Blue ribbon ribbon may given to the champion and second-place (or reserve) champion. Blue ribbon The blue ribbon is a symbol of high quality. The association comes from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners and, prior to that from Cordon Bleu, which referred to the blue ribbon worn by a particular order of knights. The spelling "blue riband" is still encountered in most English-speaking countries, but in the United States, the term was altered to "blue ribbon", and ribbons of this color came to be awarded for first place in certain
Blue-plate special Parks" (2001), "The Red, White and Blue Plate Special". Mystery writer Abigail Padgett's second novel about amateur sleuth Blue McCarron is titled "The Last Blue Plate Special" (2001); no meals here, the blue plates are part of the decor at a clinic where patients are dying mysteriously. Road food experts Jane and Michael Stern titled their guidebook "Blue Plate Specials and Blue Ribbon Chefs: The Heart And Soul of America's Great Roadside Restaurants" (2001). Blue-plate special Blue-plate special or blue plate special is a term used in the United States and Canada by restaurants, especially diners and cafes. It refers