As each year comes to an end, Restaurant Business asks top industry professionals to name their favorite restaurant meals of the past 12 months, which, in turn, become our Clean Plate Award winners.
For the second installment of our Clean Plate Awards series, we look at the seafood dishes our judges deemed a league above the rest. Among their picks, trending scallops get a mention and simple yet inventive preparations take center stage.
This year’s Clean Plate Awards judges: Amanda Cohen, chef-owner, New York City’s Dirt Candy; Fabio Viviani, executive chef, Chicago’s Siena Tavern; Brad Kelly, executive chef, Blaze Pizza; Chazz Palminteri, actor-turned-restaurateur, New York’s Chazz Palminteri Ristorante Italiano; Roz Mallet, CEO, multi-concept franchisee PhaseNext Hospitality; Hugh Acheson, chef-owner, Athen, Ga.’s 5 & 10; Bruce Bromberg, co-owner, Blue Ribbon Restaurants; Chris Newcomb, CEO, Newk’s; and Hattie Hill, CEO, Women’s Foodservice Forum.