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2022 NC Specialty Foods Association   2023 NC Specialty Foods Association

 Best in Taste Award Winners  Best in Taste Award Winners








 GRAND CHAMPION                             GRAND CHAMPION


 Alley Twenty Six                        The Durham Toffee Company
 Passion Fruit Syrup                               Espresso Crunch




 baked goods  deli meats, cheeses & Dairy  baked goods                Fruit spreads, jams & Jellies
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 1  PLACE – SWEATER BOX CONFECTIONS  1  PLACE – SAN GIUSEPPE SALAMI COMPANY  1  PLACE: BOOZIE BAKES   1  PLACE: BERRY BEST JAMS
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 Salted Chocolate Espresso Shortbread  Habanero Garlic Salami  French Vanilla Bliss Cupcakes  Reduced Sugar Strawberry Fruit Spread
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                ND
 2  PLACE – SWEATER BOX CONFECTIONS  2  PLACE – NANA’S PORCH PIMENTO CHEESE  2  PLACE: SWEATER BOX CONFECTIONS  2  PLACE: HEAVEN’S GATE ORCHARD
 ND
 ND
 Chai Shortbread  Original Pimento Cheese  Chai Shortbread                       Nana’s Apple Butter
                                                                                  Hot Sauces
 barbeque Sauces  Fruit spreads, jams & Jellies  BARBEQUE Sauces               Original Pimento Cheese
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                        ST
 1  PLACE – BATTLE TESTED, LLC  1  PLACE – GOTTA BE PENELOPES, LLC  1  PLACE:  KITCHENEEZ   1  PLACE: RISING SMOKE SAUCEWORKS
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 ST
 Hickory Original (tied)  Apricot Hot Pepper Jelly  Kitcheneez BBQ Sauce Seasoning Mix  Synergy
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                   ND
 1  – MIKE D’S BBQ, LLC  2  PLACE – GOTTA BE PENELOPES, LLC  2  PLACE: QUEEN JOLLOF’S SAUCE  2  PLACE: OAK CITY HOT SAUCE
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 ND
 Spicy BBQ Sauce (tied)  Mild Apricot Pepper Jelly  Queen’s Honey Jerk BBQ Sauce   Reaper Madness
 2  PLACE – INDULGENT ESSENTIAL SPICES, LLC
 ND
 Raspberry BBQ Sauce & Marinade  Beverage/Beverage mixes                             Pantry
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                   ST
 Hot Sauces
 Beverage/Beverage mixes  Original Pimento Cheese  1  PLACE: SWEET’S ELDERBERRY  1  PLACE: BIG SPOON ROASTERS
                                                                            Lemon Coconut Cashew Butter
                       Sweet's Elderberry Shrub
                                                                           ND
 ST
 1  PLACE – ALLEY TWENTY SIX  1  PLACE – RISING SMOKE SAUCEWORKS         2  PLACE: BIG SPOON ROASTERS
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                     ND
 Passion Fruit Syrup  Synergy  2  PLACE: ALLEY TWENTY SIX                  Pistachio Crunch Almond Butter
 ND
 2  PLACE – ALLEY TWENTY SIX  2  PLACE – SEA MONSTER SAUCES, LLC  Raspberry Syrup
 ND
 Blood Orange Syrup  Danger Berry
                          condiments                                              Plant Based
 condiments  Pantry  1  PLACE: QUEEN JOLLOF’S SAUCE                       1  PLACE: DARË VEGAN CHEESE
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                   ST
 ST
 1  PLACE – JULZ’S CREATIONS, LLC  1  PLACE – THE SPICY HERMIT             Original Plant-Based Cheesecake
 ST
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                        ND
 You’re My Boy, Blue! Sweet Spicy Mustard  Extra Spicy Napa Cabbage Kimchi  2  PLACE: KITCHENEEZ   2  PLACE: DARË VEGAN CHEESE
 2  PLACE – CELEBRATION TIME  2  PLACE – COTTAGE LANE KITCHEN  Kitcheneez House Dressing Mix  Pepperjack Plant-Based Cheese Wedge
 ND
 ND
 That’s-A Spicy Pizza Sauce-A!  Cape Fear Spicy Pepper Relish
                          Confections                                                Snacks
 Confections  Snacks  1  PLACE: THE DURHAM TOFFEE COMPANY           1  PLACE: THE DURHAM TOFFEE COMPANY
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              ST
 1  PLACE – THE DURHAM TOFFEE COMPANY  1  PLACE – JOY FILLED FOODS, LLC  Durham Toffee  Espresso Crunch
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 ST
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               ND
 Brittled Nut Clusters  Maple Glazed Pecans  2  PLACE: AMERICA’S BEST NUT COMPANY  2  PLACE: JOY FILLED FOODS, LLC
 2  PLACE – THE DURHAM TOFFEE COMPANY  2  PLACE – AMERICA’S BEST NUT COMPANY  Carolina Cluster  Sweet & Spicy Pecans
 ND
 ND
 Durham Toffee (tied)  Wingnuts
 2 PLACE – DEW DROP CHOCOLATES  deli meats, cheeses & Dairy                 sweeteners & Syrups
 ND
 Coconut Dreams (tied)  sweeteners & Syrups  1  PLACE: NANA’S PORCH PIMENTO CHEESE  1  PLACE: HAPPY HEART ELDERBERRY
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              ST
 1  PLACE – JODI’S ELDERBERRY SYRUP  Smoked Jalapeno Pimento Cheese               Elderberry Syrup
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              ND
 Elderberry Syrup  2  PLACE: NANA’S PORCH PIMENTO CHEESE                  2  PLACE: NURTURE BY NATURE
                        Original Pimento Cheese                                  Elderberry Extract
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