SFA Announces 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, Hall of Fame Inductees
Specialty Food Association has announced its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and Hall of Fame inductees.
Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are widely recognized as having grown the industry, improved the Association, inspired companies, and nurtured individuals.
The mission of SFA’s Hall of Fame is to honor individuals whose accomplishments, impact, contributions, innovations, and successes within the specialty food industry deserve praise and recognition.
“I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the Hall of Fame inductees and Lifetime Achievement Award winners for their years of service, vision, and contribution to the specialty food industry,” said Bill Lynch, SFA president. “These outstanding leaders have helped advance not just our industry, but also SFA and all of its members. Congratulations to all of the honorees on well-deserved recognition.”
This year’s honorees are:
2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Michael Barefoot and Tim Manale, A Southern Season
Dennis Deschaine, Al Dente Pasta Company
George Gellert, Atalanta Corporation
Allison Hooper and Bob Reese, Vermont Creamery
Paula Lambert, Mozzarella Company
2024 Hall of Fame Inductees:
Jack Acree, Saffron Road Foods
Bob Bruno, RJ Bruno International
Gary Chandler, Chandler Food Sales
Cristiano Creminelli, Creminelli Fine Meats/Charcuterie Artisans
Maha Freij, Three Little Pigs/Les Trois Petits Cochons
The 2024 Hall of Fame inductees and Lifetime Achievement Award winners will be recognized alongside the 2024 winners of the sofi and SFA Leadership Awards at the inaugural sofi Awards Gala, a special event hosted during the Summer Fancy Food Show by SFA on Monday, June 24, at Lavan Midtown in New York City.