At the 75th Anniversary celebration of Candy Industry’sKettle Awards, Robert Nelson, chairman and CEO of Elmer Chocolate, received the gleaming copper kettle.
Nominees Judy Hilliard McCarthy, former owner of Hilliards Chocolates in North Easton, Mass.; and Mark Schlott, executive VP/chief operating officer, R.M. Palmer Company in West Reading, Pa., were also recognized at the event, which was held Tuesday at the Union League Club in Chicago.