Community Awards

Celebrating the passionate people bringing hospitality to life

All inspired by the culture of service in our incredible industry.

Meet the finalists

Join us in giving a round of applause to the six wonderful finalists below. Local to Minneapolis, Brooklyn, Millersburg, Kingsport, East Harlem, or Santa Rosa? Visit their websites to place an order or make a reservation!

That awardee feeling, 7/24/365

The awards may be over but we’ll keep the celebration going on Toast Community, the online forum 
available exclusively for Toast customers.

Visit the Toast Community

Earn badges

Get recognized for your community contributions. The more you engage, the more you earn.

Find your place

Looking to connect with other bakery owners? Curious how other pizzerias configured their menu?

Share successes

Whether you recently expanded to a new location or received a well-deserved promotion, we want to hear it.

Become a leader

Ambassadors are dedicated volunteers who teach, support, and share the community. Start posting to earn an invitation.

Frequently Asked Questions

A panel of Toast team members will choose three finalists for each category based on this criteria.

Criteria for written entries:

  • Quality of written submission (i.e. easy to read, thoroughly explained, well-supported, free of typos and spelling errors).

  • How successfully does the submission, and the content in the submission, embody or symbolize the category

  • Does the submission grab your attention and excite/inspire/interest the reader?

  • Was the submission from a customer or an employee/owner of the restaurant? Did a restaurant receive multiple unrelated nominations? Does the submission in other ways embody the ethos and experience Toast wishes to associate with?

The general public will then vote on the finalists; the votes for each finalist will then be tallied and the Finalist with the most votes will be declared the winner. One winner from each category will be notified. Please note: If selected as a finalist, you will be asked to create a short video with your story to help the public vote!