In 2003 FE&S renamed its Young Lions Award to the present day Top Achiever Award.
| Year | Winner | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Orlando Espinosa III | Orlando Espinosa Associates, LLC |
| 2023 | Juan Martinez | Profitality Labor Guru |
| 2022 | Lenny Condenzio | Ricca Design Studios |
| 2021 | Gina Brinegar and Costel Coca | Webb Foodservice Design |
| 2020 | Scott Reitano | Reitano Design Group |
| 2019 | Amy Hegarty | Foodservice Consultants Studio |
| 2018 | Christine Guyott | Rippe Associates |
| 2017 | Beth Kuczera | Equipment Dynamics Inc. |
| 2016 | Todd Guyette | Colburn & Guyette |
| 2015 | Tracy Taraski | The Bigelow Companies |
| 2014 | Kristin Sedej | S20 Consultants |
| 2013 | Steve Carlson | Robert Rippe & Associates, Inc. |
| 2012 | Karen Malody | Culinary Options |
| 2011 | Doug & Lawrence Huber | Foodservice Consultants Studio |
| 2010 | James Camacho | Camacho Associates |
| 2009 | John Cornyn | Cornyn Fasano Group |
| 2008 | Michael Johnson | Culinary Design Center |
| 2007 | Robert Pacifico | Romano Gatland |
| 2006 | Mark Godward | Strategic Restaurant Engineering |
| 2005 | Georgeanne Shockey | Ruck-Shockey Assoociates |
| 2004 | Pete Stryker | Miller & Stryker Associates |
| 2003 | George Zawacki | Cini Little International |
| 2002 | Tom Romano | Romano Gatland |
| 2001 | Ken Schwartz | SSA, Inc |
| 2000 | David Olson | Thomas Ricca Associates |
| 1999 | Jim Webb | Webb Design |
| 1998 | L. Daniel Bendall | Cini Little International |
| 1997 | Claudia Scotty | Ricca Planning Studio |
| 1996 | Jim Birchfield Jr. | Birchfield Food Systems |
| 1995 | James Sukenick | The Baker Group |
| 1994 | Chris Brady | Romano Gatland |
| 1993 | Jim Petersen | Cii Foodservice Design |
| 1992 | Kathleen Seelye | Thomas Ricca Associates |
| 1991 | Jeff Brown | Jeffrey Brown & Associates |
| 1990 | Gary Hammer | Hammer Design Associates |
| 1989 | William Caruso | William Caruso Associates |
| 1988 | Harry Schildkraut | Cini-Little International |
| 1987 | Steve Marshall | Marshall Associates |
| 1986 | Edward Parman | Fred Schmid Associates |
| 1985 | Michael Colburn | Michaels & Colburn Associates |
| 1984 | Tom Ricca | Thomas Ricca Associates |
