Half of meal cooked for the best of the best (4,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
hall of fame
'best of the best' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'half of meal cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'half'+'of'+'meal'='halfofmeal'
'halfofmeal' anagrammed gives 'HALL OF FAME'.
'for the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hall of fame that I've seen is " place for the great and good".)