Kettle Award Recipients
2023 KIRK VASHAW, Spangler Candy Co.
2022 ROBERT NELSON, Elmer Chocolate
2019 TED COHEN, Hillside Candy
2018 MITCHELL GOETZE, Goetze’s Candy Company
2017 SARA CLAIR, Brown & Haley Co.
2016 MIKE KOCH, Morley Candy Makers
2015 MICHAEL ROSENBERG, The Promotion in Motion Companies, Inc.
2014 MIKE BIANCO, Jelly Belly Candy Co.
2013 PATRICK HUFFMAN, The Warrell Corporation
2012 R. ANTHONY SWEET, Sweet Candy Co.
2011 PIERSON CLAIR, Brown & Haley Co.
2010 JOHN BROOKS, SR., Adams & Brooks, Inc.
2009 MELVIN GORDON, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
2008 GARY GUITTARD, Guittard Chocolate Co.
2007 JORGE FARBER, Madelaine Chocolate Novelties
2006 BILL KELLEY, Jelly Belly Candy Co.
2005 DAVID HAWK, Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
2004 LINCOLN A. WARRELL, The Warrell Corporation
2003 DOMENIC ANTONELLIS, New England Confectionery Company
2002 SAL FERRARA, Ferrara Pan Candy Company
2001 JIM MCGOVERN, Peerless Candy Company
2000 PAT HURLEY, Spangler Candy Company
1999 JAMES GAGLIARDUCCI, Dalducci PC
1998 MARY LAUDERDALE, Mary of Puddin Hill
1997 JOHN KITT, The LifeSavers Company
1996 JACK ZACHARY, Zachary Confections, Inc.
1995 RUSS ALBERS, Herman Goelitz Candy Co., Inc.
1994 LOUIS WARD, Russell Stover Candy Co.
1993 DUANE E. FOX, Spangler Candy Co.
1992 JAMES A. HANLON, Leaf Inc. North America
1991 RICHARD PALMER, JR., R. M. Palmer Co.
1990 GEORGE JENKINS, Candy USA
1989 W. HORTON CORWIN, Brock Candy Co.
1988 HERMAN G. ROWLAND, Herman Goelitz Candy Co., Inc.
1987 EDMOND A. OPLER, SR., World’s Finest Chocolate Co.
1986 CARL A. GOLDENBERG, Goldenberg Candy Co.
1985 ELLEN R. GORDON, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
1984 NED E. MITCHELL, E. J. Brach & Sons
1983 ARCHILLES (HERK) PULAKOS, Pulakos 926 Candies, Inc.
1982 JAMES W. NIXON, Whitman’s Chocolates Div. PET, Inc.
1981 HENRY J. BORNHOFFT, JR., Nabisco Confections, Inc.
1980 WILLIAM A. BEICH, Paul F. Beich Co.
1979 ROBERT P. ALLEN, E. J. Brach & Sons
1978 CHARLES M. SMYLIE, Y & S Candies
1977 HY BECKER, Cella’s Confections, Inc.
1976 DENTON THORNE, Fannie May Candy Shops, Inc.
1975 NELLO FERRARA, Ferrara Pan Candy Co.
1974 NATHAN SLOANE, Nabisco Confections, Inc.
1973 MENLO SMITH, The Sunline Corp.
1972 LLOYD ELSTON, Peter Paul, Inc.
1971 JEFF JAFFE, Ward’s Foods
1970 SAM O. MAGUIRE, Fine Products Co., Inc.
1969 JOHN W. VASSOS, Whitman’s Chocolates
1968 ELLIOT S. PETERSON, Mrs. Saylor’s
1967 ARMIN SCHAPER, Delson Candy Co.
1966 FRANK V. BRACH, E. J. Brach & Sons
1965 CLARENCE M. KRETCHMER, American Licorice Co.
1964 RICHARD A. BROCK, Brock Candy Co.
1963 RICHARD H. HARDESTY, JR., R. H. Hardesty & Co.
1962 ANDREW H. HEIDE, Henry Heide, Inc.
1961 CHARLES L. SMESSAERT, Walter H. Johnson Co.
1960 VICTOR A. BONOMO, Gold Medal Candy Corp.
1959 JOHN A. MAVRAKOS, Mavrakos Candy Co.
1958 W. C. DICKMEYER, Wayne Candies, Inc.
1957 CHARLES F. SCULLY, Williamson Candy Co.
1956 REED W. ROBINSON, Golden Nuggett Sweets, Ltd.
1955 ROBERT H. SCHNERING, Curtiss Candy Co.
1954 VICTOR H. GIES, Mars, Inc.
1953 IRVIN C. SHAFFER, The Maillard Corp.
1952 CHARLES R. ADELSON, Delson Candy Co.
1951 G. LLOYD LATTEN, Schutter Candy Div., Universal Match Corp.
1950 HARRY R. CHAPMAN, New England Confectionery Co.
1949 THEODORE STEMPFEL, E. J. Brach & Sons
1948 C. RUDOLPH KROEKEL, Kroekel-Oetinger, Inc.
1947 ROBERT H. W. WELCH, JR., James O. Welch Co.
1946 RUSSELL STOVER, Russell Stover Candies