This year’s Silver Plate Award winners, selected by a jury of trade publication editors and past recipients, are:
• Independent Restaurants: Ming Tsai, Chef/Owner, Blue Ginger
• Chain, Full Service: Sally Smith, president and ceo, Buffalo Wild Wings
• Chain, Fast Service: James Skinner, vice chairman, ceo, McDonald’s Corp.
• Healthcare: Betty Perez, director of food & nutrition, University of Medicine/Dentistry of New Jersey – The University Hospital
• Elementary and Secondary Schools: Marcia Smith, director of school foodservice, Polk County School Board
• Colleges and Universities: Stuart Orefice, director of dining services, Princeton University
• Business & Industry/Foodservice Management: Robert E. Whitcomb, chairman & ceo, Whitsons Culinary Group
• Specialty Foodservices: L. Timothy Ryan, president, The Culinary Institute of America
• Hotels and Lodging: Ed Mady, vice president and area general manager, Ritz Carlton, San Francisco
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