COSTA MESA, Calif. (October 31, 2016) - Travel Costa Mesa welcomed the California Dream Eater to Costa Mesa this past weekend where he filmed episodes for his online series exploring the cuisine of California. After a social media competition with other California cities, where competing cities asked social media followers to tweet images of food in their chosen city with the hashtag #DreamEats, Costa Mesa earned a spot as one of the stops on the Dream Eater's annual culinary road trip.

The California Dream Eater, Chase Ramsey, represents Visit California as he whimsically travels around California finding the best eats. For his online episodes, Chase filmed at Vaca and ST Patisserie in The OC MIX in Costa Mesa. Vaca, helmed by “Top Chef” Season 13 runner-up Amar Santana, is a Spanish eatery featuring a variety of sought-after Spanish meats and cheeses, tapas and paella, including an artfully curated Spanish-only wine list. ST Patisserie is owned by Master Pastry Chef Stéphane Tréand. Chef Tréand was the 2008 World Pastry Champion and is an MOF (Meilleurs Ouvrier de France), the highest honor a pastry chef can earn. Chase also visited several other foodie hotspots in Costa Mesa to feature on his Instagram throughout the next few months.

“We're so excited to have welcomed the California Dream Eater to Costa Mesa,” said Paulette Lombardi- Fries, President of Travel Costa Mesa. “We competed to be one of the cities on Chase's list because we knew Costa Mesa was one of the hottest up-and-coming foodie destinations in Southern California. We truly appreciate the support of our social media followers and community partners like the City of Costa Mesa, SOCO Collection, The OC MIX, The LAB and The CAMP and South Coast Plaza in helping us win a spot as one of the highlighted destinations.”

Chase will be posting videos and images of his experience in Costa Mesa on his YouTube channel and Instagram account, @CaliforniaDreamEater. Travel Costa Mesa will be sharing and reposting on their Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts, @travelcostamesa. With over 28,000 Instagram followers and 147,000 YouTube views, California Dream Eater's highlight of Costa Mesa cuisine will help expand Travel Costa Mesa's reach to new potential visitors to the city. 

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Travel Costa Mesa was established in 1995. The organization's primary goal is to promote tourism to the city and to fund programs and activities that benefit the hotel and motel businesses within the city of Costa Mesa. For more information on travel to the city of Costa Mesa, California, visit www.travelcostamesa.com. Travel Costa Mesa is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.

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