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Montgomery Restaurants Bring Home Top Honors
Several Montgomery County restaurants earned top honors at the annual RAMMY Awards in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC — Several of Montgomery County's top foodservice industry professionals were honored Sunday night at the 35th Annual RAMMY Awards as the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington announced winners in 21 award categories. Some awards were decided by the voting public, while others were selected by an anonymous panel of volunteer judges, consisting of food and dining journalists, educators and foodservice industry professionals.
The public decided the winners in four categories: Favorite Gathering Place of the Year, Upscale Brunch, Casual Brunch and Favorite Fast Bites.
The winners of the 35th Annual RAMMY Awards include:
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Employee of the Year: Joseph Cassis, PassionFish Bethesda
We're rooting for our TWO @RAMMYawards nominees tonight! Good luck Joseph from @passionfishbeth & @DistrictCommons ! GO #TeamPFH! pic.twitter.com/fzqtpLFsnn
— Passion Food (@PassionFoodHosp) July 30, 2017
- Casual Brunch of the Year: Republic (located in Takoma Park)
SQUAD #Rammys17 pic.twitter.com/LpseoTEcBt
— Republic (@RepublicTakoma) July 31, 2017
- Favorite Fast Bites of the Year: Cava Grill (2 locations in Bethesda, plus Silver Spring and Gaithersburg)
- Restaurateur of the Year: Ike Grigoropoulos, Dimitri Moshovitis, Ted Xenohristos, Brett Schulman, Cava Group, Inc
The RAMMY Awards Gala honors the ability and accomplishments of the hard-working individuals and organizations of the region’s restaurants and foodservice community.
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