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NRA 2012 INNOVATION AWARDS
The 2012 Food and Beverage Product Innovations and Kitchen Innovations™ award recipients
have been announced by the National Restaurant Association.
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FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCT
INNOVATIONS AWARDS
This year’s awards recognize consumable
products that deliver significant restaurant
operator benefits, ranging from new flavor
concepts to better-for-you nutritional profiles
and operator flexibility.
KITCHEN INNOVATIONS AWARDS
These awards recognize cutting-edge kitchen
equipment in the foodservice market.
Cavendish Farms—Tempura Battered
Extreme Beans
ConAgra Foodservice—The Max Fit for Kids
Plus MaxSnax BBQ Chicken
Cook Natural Products—Mara’s Pasta
Copa di Vino—Copa di Vino Wine (Copa!)
HJ Heinz Company—3-in-1 Soup, Sauce or Dip
HMC Farms—Grape Escape
HomeFree LLC—Gluten Free Vanilla Mini Cookies
Jennie-O Turkey Store—Precooked Turkey Burger
KRAFT YES Pack
Mighty Leaf Tea—Mfusions
STOUFFER’S® Parmesan Risotto
Oregon Seafoods—Chef’s Brand Pacific
Caught Wild Albacore
SASASWEETS—SasaPops Brand Artisan
Frozen Pops
Simpli—Simpli OatShakes
Snyder’s Lance—Lance 51% Whole Grain Saltines
Unilever Food Solutions—Lipton Zero
Calorie Fresh Brewed Sweet Tea
White Toque—Vegetable Glasis
National Apprenticeship
Training Program for Cooks
(American Technical Publishers, 2012)
This series of 10 modules and a CD-ROM,
compiled and published by American
Technical Publishers, covers the American
Culinary Federation Education Foundation
Apprenticeship Program’s 10 kitchen
stations. Each module is $25, with a
25% discount for five or more. A textbook
with content from each module is $80.
Award recipients will be showcased in the
Food and Beverage Products Innovations
Gallery at the 2012 National Restaurant
Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show
May 5-8 at McCormick Place, Chicago.
Alto-Shaam, Inc.—Combitherm® Automatic
Grease Collection System
Bettcher Industries, Inc.—Optimax Compact,
Automatic Batter-Breading Machine
Cook Tek Induction Systems, LLC—
SinAqua™ Waterless Food Holding System
Ecolab Inc.—ActiveView HDI Health
Department Intelligence
Ecolab Inc.—STEALTH® Fly Station
Franke Foodservice Systems, Inc.—Ice
Machine Sanitizing Device
Frontline International—Fresh Cooking Oil
Box System
Frymaster—Large Vat Fryers (1814 G/E)
Garland Commercial Ranges—Garland
Induction Griddle
Kaivac, Inc.—OmniFlex™ Dispense-and-Vac System
Kitchens to Go, built by Carlin
Manufacturing—Bolt On Kitchens
Lang Mfg.—Lang GHP Series Featuring “On
Demand Burners”
Merrychef USA—Planar Plume Technology
Power Soak Systems, Inc.—Silent Alert
RATIONAL USA—SelfCookingCenter®
whitefficiency®, HiDensityControl®
Sealed Air—Vision Enabled Training
Springboard Biodiesel, LLC— The BioPro™ EX
Vitamix—Automatic Mix’n Machine
Vulcan—VTEC, Infrared Charbroiler
Wells Manufacturing—HDW- 2 Water Saving
Heated Disher Well
ZipZester, LLC—Spin Zester
Award recipients will be showcased in the
interactive Kitchen Innovations Pavilion at
the 2012 National Restaurant Association
Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show May 5-8 at
McCormick Place, Chicago.
The James Beard Foundation’s Best of
Best:A 25th Anniversary Celebration of
America’s Outstanding Chefs
(Chronicle Books, 2012)
Profiles, photos and recipes highlight
21 James Beard Foundation (JBF) award-
winning chefs in commemoration of the
foundation’s 25th anniversary. Each
of the featured chefs has won the JBF
Outstanding Chef Award.
