Category Archive for "Awards & Reviews"

11Mar

Scholarship opportunities open for college students connected to NCA member companies

Are you working for an NCA member company and have college students in your family? The Confectionery Foundation is offering 25 student scholarships to attend the Sweets & Snacks Expo career education day this May in Chicago. Your children, who are aged 21-25 and currently enrolled in two to four...

15Feb

Sweet Candy Cafe receives grant from The Allured Fund

Congratulations to Felicia Evans Long owner of Sweet Candy Cafe of Lumberton, North Carolina. Ms. Long is the most recent recipient of a grant from The Allured Fund to further her training in our confectionery industry. She will participate in the National Confectioner’s Association Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago...

19Oct

Congratulations to the 2014 Candy Hall of Fame Inductees

Congratulations to this year’s inductees into the Candy Hall of Fame! Thank you all for your extraordinary contributions and lifetime achievements. Joe Conti, Charles Dodson, Joseph Donnelly, Brian Gold, Dan Gray, Randy Hofberger, John Holland, Robert Huzinec, Steve Martinez, and Stuart Selarnick. Two posthumous awards to: Daniel Peter and Otto...

13Sep

Awesome! Spectacular! 100 ways to say…

Looking for positives to acknowledge great work? This infographic offers 100 refreshing synonyms to expand your supporting vocabulary. Click to read the poster at Infographicaday.com...

21May

Mike Bianco Kettle Award recipient 2014

Congratulations to this year’s lifetime achievement Kettle Award recipient Mike Bianco of Jelly Belly. This marks the 69th annual celebration. Kettle Committee 2013-2014: Bryan Bainbridge, Jim Bourne, Katherine Clark, Kris Collins, Bill Copeland, Ray Cote, Russ Crosio, Chuck Dodson, Scott Funk, Tim Galloway, Mark Glimmerveen, Jim Greenberg, Lee Hartman, James...

18May

French Pastry School co-founder wins James Beard Award

The Art of French Pastry written by Chef Jacquy Pfeiffer with Co-Author Martha Rose Shulman won the James Beard Foundation Book Award in the Baking and Dessert category this month. Chef Pfeiffer and Ms. Shulman were in New York City to accept the award at the Book, Broadcast, and Journalism...