Since 1946, Candy Industry has been bestowing a Kettle Award to individuals working within the confectionery industry. As founder and publisher Don Gussow remarked in creating this unique honor, the Kettle Award was meant as “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.”

Once again this year, Candy Industry has reached out to past Kettle Award recipients, asking if they could respond to four specific topics affecting the confectionery industry. The following individuals responded: