Craft Restaurant Awards – 1991 – 2011

2011
Nation’s Restaurant News named Tom Colicchio MenuMasters Hall of Fame inductee

2010
James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef Award for Tom Colicchio

2010
FAI (Food Allergy Initiative) Lifetime Achievement Award for Tom Colicchio

2010
Huffington Post named Tom Colicchio a “Game Changer in Food”

2010
The New York Times 3-star restaurant review for Colicchio & Sons (Sam Sifton)

2010
Star Chefs Rising Star award for James Tracey

2010
New York Magazine “Top 51 Sandwiches” for Colicchio & Sons (#25)

2010
Restaurants & Institutions Magazine Ivy Award for Craft

2010
Restaurants & Institutions Magazine Top 100 Independents for Craftsteak Las Vegas (#19)

2010
Los Angeles Times 3½ -star re-review for Craft Los Angeles

2009
Wine Spectator “Best of Award of Excellence” for Craft

2009
Angeleno 7^th Annual Restaurant Awards “Top 25” for Craft and Craftbar Los Angeles

2009
Los Angeles Magazine 3-star restaurant review for Craftbar Los Angeles (Patrick Kuh)

2009
The Dallas Morning News 4-star re-review of Craft Dallas (Leslie Brenner)

2009
Connecticut Magazine “31^st Annual Restaurant Awards Readers’ Choice” for Craftsteak at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods

2008
Maxim 2008 Food Awards for Craftsteak New York’s New York strip

2008
Connecticut Magazine 3-star restaurant review for Craftsteak at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods

2008
Food & Wine Hall of Fame “50 Best New Chefs” for Tom Colicchio

2008
New York Magazine Best of New York 2008 for Craftsteak New York

2008
Restaurants & Institutions Magazine Top 100 Independents for Craftsteak Las Vegas (#36)

2008
Los Angeles Magazine “The 75 Best Restaurants in LA” for Craft Los Angeles (#23)

2008
Los Angeles Magazine Annual Restaurant Awards for Craft Los Angeles’ parfaits

2008
The New York Times Best New Restaurant Dishes for Tom: Tuesday Dinner’s crispy pork trotter

2007
Restaurant Business “Clean Plate Award” for Craft’s almond semifreddo

2007
New York Magazine annual “Where to Eat” issue for Craftsteak New York

2007
The New York Times 2-star review of Craftsteak New York (Frank Bruni)

2007
Food & Wine Best New Wine Lists of ’07 for Craftsteak New York

2007
Los Angeles Times 3-star restaurant review for Craft Los Angeles (Irene Virbila)

2007
The Dallas Morning News 4-star restaurant review for Craft Dallas

2006
Travel + Leisure “New York’s Top 50” for Craft

2006
New York Magazine “101 Best Restaurants” for Craft (#5)

2006
Crain’s New York Business 2½-star review for Craftsteak New York

2005
Restaurant Magazine UK “50 Best Restaurants in the world” for Gramercy Tavern (#15 in a list of 50 restaurants world-wide)

2005
Crain’s New York Business  2½-star review of Craftbar (Bob Lape)

2005
Las Vegas Life magazine’s Epicurean Award for Best Steakhouse for Craftsteak Las Vegas

2004
Restaurant Magazine UK “50 Best Restaurants in the World” for Gramercy Tavern (#10 in a list of 50 restaurants world-wide)

2003
Las Vegas Life magazine’s Epicurean Award for Best New Restaurant for Craftsteak Las Vegas

2002
Bon Appetit and Food Network’s American Food and Entertaining Awards: Chef of the Year for Tom Colicchio

2002
James Beard Foundation’s Best New Restaurant Award for Craft

2001
The New York Times 3-star restaurant review for Craft (William Grimes)

2001
Time Out New York’s Eating and Drinking Awards: Best New Restaurant for Craft, Best Design for Craft, and Best Chef for Craft and Gramercy Tavern

2001
James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Service Award for Gramercy Tavern

2001
James Beard Foundation’s Kitchenaid Cookbook Award for “Think Like a Chef” (Clarkson Potter\Publishers, 2001)

2000
James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef New York for Tom Colicchio

1999
Restaurants & Institutions Ivy Awards of Distinction for Gramercy Tavern

1996
The New York Times 3-star restaurant review for Gramercy Tavern (Ruth Reichl)

1991
Food and Wine’s Best New Chefs for Tom Colicchio