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GOOD FOOD AWARDS: FINALIST, PRESERVES
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 15, 2010) – The Good Food Awards is proud to announce the 130 outstanding American food producers nominated to receive a Good Food Awards Winner Seal – assuring consumers they have found something exceptionally delicious that also supports sustainability and social good. As the first awards platform to celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat – tasty, authentic, and responsible – the Good Food Awards received over 780 products from 41 states, all vying for a chance to be among the 80 winners recognized at an awards ceremony hosted by Alice Waters on January 14, 2011.
The official judging took place at Hub-SOMA, a LEED designed co-working space and art gallery, where judges blind tasted their way through America’s foodscape. Among the 80 judges, were a veritable who’s who of food industry visionaries including venerated coffee roasters Andrew Barnett (Ecco Caffe) and President of the Specialty Coffee Association of America Peter Guliano, cheesemonger Sarah Dvorak (Mission Cheese) and cheese expert Laura Werlin (The New American Cheese), chocolate icons John Scharffenberger and Alice Medrich, in addition to veteran journalist Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, and industry leaders Nell Newman of Newman’s Own Organics and Bruce Aidells (Bruce Aidells’s Complete Book of Pork).
“The hunger to celebrate our peers who are raising the bar for craft food production was vividly apparent this last month,” said Sarah Weiner, Director of the Good Food Awards. “With hundreds more entries than we could have imagined, and dozens of judges flying in from across the country — even from Guatemala in the case of one coffee grower — we knew we had touched on something needed. We are both humbled and thrilled to be a part of an American food renaissance, and are looking forward to seeing this dynamic community grow.”
On January 14, 2011, winners will be announced at the Good Food Awards Ceremony hosted by Alice Waters at the San Francisco Ferry Building, followed by a Marketplace event on January 15, 2011 where food lovers will be able to talk shop with producers, plus taste and pur- chase the award-winning products.
Both events will kick off Good Food Month (January 14 – February 20, 2011), a celebration of responsibly produced, delicious food that will consist of over 500 independently organized events throughout the Bay Area – from special farm tours of local dairies and salsa tastings at Community Kitchen, to a panel discussion of gender in the chocolate industry, food crafting demos, and a special pop up general store. Event logistics (including special farmers market events free of charge) and ticket pricing for Good Food Month will be released by December 15 2010, at which- time tickets can be purchased online at www.goodfoodawards.org.
The Good Food Awards would not be possible without the support of the official Presenting Marketplace Sponsor Whole Foods, and of William Sonoma, Bi-Rite Market, Foodzie, the San Francisco Ferry Building, CUESA, and Paula Le Duc Fine Catering.
ABOUT GOOD FOOD AWARDS
The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic, and responsible. This pioneering initiative grants awards to outstanding American food producers and the farmers who provide their ingredients. In its inaugural year, Good Food Awards will be given to winners in seven categories: beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, coffee, pickles and preserves. Awards will be given to producers and their food communities from each of five regions of the US. The Good Food Awards seal, found on winning products, assures consumers they have found something exceptionally delicious that also supports sustainability and social good. Winners are announced at an annual Awards Ceremony and Marketplace at the iconic Ferry Building in San Francisco to honor new Good Food Award recipients and also organize a month of events and tastings to support the wider community making good food. Find more information at: www.goodfoodawards.org.
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