Oliver’s Market, Out to Lunch Catering and The Fountaingrove Inn won top
honors in the professional food competition at this year’s Sonoma County
Harvest Fair.
Oliver’s Market in Cotati was the Sweepstakes winner in the desserts category
for overall excellence in desserts. In Sweepstakes competition for appetizers,
Out to Lunch of Petaluma won the restaurant/caterer division for its seafood
appetizer, while in the hotel facility division, The Fountaingrove Inn in
Santa Rosa won the Sweepstakes for its game poultry and cold vegetable
appetizers.
Winners were announced at Saturday’s Harvest Fair Awards Night. The fair is
this Friday through Sunday at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
Basque Boulangerie of Sonoma won the most gold medals in the annual
competition, receiving 15, followed by Food For Thought of Santa Rosa, which
won 14 gold medals.
The fair’s Best of Show winners included:
Individual dessert: MiXX Restaurant of Santa Rosa.
Decorated cake: Giorgi’s Wedding Cakes of Windsor.
Cake/Pastry: Renaissance Pastry of Santa Rosa.
French Bread: Food For Thought of Santa Rosa.
Specialty Bread: Village Bakery of Sebastopol.
Cheese: Sonoma Cheese Company of Sonoma.
Apple Juice/Cider: Fiesta Market of Sebastopol.
Coffee: Wolf Coffee Company.
Overall appetizer: Equus Restaurant of Santa Rosa.
Best Use of Meat: Pizza Gourmet of Santa Rosa.
Best Use of Cheese: Darolyn’s Pies of Twin Hill Ranch of Sebastopol.
Best Use of Poultry: Out To Lunch Catering.
Best Use of Seafood: Out To Lunch Catering.
Best Use of Vegetables: Fountaingrove Country Club of Santa Rosa.
Best Use of Wine: Candi Lee Catering of Healdsburg.
Best Restaurant Wine List: MiXX.
Best Sonoma County Only Wine List: Bistro Ralph of Healdsburg.
Here’s the list of all the professional food Gold Medal Winners, listed by
hometown so you can check for your local favorite, with the number of gold
medals (in parentheses) and the winning entries.
BODEGA BAY
Breaker’s Cafe (1): orange vinaigrette salad.
COTATI
Oliver’s Market (5): Gravenstein apple sour cream custard tart; brown
butter, ginger and pear beurre noisette fruit dessert; mocha parfait frozen
dessert; caramelized Gravenstein apple creme brulee, and flourless chocolate
cake.
Sonoma Valley Bagel Company (3) onion bagel, pumpkin bagel and apple
cinnamon bagel.
GRATON
California Cider Company (1): Ace Honey cider.
HEALDSBURG
Candi Lee Catering (2): beef appetizer, chicken appetizer.
Costeaux French Bakery (1): round sour French bread.
OCCIDENTAL
Union Hotel (2): chocolate mousse pie; banana bread.
PETALUMA
Out To Lunch Catering (2): seafood appetizer; roasted red potato, garlic
and red pepper salad.
21st Century Pastry (3): Hazelnut bundt cake; oat scone with butter, sweet
cream and gold raisins; shortbread cookies.
Aunt B’s Bakery (5): Bran muffin; wedding cake; grandma’s cookies;
chocolate chew drop cookies; special occasion half sheet decorated cake.
California Gold Dairy (1): Pepper Jack cheese.
ROHNERT PARK
Heart’s Desire Chocolates (1): Frosted mint truffles.
SANTA ROSA
Pizza Gourmet (2): Cheese appetizer; pork appetizer.
Fountaingrove Inn/Equus Restaurant (7): pork appetizer; bread specialty
appetizer; vegetable appetizer; cheesecake; triple chocolate torte; red wine
and olive oil vinaigrette salad dressing; tomato-based salsa.
Food For Thought (14): vegetable appetizer; blue cheese and walnut rustic
savory bread; sourdough baguette French bread; roasted garlic organic country
bread; flour sour French bread; organic flour wholegrain bread; jalapeno dry
jack and cumin rustic specialty bread; classic French-style croissant;
non-filled croissant; lemon and blueberry vegan scone; Mexican chocolate
cheesecake; vegan chocolate silk tart with almond crust; seafood-based salad
and other salads.
