Culinary Award of Excellence, presented by Robert Mondavi
no longer presented
Robert Mondavi
Name Year
James Laird 2000
Patrick O'Connell 2000
Michael Schlow 2000
Hiro Sone 2000
Robert Sulatycky 2000

Mario Batali 1999
Rick Bayless 1999
Susanna Foo 1999
Bob Kinkead 1999
Michael Mina 1999
Julian Serrano 1999

Monique Andrée Barbeau 1997
Christopher Gross 1997
I. Pano Karatassos 1997
Thomas Keller 1997
Mel Masters 1997
Jane Masters 1997
Charlie Palmer 1997

David Burke 1996
Biba Caggiano 1996
Robert Del Grande 1996
Nobu Matsuhisa 1996
Cindy Pawlcyn 1996
Norman Van Aken 1996

Daniel Boulud 1995
Patrick Healy 1995
Reed Hearon 1995
Susan Spicer 1995
Sarah Stegner 1995
Jean-Georges Vongerichten 1995

John Akhile 1994
Michael Cordúa 1994
Dave Danhi 1994
Jonathan Eismann 1994
Todd English 1994
Gale Gand 1994
Elka Gilmore 1994
George Morrone 1994
Nancy Oakes 1994
Hans Röckenwagner 1994
David Ruggerio 1994
Joel Somerstein 1994
Alan Wong 1994