Middleby Corporation Named YUM! Brands Supplier of the Year

-First time ever top honor to manufacturer; two brands recognized as best for
2009-
ELGIN, Ill.--(Business Wire)--
The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) was recently named 2009 YUM! Brands
Supplier of the Year. Middleby is the first equipment manufacturer ever to be
selected by YUM! as a recipient of this honor.

"We are honored and humbled by this top recognition from YUM! Brands," said
Selim A. Bassoul, Chairman and Chief Executive of The Middleby Corporation.
"YUM! is a very innovative company, a game changer. They have always challenged
Middleby to develop cooking equipment that will revolutionize and disrupt the
quick service restaurant industry. They have pushed us and made us a better
company. We are proud to be their partner and Supplier of the Year."

Two Middleby Corporation brands were also award recipients. Middleby Marshall,
which manufactures conveyor ovens, received the 2009 Equipment Supplier of the
Year Award from Pizza Hut. Pitco, which makes fryers, was selected as the 2009
Equipment Supplier of the Year from Taco Bell.

YUM! Brands is the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John
Silver's, A&W and WingStreet and is the world's largest restaurant company in
terms of system restaurants with more than 37,000 restaurants in over 110
countries.

The Middleby Corporation is a global leader in the foodservice equipment
industry. The company develops, manufactures, markets and services a broad line
of equipment used for commercial food cooking, preparation and processing. The
company's leading equipment brands serving the commercial foodservice industry
include Anets, Blodgett, Blodgett Combi, Blodgett Range, Bloomfield, Carter
Hoffmann, CookTek, CTX, Doyon, frifri, Giga, Holman, Houno, Jade, Lang,
MagiKitch'n, Middleby Marshall, Nu-Vu, Pitco Frialator, Southbend, Star,
Toastmaster, TurboChef and Wells. The company`s leading equipment brands serving
the food processing industry include Alkar, MP Equipment, and RapidPak. The
Middleby Corporation was recognized by Business Week as one of the Top 100 Hot
Growth Companies of 2007, 2008 and 2009 and by Forbes as one of the Best Small
Companies in 2007, 2008 and 2009. For more information about The Middleby
Corporation and the company brands, please visit www.middleby.com.

The Middleby Corporation
Darcy Bretz, Investor and Public Relations, (847) 429-7756

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