Awards and Accolades
- Best New Chef of 1988, Food and Wine magazine
- Best American Chef: Midwest 1991, James Beard Foundation
- National Chef of the Year 1995, James Beard Foundation
- Chef of the Year 1995, International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)
- Cookbook of the Year, 1996, IACP, for Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen
- Cookbook of the Year, 1996, National Julia Child Cookbook Awards, for Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen
- Cookbook of the Year, 1996, Chicago Tribune, for Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen
- Humanitarian of the year 1998, James Beard Foundation
- Cookbook of the Year in 2001, James Beard Foundation, for Mexico: One Plate at a Time
- Best Chef Midwest (CHICAGO) of 2002, James Beard Foundation
- Who's Who of American Food and Drink
- Humanitarian of the Year IACP 2007
- Frontera Grill won Outstanding Restaurant from the James Beard Foundation 2007
- Winner, Top Chef Masters Season 1 on Bravo Cable Network, September 2009
- Recipient, 2011 Golden Beet Award from The Illinois Stewardship Alliance, in the category "Community Food Projects," for his work with the Frontera Farmer Foundation and for his support of local and sustainable agriculture.
- Frontera Grill was ranked the third-best casual dining restaurant in the world by the International Herald Tribune
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