And The Nominees Are…

The results are in for the first week of voting, 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 (Five 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