The 2009 Food Challenge Awards were a great success with 25 excited winners announced on the night.
This year we had a record number of nominations (100) as well as a record crowd at the gala dinner held on 29 July.
Best of the Best went to Bickford's Australia for the highest score of all the winner's categories.
The following are the highly commended and winners of the 12 Food Challenge Award categories for 2009:
Soups & Prepared Foods
Passage Foods (Passage to Thailand) - winner
HJ Heinz (Simply Create Soup Bases) - highly commended
Health & Wellness
Green Monkey (Organic Baby Food) - winner
The Organic Fine Food Company (KidSnak) - highly commended
Confectionery
Farm by Nature (Coca Farm Shiraz Wine Chocolate Barrels) - winner
Sweet William (Chocolate Mud Spread) - highly commended
Dairy
La Casa Del Formaggio (Grande Bocconcini) - winner
Trampoline Gelato (Lamington Gelato) - highly commended
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Bickford's Australia (Mixed Berry Syrup) - winner
Morlife ( Goji'antiox Instant Tea Powder) - highly commended
Alcoholic Beverages
Tamborine Mountain Distillery (Wattle Toffee Liqueur) - winner
Tamborine Mountain Distillery (Hibiscus Liqueur) - highly commended
Snack Foods
The Organic Fine Food Company (KidSnaK) - winner
Majans (Bhuja Mix) - highly commended
Baked Goods
The Old Colonial Cookie Company (Butterfingers Gluten Free Pure Butter Shortbread) - winner
Kez's Kitchen (Melting Moment Gluten & Dairy Free Biscuits) - highly commended
Pet Food
Australian Pet Essentials (Paw Essentials Pet Food) - winner
Prime Petfood (Prime 100 - Premium Cooked Beef Rolls) - highly commended
Sustainable Manufacturing
Pudding Lane (Gluten Free Plus) - winner
Nicholson Fine Foods (Bio Burger) - highly commended
Ready Meals
Green Monkey (Organic Baby Food) - winner
Creative Food Solutions (Emily's Kitchen) - highly commended
Meat & Smallgoods
Farmer Dave Free Range Lamb (Farmer Dave Free Range Lamb) - winner
Baiada Poultry (Lilydale Free Range Dining Chicken) - highly commended
Read the August issue of Foodmagazine for winners' stories with plenty of photos from the gala awards dinner.
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