We ate and drank and ate some more, as we judged the 2015 Las Olas Wine & Food Festival benefiting the American Lung Association. From mingling with local chefs to tasting their creative dishes to enjoying our fair share of adult beverages, this year’s festival was filled with mouth-watering memories. Since we know that you’ve been waiting, here are the winners of this year’s Las Olas Wine & Food Festival.
MOST UNIQUE FESTIVAL BITE
3030 Ocean at the Harbor Beach Marriott
Chef Paula de Silva
House Smoked Fish Dip with pickled vegetables and fermented Swank Farms pepper sauce
Honorable Mention
Wild Sea Oyster Bar & Grille
Atlantic Monkfish Lion with stone ground gouda grits and sweet corn succotash
BEST OVERALL FESTIVAL DISH – TIE
Indigo Restaurant
Asian Chicken Wings with Chili, Garlic and Ginger Sauce with chopped peanuts
Kuro Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Japanese Craft Kitchen
Wagyu Beef Tacos with AS Japanese Wagyu beef and spicy cilantro sauce
Honorable Mention
Fork & Balls Las Olas
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
BEST SWEET TREAT
Crave Rum Cake
The official LOWFF Rum Cake with pineapple, coconut, mango and rum
Baker Bobby Brown served over 19 varieties of rum cake
This is the second year in a row that Crave Rum Cake received this award.
BEST FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE – TIE
3030 Ocean at Harbor Beach Marriott
Kuro Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Japanese Craft Kitchen
BEST FESTIVAL PRESENTATION
American Social Las Olas
Honorable Mention
Kuro Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s Japanese Craft Kitchen
MOST SPIRITED TEAM
Wild Sea Las Olas
Honorable Mention
Red Cow