Almost panic, getting award for way of cooking (6)
I believe the answer is:
flambe
'way of cooking' is the definition.
(term meaning cooked in spirits)
'almost panic getting award for' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'panic' becomes 'flap' (I've seen this before).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'award for' becomes 'mbe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'flap' with its last letter taken away is 'fla'.
'fla'+'mbe'='FLAMBE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flambe that I've seen before include "Pour alcohol over a dish and ignite" , "(Of food) served in alcohol and set alight" , "Pour liquor over a dish and ignite" , "Of food, set alight briefly" , "cooked in spectacular way" .)