ABA to recognize baking manufacturing excellence at 2018 Technical Conference
The American Bakers Association (ABA) will honor the 2017 recipients of the Vander Heide Award and the Phelps Award on Oct. 29, 2018, at the ABA Technical Conference in Indianapolis.
The Vander Heide Award is presented every year at the Technical Conference to the Cookie & Cracker Academy’s Cookie & Cracker Manufacturing Course graduate who receives the highest score (or grade point average) for the graduating year. Presented for the first time last year at the Technical Conference, the Phelps Award is awarded to the graduating student with the second highest grade point average in the course, established in honor of the course’s dedicated pioneer Kathy Kinter Phelps. The awards are typically kept as surprises to the honorees until the unveil at the Technical Conference.