Restaurant Business is a finalist for seven national Azbee Awards, including Website of the Year.
The awards, which recognize the best in business-to-business media, are sponsored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). National finalists were announced Friday, with winners revealed on May 27.
In addition to Website of the Year, Restaurant Business is an Azbee national finalist for:
Project of the Year, Labor Pains (Restaurant Business team)
Website Design (Nico Heins)
Social Media Account of the Year, Fast Food Minute (Jonathan Maze)
Web Feature Series, The Climate Crisis (Restaurant Business team)
Web Article Design, Working to slow climate change through regenerative agriculture (Nico Heins, Pat Cobe, Pat Dodson)
News Analysis, Why Baja Fresh Never Became Chipotle (Jonathan Maze)
"The finalists just show what kind of work the Restaurant Business team is capable of, and how much we all just love covering this industry,” RB Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze said. “That we are finalists for four of the biggest awards in the business-to-business journalism world, including Website of the Year, is a massive honor in and of itself. I couldn't be happier about this."
Last month, Restaurant Business was named a finalist for 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, which also honor business-to-business journalism.
Neal Award winners will be announced at a luncheon at the Yale Club in New York City on May 16.
Here are the Restaurant Business finalist nominations for the Neal Awards:
- The series on climate change is a finalist for two awards: Best Series and Best Climate Change Coverage
- Best Commentary: Jonathan Maze on restaurant finance
- Best Industry Coverage: Third-party delivery
- Best News Coverage: Special report on restaurant bankruptcies
- Best Podcast: Restaurant Daily, a joint production of Restaurant Business and Nation’s Restaurant News
- Best Profile: Everytable
- Best Range of Work by a Media Brand
- Best Range of Work by a Single Author: Lisa Jennings
- Best Subject-Related Package: Labor Pains
- Best Technical/Scientific Content: Artificial intelligence in the restaurant industry.
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