WASHINGTON — On Sunday night, chefs, restaurateurs, brewers, distillers, winemakers and food fans packed into an overflowing room in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to celebrate the best of D.C.’s culinary community at the 33rd Annual RAMMY Awards Gala.
Everyone in the industry — from the banks that back the chefs, to the masterminds who craft the menus, to the employees who run the meals from the kitchen to the table — was recognized.
Here are this year’s winners:
Evan Labb, Evening Star Cafe
Joseph Cerione, Blue Duck Tavern
George Pagonis, Kapnos
Marcel’s by Robert Wiedmaier
Catoctin Creek Distilling Company
Bar Pilar
Le Diplomate
The Daily Dish
Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza
Mintwood Place
DGS Delicatessen
Pizzeria Paradiso, Georgetown
Bourbon Steak
Iron Gate
Agnes Chin, The Grill Room
Fiola Mare
José Andrés and Rob Wilder, ThinkFoodGroup
Victor Albisu, Del Campo and Taco Bamba
EagleBank
Herbert Miller, Western Development Corporation, Chairman & CEO