French-American Bakery (2): sweet French loaf, whole grain bread.
Heartland Baking Company (7): sour French loaf; Danish filled with almond
paste and custard; fat free donut; hazelnut meringue wedding cake; 3-D white
decorated cake; dark rich chocolate torte with hazelnut buttercream; chocolate
chip cookies.
Brother Juniper’s Bakery (4): roasted three-seed specialty bread; organic
whole wheat specialty bread; cinnamon croissant; cinnamon roll.
Cafe des Croissants (2): almond croissant; chocolate croissant.
Great Harvest Bread Company (1): honey whole wheat specialty bread.
Natural Grains Bread Company (1): nine-grain specialty bread.
Mezzaluna Bakery (2): country round specialty bread; ciabatta specialty
bread.
Wolf Bakery (1): butter and cream apricot scone.
Muffin Street Baking Company (2): cranberry-orange muffin; raspberry
muffin.
Renaissance Pastry (7): Parisien-almond macaroon torte; raspberryblackberry
truffle mousse cake; caramel apple walnut tart with French custard; chocolate
dessert; individual dessert; lemon raspberry mousse, other dessert.
Price-Costco Bakery (1): chocolate raspberry torte.
Daily Grind Coffee Company (1): blended coffee.
Wolf Coffee Company & Bakery (2): espresso; Bonavit blend decaffeinated
blend.
A’Roma Roasters (1): decaffeinated French roast coffee.
Asti Olive Oil Company (1): extra-virgin olive oil.
MiXX, An American Bistro (4): fruit dessert; frozen dessert; chocolate
dessert, other cookies.
Peter Rabbit’s Chocolate Factory (1): molded chocolate candy.
Ahh…Fudge (2): ginger cookies; chocolate chip cookies.
SEBASTOPOL
Darolyn’s Pies of Twin Hill Ranch (2): cheese appetizer; apple-walnut sweet
yeast bread.
Fiesta Market (8): poultry appetizer; Gravenstein apple juice; Golden
Delicious-Jonathan blended apple juice; Golden Delicious-Gravenstein blended
apple juice; Gravenstein-Gala blended apple juice; Golden Delicious fresh
frozen apple juice; Gravenstein fresh frozen apple juice; organic Gravenstein
fresh frozen apple juice.
Village Bakery (11): seeded sourdough bread; garlic cheese fougasse French
bread; organic country peasant French bread; rustic nut raisin specialty
bread; potato onion ciabatta flavored specialty bread; Danish heart; Swedish
cardamom twist; blueberry peach streusel; pear pastry; nut pastry; frangi pan
pastry.
SONOMA
Basque Boulangerie Cafe (15): sweet French loaf; sweet French roll;
four-ounce round seeded sweet roll; sweet French baguette; sundried tomato
cheese savory bread; cracked wheat round; round walnut whole grain bread;
regular sour French loaf; sour French loaf; sourdough sandwich rolls;
sourdough basque rolls; sour rye round whole grain; custard danish; bearclaw
danish; chocolate pound cake.
Feed Store Bakery (10): oat bran whole grain bread; kalamata walnut
specialty bread; egg braid specialty bread; cranberry golden raisin scone;
Budapest coffee cake; chocolate cake; Swiss chocolate cake; lemon cream tart;
blackberry peach pie; crackly orange ginger drop cookies.
Sonoma French Bakery (10): sour French loaf; pull-apart sour French bread;
caraway whole grain bread; whole wheat grain bread; panettone specialty bread;
butterhorn danish; raisin snail danish; raisin scone; cranberry scone;
Hungarian cinnamon muffin.
Sonoma Cheese Factory (2): onionflavored cheese; Teleme American original
cheese.
WINDSOR
Giorgi’s Wedding Cakes (1): threetier cheesecake grapevine wedding cake.
Dining and Cooking