Top O.C. restaurants, chefs honored at first Golden Foodie Awards
Oct 1, 2012
A new "people’s choice" ceremony awards Orange County’s top chef-driven restaurants. Roughly 400 attend red-carpet event in Newport Beach.
By NANCY LUNA
Food reporter/Fast Food Maven blogger
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
nluna@ocregister.com
The first Golden Foodie Awards ceremony was held Sunday evening – a red-carpet event honoring top culinary talents of Orange County.
The event was created by the Orange County Restaurant Association as a way to celebrate the county's vibrant culinary scene. About 400 people attended the "people's choice" ceremony, held at the Fairmont Newport Beach hotel. Roughly 30 awards were handed out in various categories.
The top honor, the "Golden Chef" award, went to Yvon Goetz of The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar in Tustin. The "Golden Pastry Chef" award went to Rachel Klemek of Blackmarket Bakery in Irvine. In her acceptance speech, Klemek thanked her grandmothers for teaching her how to cook, and shouted her devotion to baking's key essentials – butter and sugar...
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