Restaurant Business won four Gold Azbee Awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors this week, including the award for Website of the Year.
Senior Tech Editor Joe Guszkowski won two Gold awards, one for his profile on the bankrupt casual-dining chain Hooters and another for his regular restaurant technology column, Tech Check.
Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze won a Gold award for his profile on 2025 Restaurant Business Restaurant Leader of the Year Award winner Kevin Hochman.
Executive Editor Lisa Jennings was a Silver award winner for her case study on San Pedro Fish Market’s story of survival. Senior Menu Editor Patricia Cobe won a Bronze for her feature on the dirty soda craze.
Restaurant Business was also a finalist for two other awards in the Overall Excellence category, for a package on the long-term impact of the pandemic, and for its TikTok account.
“The Restaurant Business team is fantastic and these awards prove it,” said Jonathan Maze, Restaurant Business editor-in-chief. “The Website of the Year Award just shows that we do excellent work every single day.”
The judges were impressed by the overall design and organization of the website, along with the color scheme. “But the strength of writing is what really stands out,” the judges said. “There’s a very smooth writing style that makes sometimes boring trade reporting read like a narrative.”
This was the second straight year that Restaurant Business won the award for Website of the Year from the Azbee's, which recognizes the best in business-to-business journalism every year.
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