Awards

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.

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.

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies named Nick Taylor of Tennessee-based KaTom its 2024 DSR of the Year. Taylor is the 24th person to receive FE&S DSR of the Year Award.

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.