Restaurant Business was named Website of the Year Tuesday by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), in addition to receiving several other individual and team awards.
The Azbee Awards recognize the best work in business-to-business media.
In addition to Website of the Year, the Restaurant Business team won Project of the Year for Labor Pains, which examined how the restaurant labor landscape has changed since the pandemic.
Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze took home an Azbee Award for Social Media Account of the Year for his Fast Food Minute video series.
“I'm really happy to see the recognition of the amazing work this team puts in day in and day out,” Maze said. “We have an incredible group of journalists who really work hard to tell the stories of restaurant operators and those who work with them every day. It's great to see it all stand up in a super competitive arena like the Azbee's.”
RB also earned Silver Azbees for the Climate Crisis, a package on the impact of climate change on the restaurant industry, as well as Maze's column Why Baja Fresh Never Became Chipotle. The climate change package also won two bronze awards for design.
The publication had been a finalist for seven national Azbee Awards. It had also won three Upper Midwest regional gold awards.
Earlier this month, the Restaurant Business team won eight Jesse H. Neal Awards, including Best Range of Work by a Media Brand. The annual awards, presented by the Software and Information Industry Association, recognize excellence in business media.
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