SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS
The special recognition awards highlight food industry leaders who are shaping the culinary world.
The recipients are nominated by IACP members and non-members. The recipients are selected by the IACP board of directors.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The IACP Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual who has spent their career in service to enrich the culinary world.
2023 – Madhur Jaffrey
2022 – Liz Newmark, and Sue Zelickson
2021 – Grace Young
2020 – Darra Goldstein
2019 – Nathalie Dupree
2017 – José Andrés
2016 – Lynne Rossetto Kasper
MEMBER OF THE YEAR
The recipient of this award is recognized as an IACP member who has had an outsized impact within the organization.
2023 – Lisa Howard
2022 – Nandita Godbole, Dianne Jacob, Jimmy Proffitt, Christy Rost, and Toni Tipton-Martin
2021 – Jennifer Clair, Sheila Crye, C.C. Fridlin, Sandra Gutierrez, and Jessica van Dop DeJesus
2020 – Andrea Nguyen
2019 – Chandra Ram
2018 – Nancy Waldeck, and Michele Redmond
2017 – Annelies Zijderveld
2016 – Margaret McSweeney
TONI TIPTON-MARTIN AWARD
Inaugurated in 2023, the IACP Toni Tipton-Martin Award uplifts an emerging food writer who demonstrates readiness to professionally transition their work into full-time Food Journalism in a specific print or digital media platform: cookbook; newspaper; magazine; broadcast journalism; website; or other venue. Candidates for this $5,000 award may be self-nominated or may be nominated by IACP Members, non-members, and any member of the culinary community. The winner will be selected by the IACP Board and Toni Tipton-Martin. Submit your 2024 nomination here. Deadline July 15, 2024.
2023 – Tiffanie Barriere
