- Bolsa, Chef Matt Balke
- Botolino Gelato, Chef Carlo Gattini
- Bright Box Foods, Chef Chis Patrick
- Ceviche, Chef Raul Reyes
- Chamberlain’s Steak and Chop House, Chef Lan A. Nickens
- Commons Club at Virgin Hotel, Chef Nick Walker
- Dragonfly at Hotel ZaZa, Chef Dan Landsberg
- Ellie’s Restaurant & Lounge at HALL Arts Hotel, Chef Eric Dreyer
- Empire Baking Company, Chef Meaders Ozarow
- Gemma / Sachet, Chef Stephen Rogers
- Hypnotic Donuts, Chef Heather Clark
- Imoto, Chef Steve McHugh
- Laredo Taco and 7-Eleven Inc., Chef Melissa Vera
- Lovers Seafood and Market / Shinsei, Chef Jason Czaja
- Mozzarella Company, Chef Paula Lambert
- Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Co., Karen Daseke Nicholson
- Neiman Marcus The Zodiac, Chef David Crow
- Nothing Bundt Cakes – Highland Park, Tara Cooper
- Parigi, Chef Janice Provost
- Pink Magnolia, Chef Blythe Beck
- Salum, Chef Abraham Salum
- SAVOR at Klyde Warren, Chef Luke Rogers
- SER Steaks + Seafood, Chef Kyle Jones
- Sevy’s Grill, Chef Jim “Sevy” Severson and Chef Gerardo Calderon
- Sift + Pour, Chef Elizabeth Ging
- Suze, Chef Gilbert C. Garza
- Taco y Vino, Chef Jimmy Contreras
- Truluck’s Seafood, Steak and Crab House, Chef Manny Vera
- Tulum, Chef Nico Sanchez
- Two Sister’s Catering, Chef Brock Boyd