Vote for Peter Dale of the National

Listen up, Athens foodies.

Time to put down those forks and take up your mouse.

Peter Dale, the chef at in downtown Athens, has been nominated for Food & Wine magazine’s The People’s Best New Chef award.

You can vote online here for him starting today, through March 11.

If you haven’t eaten at this extremely wonderful restaurant, you need to save your sheckles and go experience interesting, beautiful, delicious food.  It’s a blend of the countries and cuisines that interest the chef—traditionally Mediterranean—with what’s available seasonally in from farms in Northeast Georgia.

Dale apprenticed with at before opening the restaurant with Acheson and Chris Luken.

“The National really is a combination of my interests in cooking, travel and food politics,” Dale said. “We serve food inspired by my favorite cuisines: Spanish, French, North African, Greek, eastern Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern.”

So, c’mon, Athens, show the love.