie. <\/p>\n<p>Jue Let won for Bar of the Year after opening less than six months ago at Pearl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, the work we have done feels like a year \u2014 so it feels like a win,\u201d said Jue Let owner Jennifer Dobbertin. \u201cWe worked so hard for a long time to open Jue Let. We were surprised but also we really wanted to win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other winners included Matt Garcia of Gigi\u2019s Deli for Rising Chef of the Year; Con Huevos Tacos for Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year; Nicosi for Dessert Program of the Year; NoFi Slow Bar for Coffee Shop of the Year; Beacon Hill Market &amp; Deli for Sandwich of the Year; Buddy\u2019s Big Trouble for Best Pop-up; and Honey\u2019s Chicken Joint for Best New Restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>A panel of culinary connoisseurs and previous Tastemaker winners selected 2026 winners in nine categories. CultureMap readers decided the Best New Restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=357\">Redistricting nightmare vexes both parties in San Antonio\u2019s redrawn 35th Congressional District<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The awards ceremony and tasting event featured food and drink samples from a range of kitchens, bakeries and bars, including Best Quality Daughter, The Jerk Shack,\u00a0 Anacacho Coffee &amp; Cantina and Jots at the Gunter Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Cullum continues to gather awards and acclaim. Months after opening his brick-and-mortar in 2022, the gifted culinarian garnered a headline from Texas Monthly: \u201cChristopher Cullum\u2019s Attaboy is more Paris Bistro than San Antonio Diner.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of Cullum\u2019s omelet, the magazine wrote, \u201cThe texture is somewhere between scandalous and celestial, a miracle of perfectly set egg and God knows how much butter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Attaboy has earned two Michelin Bib Gourmands and Cullum has been named a James Beard finalist for Best Chef: Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Cullum shared the Tastemaker Award with a jubilant Alysha Brooke, a graduate of Pearl\u2019s Culinary Institute of America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I didn\u2019t even know we were nominated,\u201d said Brooke, a talented chef who won the Fajita Lounge Showdown in 2024. \u201cThis feels insane. We have worked really hard all year. 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