Tim Love

Tim Love (born Thursday, November 11, 1971, age 44 in Denton, Texas) is a Texas chef best known for urban western cuisine. He is the owner and executive chef of several Fort Worth-area restaurants including the historic White Elephant Saloon, the Love Shack, the Woodshed Smokehouse, as well as his flagship restaurant Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in the historical .

Love's career as a chef began in a kitchen in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he worked to earn extra money while completing his degree in finance and marketing at the University of Tennessee. Love began volunteering in various kitchens between shifts in an attempt to gain experience and knowledge. After running his first kitchen at Kiva Grill, an upscale southwestern restaurant in Knoxville, Love prepared dishes at the Knoxville Radisson and hotels throughout the Southeast. After moving to Colorado, he became a chef at the Uptown Bistro in Frisco and won the Taste of Breckenridge Grand Award three years running and the Taste of the Mountains every year. Prior to opening the Lonesome Dove in 2000, Love served as Executive Chef at Mira Vista Country Club in Fort Worth and as a chef at Reata, one of Fort Worth's premier restaurants.

Love opened two restaurants in 2006, Duce in Fort Worth and Lonesome Dove Western Bistro NYC in Manhattan's Chelsea district. Lonesome Dove Western Bistro NYC closed in March 2007 after six months, which included unfavorable reviews by the New York Times and New York magazine. Duce is sold in 2008 to a Chicago chef.

Love is a frequent participant on the national food festival circuit with annual appearances at events such as the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and the South Beach Food & Wine Festival. In 2012, he was one of the inaugural partners for the Austin Food & Wine Festival, and is the official chef at Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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