And The Nominees Are…

The results are in for the first week of voting for the Golden Foodies - People's Choice Awards. The winners will be announced on September 25th at the Golden Foodie Awards. And the nominees are...

Best American Cuisine
The Ranch-Anaheim
370 Common-Laguna Beach
Social Costa Mesa

Best Mexican Cuisine
Coyote Grill – Laguna Beach
Urbana – Anaheim
Solita – Huntington Beach

Best Vegetarian Cuisine
Falasophy – Food Truck
Mead’s Green Door Café - Orange
Provenance – Newport Beach

Bartender of The Year
Gabe Whorley at Ironwood – Laguna Hills
David Valiante at Social Costa Mesa – Costa Mesa
Jose Zepeda Hopscotch Tavern - Fullerton

Best Pizza
Angelina’s Pizzeria – Irvine and Dana Point
TJ’s Woodfire Pizza – San Clemente
Rances Chicago Pizza – Costa Mesa

Best Italian Food
Antonelloe Ristorante -  Santa Ana
Prego Ristorante – Irvine
Pizzeria Ortica – Costa Mesa

Best French Cuisine
Moulin Bistro – Newport Beach
Pascal’s – San Juan Capistrano
Bistro Bleu - Anaheim

Best Indian Cuisine
Royal Khyber - Irvine
Clay Oven – Irvine
Natraj Cuisine of India – Laguna Hills

2016 Chef of the Year
Chef Mark McDonald at Old Vine Café – Costa Mesa
Chef Zov Karamardian at Zov’s (Six OC Locations)
Chef Carlos Salgado at Taco Maria -- Costa Mesa

2016 Pastry Chef of the Year
Chef Jorge Sotelo at Napa Rose - Anaheim
Chef Ashley Guzman at Irenia – Santa Ana
Chef Amelia Marneau at March Moderne – Costa Mesa

Pictured above: Chef Zov's chimichurri steak pita with lebni, cabbage, diced tomato, fresh herbs, red pepper aioli and micro greens.

And the Nominees Are…

Congratulations are in order for top 3 nominees in the Golden Dine Out categories! The winners will be announced at the Golden Foodie Awards on Sept. 30 at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach. And the nominees are...

The Nominees for Best Italian Food in Orange County are:
Antonello’s at South Coast Plaza Village in Santa Ana.
Cucina Alessa in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach.
Lucca Café in Irvine.

The Nominees for Best Indian Food in Orange County are:
Mayur in Corona del Mar.
Royal Khyber at South Coast Plaza Village in Santa Ana.
Tamarind of London in Newport Beach.

The Nominees for Best French Food in Orange County are:
Brasserie Pascal in Newport Beach.
French 75 in Laguna Beach.
Marche Moderne at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.

The Nominees for Best Steak in Orange County are:
The Ranch in Anaheim.
Ruth's Chris in Irvine.
Savannah Chop House in Laguna Niguel.

The Nominees for Best Mixologist in Orange County are:
Dave Castillo of 320 Main in Seal Beach
Forrest Taylor of French 75 in Laguna Beach.     
Shanti Dutta of Tamarind of London in Irvine.

The Nominees for Best Wine List in Orange County are:
SeaLegs Wine Bar in Huntington Beach.
The Ranch in Anaheim.
The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar in Tustin.

With Week 3 of voting underway through Friday, Aug. 25. You can vote for the Best Burger, Best Asian Cuisine, Best Mediterranean Cuisine, Best Californian Cuisine, and Excellent Service - Who has the most excellent service? (Restaurants priced at ($15 and up).