Feb 18, 2009
Woo hoo! I just got word that Ronnie &
Denzel's Natural Champions Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce has one Gold
in the BBQ Sauce/Glaze/Marinade category of the 2009 Napa Valley
Mustard Festival's World-Wide
Mustard Competition! That mean's we're in the running for the
Grand Champion Award, which will be announced at the awards gala at
Black Stallion Winery in Napa on March 13th. This year's
competition garnered more than 300 entries from seven countries in
19 categories.
The win follows on the heels of our two first place victories in
the
2009 Scovie Awards. Our Island Heat BBQ Sauce came first in the
World Beat category and our Southwestern Red BBQ Sauce won best
Chipotle-based sauce.
In the industry's most rigorous blind tastings, a panel of the
country's top culinary experts sampled hundreds of the world's most
lauded gourmet foods, and the top scoring products each won a
coveted Scovie banner. The awards are named for Wilbur Scoville who
pioneered a rating scale for spicy foods. The Scovie Awards
have become the industry standard for excellence, with over 600
products from around the world competing for top honors in 60
categories.
Congrats to my Natural Champions partner Denzel Sandberg, who has
been winning international awards for his line of delicious
Denzel's Hot Sauces for years. Denzel cooks up our Ronnie and
Denzel's BBQ sauces in his commercial kitchen in Enderby, B.C.
Ask your favorite gourmet food retailer to get in touch with Denzel and
bring in our sauces in time for barbecue season!