Praise & Awards

2013

AAA Four Diamond Award, 2004-2013

Forbes Travel Guide, Rialto, Four Stars

2012

ZAGAT, Boston’s 5 Best Hotel Restaurants, 2012

Boston Magazine, 50 Best Restaurants, Harvard Square, 2012

Eater Boston, Boston’s 38 Essential Restaurants

James Beard Foundation, Semifinalist, Outstanding Chef, Jody Adams, 2012

Forbes Travel Guide, Rialto, Four Stars

Wine Spectator Awards, 2012 Restaurant Award Winner

2011

Boston Magazine, Best of Boston, General Excellence

2010

Share Our Strength, Chef Jody Adams, 2010 Humanitarian of the Year, Leadership Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Massachusetts Hospitality Hall of Fame, Chef Jody Adams Chef, Inducted

Improper Bostonian, Boston’s Best of Cambridge, Neighborhood

2009

Boston Magazine, Best of Boston, Italian

2008

Esquire Magazine, Best Restaurant Boston

2007

The Boston Globe, Restaurant Review, Rialto, Four Stars

2006

Women Chefs & Restaurateurs, Jody Adams, Golden Whisk Award

Greater Boston Concierge Association, Jody Adams, Lifetime Achievement Award

Sante Magazine, Jody Adams, “Culinary Professional of the Year.”

2004

Gourmet, Rialto, “world’s best hotel restaurants.”

2003

Food & Wine “Best of the Best” annual book of favorite cookbooks and recipes

IACP Nominee for Best Cookbook, Chefs and Restaurants, In the Hands of a Chef : Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant

2002

The New York Times, Summer Book Review, In the Hands of a Chef: Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant, “one of the best cookbooks of the season.”

Harper Collins releases In the Hands of a Chef: Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant.

2000

Nation’s Restaurant News, Jody Adams and Rilto, Fine Dining Hall of Fame induction

1997

Boston Magazine, Best of Boston, Jody Adams, Best Chef

James Beard Foundation award for The Perrier-Jouet Best Chef Award: Northeast

1996

Bon Appetit, “top 25 hotel restaurants” in the country.

1993

Food & Wine Magazine, Jody Adams, “one of America’s ten best new chefs.”

1992

Esquire Magazine, Jody Adams, “America’s best young chefs to keep your eye on.”