Best in Show for Pitch the Press was Prime 6: (www.prime-six.com) for their highly dense charcoal providing over six hours of cook time. The following companies were also selected for having innovative new products. n Abbott’s Butcher The “Next Generation” of Plant- Based Meats. Protein Rich, Balanced Macros including Spanish Smoked “Chorizo” Products. n Advanced Gourmet Equipment for their Versa Pro 360 providing exceptional commercial gelato & ice cream products and services. n Better Earth provides quality packaging solutions and services to customers around the world that address the industry’s most pressing environmental concerns. n Bevivia Foods for their PURPO, a dairy free cereal made with purple sweet potatoes. The company is committed to helping people with digestive sensitivities snack more nutritiously. n Choco makes placing and receiving orders more efficient. Their intuitive app andweb tools streamline operations for chefs, owners, and sales reps. n City Straws By harvesting the highly oleic oil from the canola seed, the subsequent resin is born, and extruded into a perfectly functional drinking straw. n FigBrew makes functional coffee alternatives from roasted fig. Roasted fig is part of a Mediterranean diet, healthy, and delicious. Full of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals.
n NCCO for their Blu4est - the phenol-free, award winning thermal register roll. Thermal rolls made with Blue4est paper is free from BPA and BPS. COFFEE FEST HAD TWO EXCITING COMPETITIONS AND AN AWARDS PRESENTATION. Latte Art World Championship Open - Sixty-four baristas competed, bracket style, sudden death format which featured head-to-head competition as “a match” between the competitors. The 1st place winner was Sean Ben-Zvi; 2nd place went to Matthew Bolchi; and 3rd place to Woo Jae Lee. US Cold Brew Championships, was a brand-new competition where cold brewers presented a still cold brew and prepared a signature cold brew drink to the judges. The 1st place winner was Tio Conejo, 2nd place was Shelburne Falls, and 3rd place was Kru Coffee. The “Best of Fest,” voted on by attendees, Winner: Lotus Energy Drinks White Lotus; Best Non- Consumable: Planetary Design Airscape; and Best Consumable: Torani Puremade Salted Egg Yolk syrup The Daniel Lee Giving Tree Award, presented to a latte artist who best embodies gentleness and kindness to others as voted by fellow latte art competitors, was presented to Proph - Brooklyn, New York, a good friend and co-worker of Daniel.
LADY LATTE SEEKING THE BEST COFFEE THROUGHOUT THE SHOW
Lady Latte, part of the Hospitality News team, circulated throughout the International Restaurant and Foodservice show interviewing many of the exhibitors that demonstrated interesting and innovative products. For those who have not made it to the show, or made it but may have missed some of sites of interest, HospitalityNewsmagazinewill be showcasing products and service of interest in our upcoming editions. Lady Latte, who is a coffee virtuoso, recently launched a podcast program and will be looking forward to talking about coffee manufacturers, distributors of coffee, and those who manufacture coffee and cappicinno machines. This will be a meaningful platform for those looking to grow their brand
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