Earlier this year, we were nominated for the “Best Food Blog (Reader’s Choice)” ZEST Award from Johnson & Wales University. The awards, which were started back in 2012, honor South Florida leaders in the culinary arts including restaurants, chefs and food media.
The winners were announced last night and … we won!
We’re still recovering from the festivities (Dianne’s still freaking out), but we are so grateful to everyone who helped us get here. When we started this blog just nine months ago, we never expected to get here so quickly– it’s a tremendously humbling experience, and we can’t thank you enough.
We also want to recognize the faculty and staff at Johnson & Wales for putting together such an awesome event yesterday. We’re still dreaming of The Impeachment, the bourbon and bacon cocktail whose recipe we need ASAP.
With that said, we’re going to continue shining the spotlight on the best and newest restaurants as well as the passionate people behind them. We still have a lot of stories to tell and hope you join us for the ride.
Here’s the full list of 2015 ZEST Award winners:
Best Bar/Lounge: Broken Shaker at Freehand Miami
Best Wine Program: Zuma
Baking and Pastry Chef of the Year: Zak Stern
Culinary Innovator: Pubbelly Restaurant Group
Newcomer of the Year: Mignonette
Best Boutique Restaurant: Drunken Dragon
Best Restaurant: Palme d’Or at the Biltmore Hotel
Best Food Blog (Reader’s Choice): Us!
Best Food Reporting – Traditional Media (Reader’s Choice): Short Order
All photos courtesy of @JWUNorth, the Johnson & Wales Twitter account.