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The Kettle Award

Established in 1946 by Candy Industry’s founder and publisher, Don Gussow, the Kettle Award represents the highest recognition an individual working within the U.S. confectionery industry can attain.
It is, as Gussow explained to readers, “recognition of the contribution for ‘great or good’ of the industry, not only on the part of the person selected for the distinction, but of every member of the confectionery field who has devoted himself in whatever measure to make the business of candy making and selling a more profitable and happier one.”

2010 Nominees

John Brooks, Sr.
President

Adams & Brooks, Inc.

Los Angeles

Although John Brooks Sr. had worked as a shipping clerk in a candy factory, a truck driver for a candy company and as demo candy maker at Disneyland, his first job after graduating from Pomona College wasn’t confectionery. Rather, with a masters of science in biology, Brooks opted to work as a bio-technician with Northrop Space Laboratories.

Edward Seguine
Chocolate Research Fellow
Mars Chocolate North America
Elizabethtown, Pa.

For someone who holds one of the most interesting job titles in the industry, “Chocolate Research Fellow,” it’s rather surprising to see that Edward Seguine’s career didn’t begin with chocolate...

Michael Rosenberg
President & CEO
The Promotion In Motion Companies, Inc.
Closter, N.J.

Having come from a multigenerational family of bakers, candy and food manufacturers, importers and marketers, it’s not surprising that Michael Rosenberg found candy flowing in his veins...

Eric Atkinson
President
Atkinson Candy Co.
Lufkin, Texas

For the past 30 years, Eric Atkinson has combined East Texas ingenuity and individual chutzpah to propel Atkinson Candy Co. from a small regional manufacturer into a world-class supplier of candies...

Venue

The Union League Club of Chicago Union League Club of Chicago
65 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604

Reception will be held from 6:30-8:00pm in the Main Dining Room.

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Past Recipients

Complete List

Since 1946, Candy Industry magazine has recognized leaders in the U.S. confectionery industry with the highest recognition possible, the Kettle Award. The following men and women have captured this most coveted award by not only excelling within their companies, but by contributing to the greater good of the industry. It’s virtually a who’s who of past and present professionals that have left their mark as confectioners and business mavens.