The James Beard Foundation announced its Restaurant and Chef Awards finalists today and Wendy Lopez, executive chef-partner at Reyes Mezcaleria and Sparrow Wine Bar, didn’t make the short list. Lopez was named a semifinalist in the Best Chef: South category when the long list of nominees were ann ounced in January, a list that included Tony […] The post Chef Wendy Lopez and other Central Florida nominees fall shy of being named James Beard Award finalists appeared first on Orlando Weekly. ...read more read less