Co-Hosts Chefs Martin Yan & Lee Anne Wong Announce The 2007 Winners 
 
Organized by Chinese Restaurant News 

Photo credit: Lia Chang

From left to right: Chef Lee Anne Wong, Theresa Lin, Host, "Eat Drink Man Woman" and Chef Martin Yan at the 4th annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in USA Awards Show. 

New York, NY (November 13, 2007) - Over 300 Chinese Restaurateurs from all over the US gathered in New York City on November 11 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center to attend the 2007 Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA during the Cultural Food New York, a two-day professional tradeshow showcasing Asian, Hispanic and Kosher food and beverages. Co-Hosted by Martin Yan and Former Contestant of Season One's Top Chef Lee Anne Wong and sponsored by Lee Kum Kee and Western Union, the Asian food industry and notable Asian Americans in New York came out in to honor Chinese restaurateurs and Chinese chefs for their accomplishments.  

The Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in USA Award is a national event that strives to recognize, cultivate and preserve the best in Chinese cuisine standards and excellence. This special event awarded the Top 100 restaurants in 10 categories. Recognition was awarded for excellence in the categories of Overall Excellence, Regional Cuisine, Take-Out, Buffets, Best Value, Signature Dish, Rising Stars, Nutrition-Friendly Menus, Asian Fusion and Metro Favorites.  The 2007 Top 100 competition, open to all Chinese restaurants in the U.S., includes more than 43,000 from all 50 states. Participating restaurants include newly established restaurants, seasoned restaurants, chain restaurants and past award-winners. 

In addition to cuisine and restaurant recognition, this year's competition has also added a Mystery Diner program, implemented by leading mystery shopping company AboutFace, to evaluate the qualifications of all candidate restaurants.  The winners are chosen from AboutFace's Mystery Diner program, which makes anonymous visits and evaluations of each candidate restaurant, as well as from direct votes from diners and the public at large. In an effort to promote healthy dining in Chinese restaurants, the Nutrition-Friendly Menu category has also been added to the competition. 

About Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in USA

The Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in USA awards was established by Chinese Restaurant News (CRN) in 2004.  Participating candidates must have fifty-percent of their menu relate to Chinese cuisine, be in business for a minimum of two years, and be a recipient of a minimum of one award, highlighted in the media ranking for dining excellence, or verified by more than 200 valid customer votes. www.top100chineserestaurants.com . 

About Cultural Food New York

Cultural Food New York offers the single largest marketplace for showcasing ethnic food, food ingredients and beverages, and provides an opportunity for supermarket retailers, specialty stores, caterers, restaurateurs, foodservice and hospitality professionals to find the newest products under one roof. The Cultural Food brand events encompass Kosherfest, All Asia Food and Expo Comida Latina, and are produced by Diversified Business Communications. Kosherfest is co-produced by Diversified Business Communications and LUBICOM. 

About Diversified Business Communications

Diversified Business Communications (DBC) specializes in producing international trade events in the food and beverage industry, and bring more than 40 years' experience bringing buyers and sellers together. DBC's food industry expositions include four internationally recognized seafood shows, the New England Foodservice & Lodging Expo in Boston, All Things Organic in Chicago, three Fine Food and Hospitality shows in Australia, Expo Comida Latina, All Asia Food, & Kosherfest.