|
YEAR
|
RESTAURATEUR
of the YEAR
|
HOTELIER
of the YEAR
|
SUPPLIER
of the YEAR
|
| 2017 |
RIU CAO & MICHELLE WANG CAO
M Gourmet Group
Columbia |
CLANCY CIPKALA
Solara Hospitality
Irmo |
ELIZABETH BARNA
Atlantic Food Safety
Charleston |
| 2016 |
ANGELO ANTONUCCI
Angelo's Steak and Pasta
Myrtle Beach |
RAINES HOSPITALITY
Florence |
SYSCO
Columbia |
2015
|
MIKE DAVIS
Terra
Columbia
|
STEVEN BIRDWELL
Sea Pines Resort
Hilton Head Island
|
CHANDLER GRIFFITH
BB&T Insurance Services
Greeenville
|
2014
|
DILIP PATEL
Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham
Rock HIll
|
TRIP DeFORREST
Outback Steakhouse
Myrtle Beach
|
STAN COSTER
Ballentine Equipment Company
Greenville
|
| 2013 |
RICK ERWIN
Rick Erwin Dining Group
Greenville |
HEMA PATEL
Courtesy Management Company
Organgeburg |
NO AWARD PRESENTED |
| 2012 |
DAVID HOWARD
Neighborhood Dining Group
Charleston |
THE RAMA FAMILY
JHM Hotels
Greenville |
MICHAEL FLINTON
Quality Sales and Marketing
St. Matthews
|
|
2011
|
HEIDI VUKOV
Croissants Bistro and Bakery
Myrtle Beach
|
VIJAY SINGH
Sanctuary Hotel at the Kiawah Island Resort
Kiawah Island
|
BEACON INSURANCE GROUP
Bluffton
|
|
2010
|
SAM ERB
Westside Bowerey
Aiken
|
BOB BARENBERG
Hilton Hotels
Myrtle Beach
|
SYSCO FOODSERVICE
Columbia
|
|
2009
|
DAVID McMILLIAN
Drunkin Jack's Restaurant
Murrells Inlet
|
SUZANNE HINDE
Sheraton Convention Center Hotel
Myrtle Beach
|
FISHER & PHILLIPS, LLP
Columbia
|
|
2008
|
DICK ELLIOTT
Maverick Southern Kitchens
Charleston
|
RICK PATEL
Sejwad Hotels
Columbia
|
GARRETT STAPLETON
Front 2 Back Outfitters
|
|
2007
|
ALLEN JOHNSTON
The Butcher and Baker (DBA Fuddruckers)
Moore
|
TERRI HAACK
Wild Dunes Resort
Charletson
|
GIL HAMPTON
Southern Wine and Spirits
Columbia
|
|
2006
|
DAVID CLARK
Wild Wing Cafe Restaurants
Mt. Pleasant
|
JOHN MUNRO
Sea Pines Resort
Mt. Pleasant
|
LEISURE TIME UNLIMITED
Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Show of the SE
Myrtle Beach
|
|
2005
|
DAVID MILLER
Kickin Chicken Restaurants
Charleston
|
BO AUGHTRY • CIHP DAVIS
Windsor Aughtry
Greenville
|
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES
|
|
2004
|
HAMP LINDSEY
Wade's Restaurant, Spartanburg
|
WOODY CROSBY
Jordan Properties
Myrtle Beach
|
TOM STROOZAS
Piedmont Natural Gas Co.
Charlotte
|
|
2003
|
BILL BURTON
Fatz Cafe Restaurants Greenville
|
HANK HOLLIDAY
Holliday Companies
Charleston
|
ADLUH FLOUR
Columbia
|
|
2002
|
MARK CUMMINS, JERRY SHEER,
and DAVID MILLER
T Bonz Restaurant Group
Charleston
|
BERT POOSER
IMIC Hotels
Columbia
|
DONNA ROGERS
Budweiser of Columbia
KARLA TAYLOR
Pearlstine Budweiser
Charleston
|
|
2001
|
CARL SOBOCINSKI
Soby's New South Cuisine
Greenville
|
LANNEAU SIEGLING
Embassy Suites Historic
Charleston
|
ROBB IMBUS
Palmer & Cay Insurance
Charleston
|
|
2000
|
HORST SEMPER
The Trawler
Mt. Pleasant
|
H.P. RAMA
JHM Hotels
Greenville
|
AMERICAN EXPRESS
|
|
1999
|
MARK KELLEY
Shamrock's Restaurant
Myrtle Beach
|
No Award Winner
|
MIKE BEDDINGFIELD
U.S. Foodservice
|
|
1998
|
MATT BRIGHTWELL
Tam's Tavern
Rock Hill
|
FRANS MUSTERT
Sands Resorts
Myrtle Beach
|
RANDY HYATT
Duke Power Company
Spartanburg
|
|
1997
|
GAIL ROBBINS
GLR Foods - Pizza Inn
Greenville
|
RUSS SMITH
Embassy Suites
Columbia
|
S & D COFFEE
|
|
1996
|
HENRY J. FINCH
Tradewind's Restaurant
Isle of Palms
|
GARY LOFTUS
Bar Harbor Motor Inn
Myrtle Beach
|
PYA/MONARCH
|
|
1995
|
SCOTT HARRELSON
Thoroughbred's Restaurant
Myrtle Beach
|
H. B. "BUCK" LIMEHOUSE
Limehouse Properties
Charleston
|
FRANK BRIGMAN
Brigman Foods
Charleston
|
|
1994
|
PETE & ANGIE FINAZZO
Peter David's Fine Dining
Greenville
|
BRUCE NELKER
Airport Marriott Hotel
Greenville
|
MCI
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
|
|
1993
|
BOBBY WILLIAMS
Lizard's Thicket Restaurants
Columbia
|
|
|
|
1992
|
RALPH GASKINS
Walnut Grove Seafood Restaurant
Roebuck
|
|
|
|
1991
|
JOE SLIKER
82 Queen
Charleston
|
|
|
|
1990
|
BUSHY PEEK
Bushy's Restaurant
Folly Beach
|
|
|
|
1989
|
STEVE EPPS, Jr.
Orr's Seafood Restaurants
Greenville
|
|
|
|
1988
|
BRIAN CARMINES
Hudson's Seafood Restaurant
Hilton Head Island
|
|
|
|
1987
|
RYAN CONDON
Port City Cafe
Charleston
|
|
|
|
1986
|
TOM FISCHER
The Greystone
Laurens
|
|
|