2010

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

Chef Jody Adams inducted into the Massachusetts Hospitality Hall of Fame.  Jody took a few minutes to talk to Emily Rooney about her induction for WGBH "Greater Boston"

Improper Bostonian - Rialto named Boston's Best of Cambridge Neighborhood. "Hats off to Jody Adams’ esteemed colleagues in the ’hood, but we can’t pull ourselves away from her cozy lounge in the Charles Hotel. We keep coming back for the lengthy bar menu, old favorites like the slow-roasted duck with olives and her delicate touch with pasta."

2009

Boston Magazine - Rialto names 2009 Best of Boston Italian Restaurant

2007

RIALTO NAMED ONE OF ESQUIRE MAGAZINE'S BEST RESTAURANTS 2007   We have exciting news.  John Mariani, in the November 2007 issue of Esquire Magazine, named Rialto one of the top 20 new restaurants of the year.  Yahoo!

2007          

Rialto is awarded four stars from The Boston Globe. This is the third time the restaurant was reviewed and the third time it received four stars.

"Adams Shines in Solo Act," Allison Arnett, April 26, 2007 http://www.boston.com/dining/globe_review/1496

2006             

Jody Adams wins “Women Chefs & Restaurateurs Golden Whisk Award”

She also receives 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Boston Concierge Association.

Jody is nominated by Share our Strength for Chef of the Year award.

Sante Magazine names Jody "Cullinary Professional of the Year”

2004                          

Gourmet named Rialto one of “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” names 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 Fine Dining Hall of Fame inducts Jody Adams and Rialto.

1997                        

Boston Magazine “Best of Boston” named Jody Adams “Best Chef.”

7th Annual James Beard Foundation award for The Perrier-Jouet Best Chef Award: Northeast

1996                        

Bon Appetit named Rialto one of the “top 25 hotel restaurants” in the country.

1993                        

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

1992                        

Esquire named Jody one of  “America’s best young chefs to keep your eye on.”

Restaurant Hospitality named Jody one of five Rising Stars, “a young and exceptional chef whom we believe will be a force, a star if you will, for years to come.”