The NCDA blog describes the cooking with NC food competition and outlines the judging criteria:
* Use of NC products and ingredients in the dish(es) being featured (15%)
* Creativity of ingredients (15%)
* Marketing (20%)
* Plating and Presentation (20%)
* Taste (30%)
There are 19 resturants divided between two categories: fine dining and casual. 18 Seaboard is the only Raleigh competitor.
Eating in Raleigh, NC 