The Tortas Frontera team, from left: Tony Owen, Stacy Dixon and Manny Valdes.

The Bareburger team takes a bite at winning, from left: Jerry Brunton and Euripides Pelekanos.

The Eureka team, from left: Matthew Ellis, Paul Frederick and Danielle Romero.

The VertsKebap founders, from left: Michael Heyne and Dominik Stein.

Attendees from The Dickinson (Texas) Independent School District, winner of the Best Customer Services Concept award, from left: Laura Peck, Judy Lee, Lacy Willey and Tonya Hufhines.

Cava Grill’s CEO Brett Schulman, center, receives the Hot Concepts award from, left, Sarah Lockyer, executive director of content for the Penton Food & Restaurant Group, and, right, Mitesh Gala, owner and CEO of Altametrics.

Sarah Lockyer, executive director of content for the Penton Food & Restaurant Group (left) and Mitesh Gala, owner and CEO of Altametrics (right) present the Hot Concepts award to VertsKebap founders Dominik Stein (second from left) and Michael Heyne.

Table decorations at the Hot Concepts 2015 awards celebration.

Food Management honored Best Customer Service Awards winners Beaufort County (S.C.) School District and Sodexo. From left: Food Management editor-in-chief Becky Schilling, Mitesh Gala, owner and CEO of Altametrics, and Roberta Edwards, Sodexo’s general manager for onsite service solutions at Beaufort Schools.

Food Management celebrated Best of Show winner University of California San Francisco Medical Center. From left: Food Management editor-in-chief Becky Schilling; Mitesh Gala, owner and CEO of Altametrics; and Dan Henroid, the medical center's director of nutrition and food services.