Tyson Cole
{{Short description|American chef}}
{{Infobox chef
| name = Tyson Cole
| caption = Wolfgang Puck's Pizza, Pasta and More Cookbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|9|3}}
| birth_place = Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| style = Japanese, and Fusion
| education = Apprenticeship
| television = Iron Chef America
}}
Tyson Cole (born September 3, 1970) {{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_11_38/ai_114405379 | work=Nation's Restaurant News | title=Tyson Cole: sushi chef puts raw talent to good use | first=Ron | last=Ruggless | year=2004}} is a chef and restaurateur based in Austin, Texas, USA.
Biography
Cole had begun his culinary career as a dishwasher at a Japanese restaurant named Kyoto in downtown Austin, Texas. Attrition among the restaurant's staff gave Cole the opportunity to begin making sushi.{{Cite web |title=Every Food & Wine Best New Chef Ever, Since 1988 |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/every-fw-best-new-chef-winner-list |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Food & Wine |language=en}} He was attending the University of Texas Austin, with interests in painting and architecture.[http://www.goodhealth.com/articles/2006/11/20/a_conversation_with_uchis_tyson_cole A Conversation With Uchi's Tyson Cole – Good Health by SETON] Cole worked three and a half years at Kyoto, from 1992 to 1996.{{cite news| url=http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/08/27/focus6.html | first=Shelley | last=Orman | title=Tyson Cole wins over sushi lovers with innovative style | date=August 26, 2007}}
Starting in mid-1996, Cole apprenticed for six and a half years under Takehiko Fuse, owner/chef of Musashino Sushi Dokoro in Austin, TX.[http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/Texas/chefs/tyson_cole.html Tyson Cole of Uchi Restaurant] Cole also learned Japanese during this stint.
In May 2003, Cole opened Uchi, a 95-seat {{convert|2600|sqft|m2}} sushi restaurant in Austin.TaxNetUSA: Travis County Property Information http://www.traviscad.org/travisdetail.php?theKey=101869 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728124527/http://www.traviscad.org/travisdetail.php?theKey=101869 |date=2011-07-28 }}
On July 6, 2010, Cole opened his second restaurant, Uchiko (loosely translated meaning "offspring of Uchi") after a three-week soft opening period. For a time, the Executive chef at Uchiko was eventual Top Chef: Texas winner Paul Qui. Cole mentored Qui and was featured in an episode of Top Chef for that reason.{{Cite web|last=Odam|first=Matthew|title=Paul Qui's fall from the Top|url=http://specials.mystatesman.com/paul-qui|access-date=2021-06-12|website=specials.mystatesman.com}}{{Cite web|last=Silvestri|first=Max|date=2012-02-10|title=Top Chef Texas, Episode 14: My Mentor Me a New One|url=https://www.eater.com/2012/2/10/6614761/top-chef-texas-episode-14-my-mentor-me-a-new-one|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Eater|language=en}}
In July 2012, Cole opened his third restaurant, the second location of Uchi in Houston, Texas.CultureMap Dallas [http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/food-drink/05-31-13-uchi-restaurant-tyson-cole-maple-avenue/ Famed chef Tyson Cole to bring Uchi restaurant to Dallas] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029225300/http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/food-drink/05-31-13-uchi-restaurant-tyson-cole-maple-avenue/|date=2013-10-29}}
On May 31, 2013, Cole announced the late 2014/early 2015 opening of his fourth restaurant Uchi Dallas. The restaurant opened its doors on June 1, 2015.
In 2018, Cole, together with Aaron Franklin of Franklin Barbecue, founded Loro, a restaurant merging the founders' two loves of Asian and Texas cuisine.
Awards
In 2005, Food & Wine Magazine named Tyson Cole "Best New Chef," one among ten chefs to receive that award.{{cite web
| title = Best New Chefs 2005
| publisher = Food and Wine
| year = 2005
| url = http://www.foodandwine.com/best_new_chefs/tyson-cole
| accessdate = August 13, 2010}}
He led a team of Uchi chefs against Chef Masaharu Morimoto on the Food Network program Iron Chef America in March 2008.{{cite web
|title = Morimoto vs. Cole
|date = March 2008
|publisher = Food Network
|url = http://www.foodnetwork.com/iron-chef-america/morimoto-vs-cole/index.html
|accessdate = August 13, 2010
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100822183726/http://www.foodnetwork.com/iron-chef-america/morimoto-vs-cole/index.html
|archive-date = 2010-08-22
|url-status=dead
}}
In 2006, Cole won goodhealth.com's "[http://www.goodhealth.com/healthy_chef_showdown Healthy Chef Showdown]" by a hair, over chef David Bull of the Driskill Grill.
In 2009, Tyson Cole was named one of Saveur's "Top 6 Texas Tastemakers."{{cite web|url=http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/6-Texas-Tastemakers|title= 6 Texas Tastemakers|date=2009-05-01|accessdate=2015-11-26}}
In 2008, 2009, and 2010, the James Beard Foundation named Cole as a semifinalist in the “Best Chef: Southwest” category of its "James Beard Foundation Award",{{cite web
|title=The James Beard Foundation Awards
|publisher=James Beard Foundation
|date=March 24, 2008
|url=http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2008_semifinalists.pdf
|accessdate=August 13, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620163842/http://jamesbeard.org/files/2008_semifinalists.pdf
|archivedate=June 20, 2010
}} 2009,{{cite web
|title = 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists
|year = 2009
|publisher = James Beard Foundation
|url = http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2009_JBF_RESTAURANTCHEF_AWARD_SEMIFINALISTS.pdf
|accessdate = August 13, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120316120502/http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2009_JBF_RESTAURANTCHEF_AWARD_SEMIFINALISTS.pdf
|archivedate = March 16, 2012
}} 2010.{{cite web
|title=2010 James Beard Foundation Awards Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists
|year=2010
|publisher=James Beard Foundation
|url=http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2010_SEMIFINALISTS_FINAL.pdf
|accessdate=August 13, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620162858/http://jamesbeard.org/files/2010_SEMIFINALISTS_FINAL.pdf
|archivedate=June 20, 2010
}}
In 2011, Cole was awarded the James Beard Award for "Best Chef: Southwest.".{{cite web
|title=The James Beard Foundation Awards
|publisher=James Beard Foundation
|date=May 9, 2011
|url=http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2011_JBF_Awards_Winners.pdf
|accessdate=May 10, 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514091037/http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2011_JBF_Awards_Winners.pdf
|archivedate=May 14, 2011
}}