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Award winning Utah food journalism

Along the way, Gastronomic SLC has scooped up a number of awards for our coverage of the Salt Lake City food scene. Here’s a chronology of our award-winning journalism and the articles we’ve been recognized for:

Awards

Restaurant reviews as you know it – they’re set to change all over again
Writing and Reporting – Division B: Opinion column
2024 Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Awards (link)

Bar Nohm opens in Salt Lake City raising the bar yet again for Utah dining
Writing and Reporting – Division B, Review / criticism
2024 Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Awards (link)

One of Salt Lake City’s best noodle spots just got even better
Writing and Reporting – Division B, Review / criticism
2024 Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Awards (link)

Start your 2023 with this vibrantly refreshing Utah restaurant
Small newsrooms, A&E and Food – Criticism
2024 Top Of The Rockies Excellence In Journalism (link)

2023 Excellence In Food Reporting
Utah Restaurant Association 2023 awards

Let’s bid farewell to this list of dining don’ts
Writing and Reporting – Humor / lifestyle column

The Pearl – upping the ante for Utah bar food
Small newsrooms, A&E and Food – Criticism
2023 Top Of The Rockies Excellence In Journalism (link)

The food that fed me – the formative years
Writing and Reporting – Humor / lifestyle column
2022 Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Awards (link)

Why your favorite restaurant might be closing
Writing and Reporting – Business / consumer
2022 Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Awards (link)

Kabob Bros – modern and classic Pakistani in Midvale
Writing and Reporting – Review / criticism (1st place)
2022 Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Awards (link)

Taqueria Los Lee – unmissable home made food
Writing and Reporting – Review / criticism (2nd place)
2022 Utah Society of Professional Journalists Headliners Awards (link)

Why your favorite restaurant might be closing
Small newsrooms A&E and food – news or feature
2022 Top Of The Rockies Excellence In Journalism

General food criticism 2021 (example 1, 2, 3)
Small newsrooms, A&E and food – criticism
2022 Top Of The Rockies Excellence In Journalism

Changing face of the industry
Magazine: feature story, third place
2021 Utah Journalism Awards

A seemingly fish story: sushi in the desert
A&E Food: single story
2020 Top Of The Rockies Excellence In Journalism

Best overall blog
2018 Utah Journalism Awards, second place

Best local food blog
2010 City Weekly, Best Of Utah

Best blogs in Utah
2010 Utah Stories

City Weekly
Best blog in Utah

Shiny things

I promise I am not making these up.

Gastronomic SLC first place trophies
Gastronomic SLC first place trophies
Utah Restaurant Association 2023 Excellence in Food Reporting
Utah Restaurant Association 2023 Excellence in Food Reporting
Top Of The Rockies 2021 bets food criticism
Top Of The Rockies 2021 best food criticism
Top Of The Rockies 2021 why restaurants are closing
Top Of The Rockies 2021 why restaurants are closing
Colorado SPJ 2020 award
Colorado SPJ 2020 award
Utah SPJ 2020 award
Utah SPJ 2020 award
Utah SPJ 2018 award
Utah SPJ 2018 award
Top 50 Blog

Our sponsors and this page

This page may contain information about one of our sponsors. We only work with the very best businesses in the state, and routinely turn down offers to work with businesses we don't enjoy. If we can't hand on heart recommend them - they can't be a sponsor.

At this time we have the following sponosrs: BTG, Caffe Molise, Downtown Alliance, Feldman’s Deli, Felt Bar & Eatery, Flanker Kitchen + Sporting Club, Hearth And Hill, Hill’s Kitchen, Kin Sen Asian Noodle Bar, Kyoto, Log Haven, Oasis Cafe, Squatter’s Downtown Salt Lake City, Stoneground Italian Kitchen, Urban Hill, Wasatch Brew Pub Sugar House, Vessel Kitchen, Whiskey Street, White Horse.

I encourage you to Google any of our sponsors and see the stellar reviews on multiple sites that they enjoy. For a list of all our current and past relationships see our partnership history page.