Judging Process & Panel | Nightclub & Bar

Judging Process & Panel

Judges will be provided a user name and password to access a secure judging site.

Each judge will be asked to judge select categories. If a category contains a nomination for a nightclub or bar that an individual judge is involved with as an owner, operator, employee or consultant, that judge will not participate in reviewing that category’s nominations or be permitted to cast a ballot in that category.

Judges select a first, second and third place entry for each category; each place is assigned a numeric point value. After all ballots are cast, finalists in each category are identified by calculating the total number of points each entry receives. The winner is the entry receiving the most points for that category.

List of Judges
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Jessie Barns Consultant	Raymond Burton InterContinental Hotel Group	David Commer Commer Beverage Consulting
Donna Hood Crecca Technomic, Inc.	Ryan Dahlstrom Nightclub & Bar	Elayne Duff Diageo
Chef Brian Duffy Consultant	Matt Durbin Carlson Restaurant Group / T.G.I. Friday’s	Sean Evans Writer
Mike Ginley Next Level Marketing	Thom Greco Greco Holdings, Inc.	Barry Gutin GuestCounts Hospitality
Ron Hoffman BWR Public Relations	Darnell Holloway Yelp!	Tim Kirkland Renegade Hospitality Group
Sujit Kundu S.K.A.M. Artists	Robin Leach	Chris Lenahan
Steven Lewis Writer	Ryan Magarian Liquid Relations and Aviation Gin	Michael Manion TurboTap
Gary Namm Tampa Bay Partners	Greg Newman Baja Sharkez	Ron Newman Baja Sharkez
Peter O’Connor Diageo	Stephanie Richardson Bailey's Café	Jack Robertiello Writer
Robert Plotkin Writer	Jon Taffer Nightclub & Bar	Kristen Santoro Nightclub & Bar
T.J. Schier Incentivize Solutions and SMART Restaurant Group	Terri Sheridan Consultant	Jeffrey Yarbrough bigInk Public Relations