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    Awards May 15, 2024

    SFA Announces 2024 sofi Award Winners

    SFA announced its 2024 sofi Award winners.
  • Lifetime Achievement, Hall of Fame
    Awards April 29, 2024

    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.
  • Maha Freij
    Awards By: George Hajjar April 28, 2024

    2024 Hall of Fame Inductee: Maha Freij, Three Little Pigs/Les Trois Petits Cochons

    For Maha Freij, president of Three Little Pigs / Les Trois Petits Cochons, the brand’s success is her success.
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  • George Gellert
    Awards By: Mark Hamstra April 28, 2024

    2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: George Gellert, Atalanta Corporation

    George Gellert has spent nearly six decades working in specialty foods, building one of the largest, most diverse companies in the industry.
  • Hooper and Reese
    Awards By: Mark Hamstra April 28, 2024

    2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Allison Hooper and Bob Reese Vermont Creamery

    When Allison Hooper and Bob Reese began working together in 1984, there were only a handful of goat cheese producers in the entire country.
  • Paula Lambert
    Awards By: George Hajjar April 28, 2024

    2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Paula Lambert, Mozzarella Company

    Even as a young person, industry veteran Paula Lambert was interested in cheese.
  • Dennis Deschaines headshot
    Awards By: Julie Gallagher April 28, 2024

    2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Dennis Deschaine, Al Dente Pasta Company

    Dennis Deschaine and his wife Monique sold their first bag of Al Dente Pasta at the Ann Arbor Art Fair in Michigan in 1981.
  • Jack Acree headshot
    Awards By: Mark Hamstra April 28, 2024

    2024 Hall of Fame Inductee: Jack Acree, Saffron Road Foods

  • Gary Chandler headshot
    Awards By: Mark Hamstra April 28, 2024

    2024 Hall of Fame Inductee: Gary Chandler, Chandler Food Sales

    For Gary Chandler, the specialty food industry has always been very much a family business.
  • Cristiano Creminelli headshot
    Awards By: Mark Hamstra April 28, 2024

    2024 Hall of Fame Inductee: Cristiano Creminelli, Creminelli Fine Meats/Charcuterie Artisans

    Cristiano Creminelli’s family has been creating artisanal meats and cheeses for generations in Italy.
  • Phil Gatto headshot
    Awards By: Mark Hamstra April 28, 2024

    2024 Hall of Fame Inductee: Phil Gatto, True Story Foods

    Phil Gatto has made a career out of doing what he loves.
  • Ron Tanner headshot
    Awards By: Mark Hamstra April 28, 2024

    2024 Hall of Fame Inductee: Ron Tanner, Tanner Food Group

    Ron Tanner has long been one of the guiding forces of the SFA, and his influence is evident throughout the association’s operations.