Serving the World’s Top Gourmet Food Talent

See some of dishes served up by New York’s finest restaurants at the sofi Awards—the specialty food industry’s version of the Oscars.

Betel’s chicken larb betel leaf. Betel leaf dishes are common in Thailand food hawker stalls but rare everywhere else. Jan Jekielek/Epoch Times

Preparing food for discerning New Yorkers is one thing, but putting your fare in front of some of the top culinary talent in the world must be nerve-wracking.

The specialty food industry squeezed into the Javits Center earlier this month for a huge trade show, and a highlight was the sofi Awards (the highest honor given by the Specialty Food Association).