FOLIO's Eddie and Ozzie Awards recognize excellence in magazine editorialand design. The 2009 competition consisted of over 2,800 entries.MonkeyDish.com was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Site Design for outstandingdesign, functionality and navigation.

"We are extremely honored and excited to have the Folio jury recognize ourlatest commitment to media innovation," said Scott Allmendinger, VP and GroupPublisher of Restaurant Business and MonkeyDish.com. "MonkeyDish was built onclearly defined Web 2.0 best practices, solid audience research, and acontemporary branding strategy."

The brainchild of Editor Sam Smith, Director of eMedia Delane David, andWeb Site Manager Amanda Westbrooks, MonkeyDish was launched in May 2008 forthe restaurant industry and modeled after the iGoogle(TM) personalizedhomepage. Designed around a platform of moveable widgets, MonkeyDish.com alsofeatures add-content functionality, searchable local market consumerdemographics, a translator button and even localizable weather reports. Thepopular MonkeyDishTV video player and library allow visitors to watch hundredsof educational videos at the touch of a button.

"We set a goal for MonkeyDish to be a time-saving resource for busyrestaurant entrepreneurs who are more likely to be in front of a stove than acomputer," said Allmendinger. "By empowering them to create a personaldashboard from their home page, we've done that."

Partners who contributed to the site's design and functionality include:CorePhP (http://www.corephp.com), who programmed MonkeyDish's complex userinterface; LunaGraphica (http://www.lunagraphica.com), who created theMonkeyDish graphic design and logo; and Performance Communications Group(http://www.epcg.net), developers of MonkeyDish's proprietary video platform.

See what makes MonkeyDish real and different. http://www.MonkeyDish.com

Ideal Media, LLC owns and operates Restaurant Business, FoodServiceDirector, Beverage World and iSixSigma magazines, MonkeyDish.com and MyIDAccess web portal. Ideal Media LLC is headquartered in Chicago, IL with asatellite office in New York, NY. http://www.IdealMediallc.com

Founded in 1999, Schofield Media Group publishes 26 business-to-businessmagazines and operates conferences & events in the US and UK. The company isheadquartered in London and has regional offices in Chicago, New York, Boston,and Norwich. Divisions include Schofield Publishing UK, Schofield MediaChicago, RedCoat Publishing, Ideal Media and Schofield Healthcare Media.http://www.SchofieldMediaGroup.com

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