Entrant Information
The Good Food Awards empower craft food producers as leaders in their food community by providing concrete business opportunities and national visibility. The Awards bring the products and stories of the best food crafters from every region of the United States in front of specialty food buyers, national food media and sustainable food movement leaders. By recognizing food producers for taste and sustainability, we hope to move each industry forwards.
Congratulations to all of the 2012 Good Food Award Winners. Please check back in July 2012 for details on how to enter the 2013 Good Food Awards. To be notified when the entry period opens, please sign up for our newsletter.
Rules and Regulations
Entry Period:
The entry period for the second annual Good Food Awards will be open from July 6, 2011 to September 1, 2011.
Entering your Product:
The entry process was designed to be as simple as possible, and involves filling out the online entry form, paying the $35 entry fee per product (paypal, credit card or check), and mailing in a sample of your entry for the October judging. Finalists will be contacted for a vetting interview about their production practices to verify what they submitted on their online entry form.
To begin, use the short online entry form that is accessible through the button on this page, the home page, and each category page. The entry form requires basic company information and a self-certification to the responsible production criteria outlined on each form. Please add info@goodfoodawards to your email inbox so that you receive all further updates about your entry status.
Shipping Samples:
Information on how to ship your product will be sent to all entrants in an email in mid-September, once the entry period closes. The same information will also be posted here at that time. All shipping costs are to be covered by the entrant and the quantity required varies according to category and follows industry standards.
Categories:
The second annual Good Food Awards will honor food and drink from eight different categories: beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, coffee, pickles, preserves, and spirits. For the types of foods eligible from each category, please view the entry form. All products must be made in the United States.
Cost:
There is a $35 entry fee for each product submitted. This fee goes to offset the cost of processing entries and the blind tasting. The fee is payable with a credit card or Paypal account upon completion of the entry form. If you do not have a credit card, you may pay by check (contact us for mailing information at info@goodfoodawards). Due to the high volume of entries, all entry fees are non-refundable, so please ensure the products you enter fit the guidelines outlined on the entry form.
Limit on Number of Entries:
To ensure we can fairly judge the quantity of entries received, each company is limited to 3 entries per category, except for coffee roasters who are restricted to 2 entries. For example, a company that produces both preserves and pickles may enter up to six products, three pickles and three preserves. A separate entry form must be filled out for entries in different categories. Please choose the products you consider to best exemplify the qualities of tasty, authentic and responsible.
Blind Tasting:
All submissions that meet the criteria for entry as outlined on the entry form will be judged at a Blind Tasting on October 9, 2011 in San Francisco. Each category has its own panel of judges with special expertise in the industry, whose names can be found on the website starting in August. In all categories, Awards are given to the top scorers in the blind tasting from each region provided they pass the vetting process and meet the minimum tasting scores put in place to ensure that consistent, exceptional taste quality is found in all winners across categories and regions.
Vetting:
Entrants are eligible for winning a Good Food Awards if they satisfy each of the category-specific authenticity and responsible production criteria to which all must certify to on the entry form. All those determined to be Finalists and Winners by the blind tasting will be vetted through interviews by the Good Food Awards team and its committees of experts before being awarded those honors.
Ceremony and Marketplace:
All Good Food Award winners will be invited to be honored at an invitation-only Ceremony on January 13, 2011 and to sell at a special public Good Food Awards Marketplace on January 14, 2011, both at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
Rules:
1. Up to 3 entries are allowed per producer in all categories except for coffee. Up to 2 entries are allowed per coffee producer.
2. Each product entered requires a $35.00 processing entry fee, payable by credit card through PayPal via the entry form.*
3. All entry fees are non-refundable to due to the high volume of entries.
3. Shipping and product costs for entries to be covered by entrant.
4. Products must be made in a licensed kitchen and be ready for sale.
5. Entrants may be called prior to or after the blind tasting to confirm they meet the eligibility details listed in the Entry Form and disqualified if any statements are found to be false.
*Contact info@goodfoodawards.org if you would prefer to pay with a check.
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