Last month, I reported that the Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association was asking members of the hospitality industry to help choose the best of the best from the state’s dining scene so that it could put together a list of nominees for its annual restaurant awards.
Those awards happen tonight at an event called Hospitality Night Out, which is attended by restaurant owners, employees and other industry professionals, and the evening always includes a “Stars of the Industry” awards ceremony. The ceremony will happen at the DoubleTree by Hilton Wichita Airport, and honorees from around the state will be honored in 10 categories.
KRHA was able to put together that list, and several food industry professionals from the Wichita area were on it. Winners in every category except one — Hot New Concept — must be members of the KRHA, an organization that lobbies the state Legislature on behalf of the industry, offers food safety training and sells insurance to its members…