As recently as the 1990s, award winning restaurants in Orange County consisted mostly of national chain restaurants with traditional American or Tex-Mex comfort food, in the late 1990s, culinary restaurant groups were formed featuring nouvelle cuisine, gourmet burgers and more; later in 2007 the Marneaus founded Marché Moderne and "Top Chef" chef Amar Santana opened a branch of Charlie Palmer (closed 2015).