How do restaurants obtain award winning chicken wings?

Question

Where are all these chicken wing competitions? Almost every restaurant I’ve been to that has chicken wings as a prominent portion of their menu claims they are award winning chicken wings. But I never see any trophies, medals, plaques, or anything that indicates what award they’ve won for their chicken wings.

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Answer 1

There are a few kinds of awards.

1) Food festivals. Most major population areas have food festivals, sometimes themed like ALL chicken wings, or cupcakes etc. Sometimes broader like “A taste of (area)”. At these festivals, awards are often given by the organizers. Sometimes there’s a panel of judges.

2) Publications. Again, in most population areas, a magazine or newspaper will often have a yearly “Best of the (area)” issue inviting readers to vote on things like best bar, best arts experience, and yes, best chicken wings.

3) There are a bunch of predatory vanity companies that contact pretty much every business they can and tell them they won an award for the purpose of selling them the commemorative plaque at a high markup. These are fake.

4) There are are some food and drink awards from organizations that specialize in supporting or celebrating restaurants, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_and_drink_awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_and_drink_awards)

There does not appear to be one on this list that celebrates wings specifically. But I wouldn’t be surprised if one existed that simply didn’t have the scale or gravitas to make this list. And I suppose if you got a Micheline star for your wing restaurant, you would be justified in calling them award winning.

[https://www.cindergrill.com/blogs/recipes/white-oak-pastures-chicken-wings-by-michelin-star-chef-critchley](https://www.cindergrill.com/blogs/recipes/white-oak-pastures-chicken-wings-by-michelin-star-chef-critchley)

[https://www.insidehook.com/san-francisco/michelin-starred-san-francisco-restaurant-chicken-wings](https://www.insidehook.com/san-francisco/michelin-starred-san-francisco-restaurant-chicken-wings)