Happy New Decade everyone! By now I’d imagine most of us are back at work after the holiday break (ugh). Here we are in 2020. 2020. ParmaDaze started in March of 2010 so we are only three months away from our 10 year anniversary. Insane.

But before we forge ahead into the new decade lets take a look back at the year that was 2019. An interesting and fun year! Fat Yak named the best parma in the country, we did a roundup of all of the frozen parmas on the market, the Ascot Lot hosted an entire festival dedicated to the chicken parma, Coles released a surprisingly not entirely shit Chicken Parma Pizza, and I strapped on the apron to recreate an American Chicken Parmesan recipe which, like the Coles Parma Pizza, also turned out surprisingly good.

Oh, and I had a nervous breakdown watching cooked parmas sit under heat lamps for 40 minutes before getting plates up and served at the Corner Hotel rooftop.

As far as numbered reviews go we chalked up 30 new attempts in 2019. I’m not gonna lie, there was a lot of mediocrity in there (not as bad as 2017, aka “the year of the stinkers”), but there were also some surprising standouts that I’d like to make sure get a mention before moving on to the big awards.

Now before we get started let me preface all of this by saying this is all personal opinion, a bit of fun and not to be taken too seriously - Everyone’s tastes are different and personal experiences at different places can fluctuate wildly. But these are the parmas we think deserve a mention from what we had in 2019 - If you’ve got a suggestion of somewhere you think is better feel free to suggest a parma here or use any of our other contact methods and we’ll do our best to visit it in 2020.

With that out of the way, on to the awards!

BEST PORTABLE PARMA

They did it. The crazy sons of bitches they actually did it.

Scientists have been working for decades on how to make a parma that you can eat standing up. They’ve put it in burgers, in wraps, in balls and in jaffles - But none have ever quite hit the mark. They’ve always been a little off from capturing the true essence of the parma.

Enter Jake’s Kitchen. an unassuming food truck we found at the Ascot Lot, and their chicken parma creation…