FAME Awards

Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME)

Basic American Foods Annual FAME Awards recognize outstanding heroes in K-12 foodservice. What do these heroes look like? School nutrition professionals who raise industry standards by tackling challenges and making a difference within their school districts and communities.

The 32^nd annual FAME Awards ceremony will be held virtually during the School Nutrition Industry Conference on January 14, 2021.

We believe there’s nothing better than a really great meal.

And we know what make school meals so great are the people like you who create them – in school kitchens and lunch rooms everywhere. We’re proud to serve the K-12 foodservice segment, where the Basic American Foods FAME Awards honor and recognize food heroes like you.

2021 Winners

Congratulations to the 2021 FAME Awards Winners

Golden Foodservice Director of the Year Award Maria Eunice Director of Food and Nutrition Services Alachua County Public Schools, Gainesville, FL	Silver Spirit Award Richard Miles Coordinator of Nutrition and Wellness Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, FL
Silver Leadership Award Adam Russo Director of School Food and Nutrition Services Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas, VA	Silver Rising Star Award Megan Cook Director of Child Nutrition Corona-Norco Unified School District, Corona, CA

Event Registration

The 32^nd annual FAME Awards ceremony will be held virtually during the School Nutrition Industry Conference on January 14, 2021. Be sure to register for the FAME Awards ceremony via the link in your SNIC event registration confirmation email. To register for SNIC, click here.

Nominate

Nominations for the 2021 FAME Awards are closed. Read below to see how the winners were chosen.

Step 1: Who is eligible?

All school nutrition professionals who are members of SNA, in addition to special supporters of school nutrition, are eligible for nomination.
While director nominees are limited to receiving one Silver Star Award during their careers as directors, they are also eligible to receive the Golden Star Award.
Career changes may make past FAME Award winners eligible to receive different FAME Awards. Past FAME Award winners are not eligible to receive the same award.
All winners must be in good standing with the industry.
Employees of Basic American Foods (BAF) are not eligible.
The selection committee and BAF reserve the right to disqualify any nominee or winner.

Check out the Frequently Asked Questions

Step 2: Pick a category

There are four award categories, so take a look at the following nomination questions per category and decide which best fits for your nominee.

Golden Director of the Year Award
Leadership Award
Spirit Award
Rising Star Award

Download the Award Category Questions

Step 3: Write an achievement summary

Once you’ve matched your nominee’s accomplishments with the appropriate award, use the questions to create a summary of your nominee’s achievements.

The FAME selection committee will use the achievement summary to determine the winners.

Step 4: Nominate online

Please be concise in your responses. Limit each response to 4,500 characters (approximately 500 words).
Additional materials, such as article clippings, samples, videos, etc., will not be accepted.

Questions? Need more information?

Please contact Deniece Ledin:

Phone: (925) 472-4139

Email: dledin@baf.com

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