AmericasMart named the winners of its annual Best of Atlanta awards celebrating the top gourmet food products in its permanent and temporary collections. The awards were adjudicated during The Atlanta Gourmet Market Sept, 16 to18.
Winners were designated based on taste, overall appeal and packaging/presentation as selected by industry experts Malika Bowling, president of the Association of Food Bloggers and author of the “Food Lovers’ Guide to Atlanta,” “Food Blogging 101” and The Atlanta Restaurant ; Chef Andrew Isabella, executive chef of BeetleCat, opening in November; and Chef Martin Smetana, head chef of Classic Fare Catering .
The winners were:
•Fox Point Farm’s Faabulous Fudge Sauce for Best Chocolate and Goat Milk Caramels in Salted Vanilla for Best Non-Chocolate Candy;
•Sweet Shop's Handmade Chocolate for Best Dessert;
•Robert Rothschild Farm’s Organic Pepper & Garlic Dip for Best Lifestyle/Natural/Gluten-Free;
•Wine-a-Rita’s Peach Bellini for Best Beverage;
•Columbia Empire Farms’ Seedless Black Raspberry Preserves for Best Jam;
•J.Q. Dickinson Salt Works’ Heirloom Finishing Salt for Best Condiment;
•Grits Bits’ Pimento Cheese Grits Bits for Best Snack
•Sable & Rosenfeld’s Tipsy Tapas Cheese Stuffed Baby Squash for Wild Card;
•Plentiful Pantry’s Thai Coconut Soup for Best Soup .
In addition to top gourmet products, excellence in visual design was celebrated by the Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta Gourmet Market Best of Show award, presented to Never Lose Hope Designs.
AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 14 annual markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January and July draw buyers from every U.S. state and as many as 90 countries who discover product in more than 1,400 showrooms and more than 10,300 temporary exhibiting companies. Located in downtown Atlanta, the AmericasMart complex contains more than 7 million square feet.
