Alex Renfro is a cooking school instructor and culinary consultant based in Houston who teaches professional cooking techniques and has consulted with numerous restaurants and venues. His professional culinary background gives him deep understanding of food quality, cooking techniques, and ingredient standards.
Having visited 85+ lifestyle venues, Alex evaluates spaces through the lens of food: cooking quality, technique, ingredient quality, menu creativity, and whether venues treat food as integral to the experience. His reviews help readers understand which venues invest in culinary excellence.
Alex believes great venues are those that invest in food quality—they hire skilled cooks, source good ingredients, and treat food as essential to the experience because they understand hospitality. His reviews are known for their culinary assessment and honest evaluation of whether venues deliver quality food or just feed people.