cessful restaurateur, and cupcake extraordinaire. Millie founded Full Heart Full Bellies, a charity that provides meals for children and families in need, due to COVID-19 related, canceled and limited food programs.
Best in Show for Pitch the Press was Prime 6 - https://www.prime- six.com/ for their highly dense charcoal providing over six hours of cook time. The following compa- nies were also select- ed for having innova- tive new products.
Abbott’s Butcher The “Next Generation” of Plant-Based Meats. Protein Rich, Bal- anced Macros includ- ing Spanish Smoked “Chorizo” Products. Advanced Gourmet Equipment for their Versa Pro 360 providing exceptional commercial gelato & ice cream products and services. Better Earth provides quality packaging solutions and services to customers around the world that address the industry’s most pressing environmental concerns. 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. Choco - makes placing and receiving orders more efficient. Their intuitive app and web tools stream- line operations for chefs, owners, and sales reps. 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. 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 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-Con- sumable: 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 kind- ness to others as voted by fellow latte art competitors, was presented to Proph - Brooklyn, New York, a good friend and co-worker of Daniel. Center Stage, included culinary demonstrations by Chef Jonathan Scinto, Chef Mareya Ibrahim, Chef Jehangir Mehta, Chef Stephen Yen, Chef Maria Loi, Chef Gennaro Pecchia, Chef Anita Lo and Chef
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