Awards

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies named Russ Streett of Boelter its 2025 DSR of the Year. Streett is the 25th person to receive FE&S DSR of the Year Award.

When Byron Ellingson created Bargreen Ellingson back in 1960, he sauntered into the foodservice equipment industry on little more than a wing and a prayer.

When Byron Ellingson created Bargreen Ellingson back in 1960, he sauntered into the foodservice equipment industry on little more than a wing and a prayer.

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies named Washington-based Bargreen Ellingson the 2025 recipient of the magazine’s acclaimed Dealer of the Year Award.

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies named Russ Streett of Boelter its 2025 DSR of the Year. Streett is the 25th person to receive FE&S DSR of the Year Award.

Establish trust and close quickly: a conventional sales strategy that Nick Taylor, CFSP, mastered during his 15-year run in retail sales for a chain mattress store and continues to apply today as director of strategic accounts for KaTom Restaurant Supply Inc., a foodservice equipment and supplies dealer based in Kodak, Tenn. Indeed, he credits the latter part of that strategy —the close — as a dominant factor to his success at KaTom during the past seven years.

To get a glimpse into how profoundly the FE&S 2025 Hall of Fame Award winner has affected so many, one only need look at the wide group of people — a mix of co-workers, project collaborators, friends and even competitors — who jumped at the chance to sing the praises of Leonard D. “Lenny” Condenzio, FCSI, CEO of Ricca Design Studios.

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies will present longtime foodservice consultant Lenny Condenzio, FCSI of Ricca Design Studios with the magazine’s 2025 Hall of Fame Award.

FE&S proudly presents its 2020 Performance in Tabletop Awards. The following pages recognize excellence in the strategic and functional application of tabletop design in four categories.

FE&S proudly presents the winners of the magazine’s annual Performance in Tabletop Awards.

We hear a lot about succession planning and preparing the next generation these days. Garrett Redd, CFSP, is the embodiment of both. 

Like so many others, Jeremy Allen, president of Vanco, grew up in the kitchen equipment sector. The path to his current role wasn’t so straight, though.