Fruition Chocolate Works Honored As 2022 Good Food Award Winners
Good Food Awards Announces the 244 Winners of 2022
For the first time, a live pop up shop stocks the award-winning food and drink from 39 States & D.C. through January
San Francisco, CA (January 14, 2022) – The Good Food Foundation is thrilled to introduce the 244 exceptional crafters of food and drink from 39 states and Washington, D.C. who rose to the top to become 2022 Good Food Award Winners. With safety in mind, the Awards Ceremony has been postponed to Friday, March 4, and will be preceded by the San Francisco Good Food Mercantile on Thursday, March 3.
To mark the announcement of the Winners today, both Alice Waters and René Redzepi, legendary chef of Noma, sent congratulatory videos. Speaking to the sustainability and social responsibility practices of the Winners, Redzepi noted: “I believe it is our collective efforts that can turn the tide and ensure our shared earth will survive. You are the champions of the future, and you are leading the way.”
This year’s Good Food Award Winners hail from 39 states and Washington, D.C. Chosen in a blind tasting from thousands of entries before passing a further sustainability and social responsibility vetting process, nearly half of the Winners are first-time awardees. 56% of the Winners are woman-owned businesses and one in six are BIPOC-owned businesses. Across 18 categories, each recognized crafter demonstrated exceptional taste and a deep commitment to building a more sustainable, just food system.
For those eager to taste these extraordinary products, over 100 of the winning food and drink – many not typically available in the Bay Area - are stocking shelves for a limited time only at the two-week Good Food Shop in the Ferry Building (within The Epicurean Trader storefront, January 15-30).
THE FULL LIST OF 2022 GOOD FOOD AWARD WINNERS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Tickets to the Awards Ceremony & Good Food Mercantile are available here.
From Fruition Chocolate Works: "We did it! We're so thrilled to share this big news with you that we're 2022 Good Food Award Winners for our Wild Forest Bolivia 74% Dark chocolate bar. It's such an incredible feeling to be part of a movement of crafters who make their respective products with integrity, paying attention to ethical sourcing and sustainable ingredients in the way that we do. A special thank you to Uncommon Cacao and Volker Lehmann for connecting us to this rare and unique cacao from the wild island forests of Itenez, Bolivia."