Elby Award Winners Announced!

From The Richmond Times Dispatch

Caleb and Michelle Shriver of Dutch & Co. received the Restaurant of the Year award at the seventh annual Elby Awards on Sunday. The Church Hill restaurant also won the award in 2016.

Roughly 800 Richmond restaurant industry owners, staffers and supporters converged on the Main Street Station’s train shed in Shockoe Bottom on Sunday night to celebrate the seventh annual Elbys — Richmond’s dining awards.

 The big winners were Joe Sparatta of Heritage and Southbound restaurants — who was named Chef of the Year — and Dutch & Co. restaurant, which was named Restaurant of the Year.

This is the second win for both. Sparatta took home the chef of the year Elby award in 2015, and Dutch & Co., located in Church Hill, was named restaurant of the year in 2016. (Last year’s winners were not eligible this year in any categories.)