Bon Appetit Magazine Announces Annual Awards

Posted on June 24, 1998

Bon Appetit, a food & entertaining magazine, announced its inaugural American Food & Entertaining Awards event is scheduled for Sept. 14 at New York's Lincoln Center. Hosted by Matt Lauer of NBC's Today Show, the formal gala, occurring in tandem with Bon Appetit's Ninth Annual Wine & Spirits Focus will benefit CityMeals-on-Wheels USA and The Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Encompassing 12 specialty categories including chefs, restaurateurs, designers, wine professionals and food writers, the awards are intended to heighten public awareness of one of America's most pleasurable pastimes.

"Every month Bon Appetit defines the essence of American culinary arts and entertaining, and with that, the inception of the first annual American Food & Entertaining Awards, is a natural extension of our editorial philosophy," said William Garry, editor in chief of Bon Appetit.