Project: Chef Infra (Provisioning / Automation & Configuration)
File: CHEF_MVPS.md

Every release of Chef we pick someone from the community to name as the Most Valuable Player for that release. It could be someone who provided a big feature, reported a security vulnerability, or someone doing great things in the community that we want to highlight. In addition to the Hall of Fame and MVP recipients, a number of individuals are awarded the distinction of "Awesome Community Chef" each year at ChefConf. The Lifetime Community Chef Award is a recognition of years of investment by a member of the community, and is awarded only occasionally. - - - Each year at ChefConf, a number of individuals are awarded the Awesome Community Chef award. The Awesome Community Chef awards are a way for the community to recognize a few of the individuals who have made a dramatic impact and have helped further the cause. - - - - - - 2019 , - - - - - - - - - - 2015 - 2014 - - 2013 - Full list is also available at as well. After receiving three MVP awards, we add someone to the hall of fame. We want to express our gratitude to their continuing participation and give newer community members the opportunity to be

Matthew Kent Doug MacEachern Tollef Fog Heen Thom May Bryan Berry Bryan McLellan Jeff Blaine Phil Dibowitz | Release | Date | MVP | |||--| | | 2014-09-08 | Jesse Hu | | | 2014-08-01 | Nikhil Benesch | | | 2014-04-08 | Chris Bandy | | | 2014-02-20 | Jon Cowie | | | 2014-02-18 | Eric Tucker | | | 2014-02-06 | Nikhil Benesch | | | 2013-12-06 | James Ogden | | | 2013-10-31 | Eric Saxby | | | 2013-10-08 | Jeff Blaine | | | 2013-07-23 | Jesse Campbell | | | 2013-02-13 | Vaidas Jablonskis | | | 2013-02-06 | Mike Javorski | | | 2013-02-04 | Andrea Campi, Bryan Berry | | | 2014-04-08 | Phil Dibowitz | | | 2014-02-18 | Christopher Laco | | | 2013-12-06 | Phil Dibowitz | | | 2013-10-08 | Jeff Blaine | | | 2013-09-03 | Jeff Blaine | | | 2013-05-08 | Ranjib Dey | | | 2013-02-15 | Anthony Goddard | | | 2013-02-13 | Brian Bianco | | | 2013-02-06 | Chris Roberts | | | 2013-01-18 | Fletcher Nichol | | | 2013-01-16 | Xabier de Zuazo | | | 2013-01-11 | Dan Kubb | | | 2012-12-26 | Avishai Ish-Shalom | | | 2012-10-26 | Jamie Winsor | | | 2012-10-22 | John Dewey | | | 2012-09-27 | Kendrick Martin | | | 2012-09-10 | Phil Dibowitz, Tim Smith | | | 2012-09-07 | Xabier de Zuazo | | | 2012-06-18 | Chris Roberts | | | 2012-05-11 | Juanje Ojeda, Igor Afonov | | | 2011-12-15 | Bryan Berry | | | 2011-12-13 | Andrea Campi | | | 2011-08-11 | Matthew Kent | | | 2011-06-29 | Daniel Oliver | | | 2011-05-02 | Grace Mollison, Darrin Eden | | | 2011-06-29 | Jesai Langenbach | | | 2011-04-15 | Michael Leinartas | | | 2011-03-04 | Gilles Devaux | | | 2010-10-22 | Laurent Dsarmes | | | 2010-10-19 | Toomas Pelberg, Tommy Bishop | | | 2010-08-05 | Joe Williams | | | 2010-07-03 | Caleb Tennis | | | 2010-06-30 | Ian Meyer | | | 2010-06-21 | Doug MacEachern | | | 2010-05-11 | Akzhan Abdulin | | | 2010-05-07 | Renaud Chaput | | | 2010-04-02 | Thom May, Tollef Fog Heen | | | 2010-03-18 | Eric Hankins | | | 2010-03-05 | Ian Meyer | | | 2010-03-02 | Tollef Fog Heen | | | 2010-03-01 | Scott M. Likens | | | 2009-12-22 | Bryan McLellan | | | 2009-10-16 | Thom May | | | 2009-10-06 | Diego Algorta | | | 2009-09-04 | Dan DeLeo | | | 2009-08-13 | Jeppe Nejsum Madsen | | | 2009-08-08 | Grant Zanetti | | | 2009-06-26 | Hongli Lai | | | 2009-06-26 | Joshua Sierles | | | 2009-06-10 | Matthew Kent | | | 2009-04-29 | David Balatero | | | 2009-04-29 | Matthew Kent | | | 2009-03-06 | Sean Cribbs | | | 2009-02-13 | Arjuna Christensen | | | 2009-02-01 | Bryan McLellan |