The Pioneer Award is selected each year by the Editorial Board of Nation's Restaurant News. A veteran multi-unit foodservice operator is recognized for professional dedication and contributions to the foodservice industry. This honoree is saluted for sustaining innovation and creativity, congratulated for a lifetime of success and gratefully thanked for a career of service. This award was presented during MUFSO.
Kevin Rathbun has come a long way since his days as a dishwasher at a Sambo’s restaurant in Kansas City. Some 30 years later, he is the chef and co-owner of Rathbun’s, Krog Bar and Kevin Rathbun Steak, three of Atlanta’s most popular restaurants
The federal government took steps to ensure The Greenbrier would survive a nuclear attack, but inertia almost proved a more lethal threat to the 232-year-old resort and its restaurant, The Main Dining Room.