Our Story

Executive Chef Lisa Sandoval

Established in 2021, Gold Vine Bistro opened in October of 2021, by Executive Chef Lisa Sandoval and her 2 daughters. Chef Lisa was trained as a chef at San Francisco’s California Culinary Academy and has worked around the world creating culinary works of art for much of her professional life. With her beginnings doing many catering events down in Southern California as well as here in Northern California, Chef Lisa continues to provide these catering services under her LLC named ‘Pure Events’. Today, much of her catering events are done for the local wineries where fine wines meet artisanal food creations for private guest engagements and wine/food pairing parties. Catering services for your upcoming corporate or special events are available.

“We are a Bistro Style Restaurant specializing in providing locally sourced fresh seasonal produce and the highest quality in food and customer service. We feature many local Sierra Foothill Wines & local Beer, which are meant to enjoy simply by the glass or paired with many of our unique and delicious dishes. We feature many specials weekly, as well as special monthly food & wine events. Our goal is to continue to evolve with this lovely Sierra Foothill Wine Country in providing the best in quality of food & service for our community”

Sous Chef Justin Rosa

I began my culinary adventure at the age of 10. My mother, Shaun, would send me to cooking classes during summer break. My Father, Michael, taught me about pasta and sauce with special attention towards meatball creation. My grandmother, Ula, taught me about gravies and VFW style diner fare. I attended American Culinary Federation formal French cuisine school in 2005. Since then I have been cooking and plating across the greater United States with the idea of serving an experience to my guests, not just a meal.