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Clean Plate Awards

 
2010 Clean Plate Awards
Once again, we have tapped some of the top tastemakers in the country to nominate the most irresistible, most scrumptious restaurant dishes they’ve enjoyed over the past year. The stellar group we assembled has eaten its way through countless cuisines in venues ranging from street carts to temples of fine dining. They may say they’re doing “research,” but as anyone in the business knows, eating out is an integral part of our DNA; it feeds our passion and stokes the soul. So let’s see where these well-traveled chefs and restaurateurs—your peers—have been and what has inspired them to clean their plates.

Patricia Cobe
October 1, 2012
 

Floyd Cardoz
Chef/partner North End Grill, Top Chef Masters Champ, New York City

Michael Mina
Mina Group (Michael Mina San Francisco, Bourbon Steak, Seablue, American Fish, RN74 and more), San Francisco

Ricky Gomez
Mixologist, U.S. Bartender’s Guild and Diageo World Class US Ambassador, Portland, OR

Alfred Portale
Exeuctive chef/co-owner, Gotham Bar and Grill, New York City
Gotham Steak at the Fontainebleau, Miami Beach

Jose Garces
Garces Restaurant Group (Amada, Chifa, Distrito, Tinto, JG Domestic, Village Whiskey and more), Philadelphia

Andy Kao
Executive chef, Panda Express, Rosemead, CA

Missy Robbins
Executive chef, A Voce Madison and A Voce Columbus, New York City

Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants (Ocean Prime, Mitchell’s Ocean Club, Martini Modern Italian, The Pearl, Marcella’s, Cap City Fine Diner and more) Columbus, OH

Andrew Carmellini
Chef/restaurateur, Locanda Verde, The Library at the Public Theater, The Dutch and The Dutch at W South Beach, New York City and Miami

Stefano Cordova
Senior VP of Food & Beverage, Au Bon Pain, Boston

Michel Richard
Chef/owner Citronelle, Central Michel Richard and O Bistro and Wine Bar, Washington D.C. and Atlantic City

Ina Pinkney
Chef/owner, Ina’s, Chicago

Frank Klein
CEO, FK Restaurants, Asian Box, Palo Alto, CA