7th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants Award

Art Chef Jimmy Zhang of San Francisco has crafted a lively fruit rabbit carving that will help lead the cheers at the Top 100 Awards and also the upcoming Chinese New Year. Jimmy’s artistic fruit carvings have been featured in the New York Times and other mainstream media.

Master Chef YongDong Wu from Canada will showcase a Guinness-World-Records performance involving blind-fold noodle pulling, fruit carving and flying pancake.

Master Chef Hwang Jun Jan from New York will present his gold medal awarded melon carving masterpiece.

On Monday, January 10, 4:30 pm -5:30 pm, CRN will host a press conference at Hyatt San Francisco Airport Hotel, in Regency Ballroom, winners of the Top 10 highest ranking Chinese Restaurants will be invited to stand on the red carpet for media interviews.

During the evening gala, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, CRN will recognize the most influential personalities in the Chinese restaurant industry, rising stars Asian-American chefs, and a dozen landmark Chinese restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the U.S.

James Balda, Vice President of membership, National Restaurant Association, will be on hand to congratulate the Top 100 winners, and present the Lifetime Achievement Award to San Francisco Chinese Restaurant Pioneer Cecilia Chiang.

Chef Martin Yan will host the evening with radio cook show hostess Theresa Lin. Co-hosting the show are Felix Chu and Mina Li, San Francisco Bay Area community leaders who have emceed hundreds of charity and community events.

Editor’s Note:

About the Top 100 Chinese Restaurants Award

Chinese Restaurant News (CRN) names the Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the U.S.A. each year. The top 100 Overall Excellence award signifies the competition’s highest honor. The competition is open to all Chinese restaurants in the U.S. Participating restaurants include newly established restaurants, seasoned restaurants, chain restaurants and past award-winners. Past winners and current competing restaurants can be seen at http://www.top100chineserestaurants.com.

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Theme of the 7th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurant Awards Show

The Future of Chinese Cuisine and Its 150 Years in the U.S.

In 1849, on Dec. 20, the first Chinese restaurant opened in San Francisco, on what’s now Stockton Street. It was named Canton, and it served “chow chow”, a stir fry dish that helped to ease the home longing of the gold rushers and railroad builders from China.

More than 150 year later, we are coming back to San Francisco, to celebrate the prosperity of Chinese cuisine in the U.S. spreading over 45,000 Chinese restaurants to every neighborhood of the nation. San Francisco alone has nearly 1000 Chinese restaurants, not to say there are more Asian themed restaurants, as well.

Today As we gather with Master Chef Yan, and Bay Area’s top Asian chefs in the Kitchen, we are thankful for the humble start, proud of the booming present, and look forward to another 150 years of prosperity for the Chinese cuisine in the world.