2006 Ivy Award Winners Announced

Ivy AwardsRestaurants & Institutions magazine has announced the winners of the 2006 Ivy Awards. The awards are given annually by R&I to foodservice operations that demonstrate the highest standards of excellence in food, service and overall hospitality. The Ivy Award Winners for 2006 are listed below.

  • Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
  • Commander's Palace, Las Vegas
  • mk the restaurant, Chicago
  • The Peabody, Orlando
  • Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
  • Trattoria dell'Arte, New York City


    Posted on September 5, 2006
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    Dough Named 2006 Cookbook of the Year

    Dough Simple Contemporary Bread Cover Richard Bertinet's Dough: Simple Contemporary Bread (Kyle Cathie Ltd.) has won the 2006 Cookbook of the Year at the annual IACP Cookbook Awards. JournalNow.com explains how Dough won over the judges.
    The nominees for the awards ceremony, held during the association's annual conference, featured such well-known names as Martha Stewart; Joan Nathan, an expert on Jewish cooking; and Suzanne Goin, the highly praised chef of Lucques restaurant in Los Angeles.

    But it was Dough: Simple Contemporary Bread, written by newcomer Richard Bertinet and published by the small Kyle Cathie Ltd., that won the 2006 Cookbook of the Year.

    Dough also won the Julia Child Award for an author's first book.

    Professional baker Bertinet's book shows how five basic dough recipes can be used to make many kinds of bread. It apparently won over judges with its emphasis on a basic approach to make breadmaking doable for today's time-pressed cooks.
    A complete list of all the 2006 Cookbook Award winners can be found here on the IACP website.


    Posted on April 10, 2006
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    2005 Ivy Award Winners Announced

    Restaurants & Institutions magazine has announced the winners of the 35th annual Ivy Awards. Each year, all previous Ivy winners, including Jean Georges in New York City, Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., and Charlie Trotter's in Chicago, are asked to nominate a new slate of exemplary restaurants, hotels and institutions to join the Ivy Society. After nominations were collected for 2005 awards, the ballot appeared in Restaurants & Institutions, where the magazine's readership of 154,000 cast votes for their choices.

    The 2005 Ivy Award Winners:

    Babbo - New York City
    Blackbird - Chicago
    Cafe L'Europe - Palm Beach, Fla.
    Hotel Jerome - Aspen, Colo.
    University of Missouri-Columbia - Columbia, Mo.
    Via Christi Regional Medical Center - Wichita, Kan..


    Posted on June 24, 2005
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    James Beard Award Winners Named

    The nominees for the 2005 James Beard Foundation Awards were announced on Wednesday, April 6, 2005. A few of the winners are listed below and a complete list of the winners is available here.

  • Kitchenaid Cookbook of the Year: Rick Stein's Complete Seafood by Rick Stein (Ten Speed Press)
  • General: Weir Coking in the City by Joanne Weir (Simon & Schuster)
  • Reference: On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee (Scribner)
  • Baking and Desserts: A Blessing of Bread by Maggie Glezer (Artisan)
  • All-clad Cookware Outstanding Chef Award: Mario Batali, Babbo, NYC
  • All-clad Bakeware Outstanding Pastry Chef Award: Karen DeMasco, Craft, NYC
  • Television Food Show, National Show: Bobby Flay Chef Mentor, The Food Network
  • Internet Writing: Jennifer Rosen, Vinchotzi.com
  • Newspaper Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Suzanne Martinson
  • MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: Mei Chin, Saveur


    Posted on May 9, 2005
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