Winners of 57 International Awards!

Silver Sofi Finalist, Fancy Foods Show, NYC, NY

Overall Grand Champion, America’s Best, Anaheim, CA

Best Overall, Fiery Foods Challenge, Ft. Worth/Dallas, TX

25 First Place Wins

14 Second Place Wins

17 Third Place Wins

1 Honorable Mention

CFSA Product Awards Competition 2010

1st Place – Outstanding Barbecue Sauce - Sweet

3rd Place – Outstanding Product Line – all 6 flavors or Sweet Sunshine Sauces

3rd Place – Outstanding Salsa or Hot Sauce - Atomic

Fiery Food Challenge 2010

Will Rogers Memorial Center , Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
September 11 – 13, 2009

SWEET SUNSHINE SAUCES wins at the 2010 Fiery Food Challenge!

Gourmet Conveniences, LTd., has been awarded 3 Golden Chile’s in the 2010 Fiery Food Challenge for Sweet Sunshine Sauces in the Table Sauce and Hot Sauce catagories.

The Fiery Food Challenge, a competition sponsored by Chile Pepper Magazine, pits products against one another in more than 80 categories.  Professional judges evaluate hundreds of sauces, salsas and other spicy treats and award first, second, and third prizes in each category.  Awards are proudly displayed at ZestFest, a spicy food event held the same week as the Fiery Food Challenge, at the Will Rogers Center in Fort Worth, Tx.

1st Place – Table Sauce – Consumer Ready – Roasted Shallot & Garlic

1st Place – Hot Sauce – Mild – Warm

1st Place – Hot Sauce – XXX without extracts - Atomic

Scovie Awards 2009

Sweet Sunshine has now won 9 Scovie Awards over the last 3 years!

The Scovie Awards were created by Dave DeWitt, editor of the Fiery-Foods & BBQ Magazine and founder of the National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show.  The awards were named for Wilbur Scoville who pioneered a rating scale for spicy foods and have become the industry’s standard for excellence in more than 60 categories of fiery foods and has more than 700 competitors every year.

The Hot Pepper Awards 2009

1st Place – Hot Sauce – Roasted Shallot & Garlic

2nd Place – Table Condiment Savory – Steak Sauce – Sweet

2nd Place – BBQ Sauce – Extra Hot – Atomic

2nd Place – BBQ Sauce – Specialty – Jamaican Jerk

3rd Place – BBQ Sauce – Hot – Hot

3rd Place – Wing Sauce – Unique - Warm

Fiery Food Challenge 2009

Chili Pepper Magazines – Fiery Food Challenge

The Fiery Food Challenge is the most recognize, most prestigious competition of zesty products in the industry.  In more than 80 categories from salsa to apparel, entrants vie for the coveted first place Golden Chili Award.  To find the best in zest, culinary expert judges sample every product through a series of blind tastings and the winners are announced at the awards ceremony during the week of ZestFest.

America's Best 2008

America’s Best Professional Food Competition

America’s Best Professional Food Competition has over 100 catagories from soup to nuts, apparel to cook books and the latest and the greatest new kitchen items on the market.  Entrants compete for the Overall Grand Champion Award of  $ 10,000.00 cash.

To find the best and most outstanding product or item, over 300 culinary expert judges sample every product through a series of blind tasting and the winners of each category are announced at the awards ceremony.  Sweet Sunshine won 5 of these awards.

The Hot Pepper Awards 2008

1st Place – Jerk Sauce – Jamaican Jerk

2nd Place – Hot Sauce – Pepper Blend – Hot

3rd Place – Hot Sauce – Pepper Blend – Atomic

Scovie Awards – Albuquerque, New Mexico-2008

3rd Place – BBQ Sauce – Unique Roasted Shallot & Garlic

Honorable Mention – BBQ Sauce – Unique Jamaican Jerk

2008 Part 1 Finalists

NASFT Sofi Awards Competition

The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) reveals the Silver Finalists in Part 1 of its 2008 sofi Awards Competition. A total of 141 products were selected as Finalists in 31 categories. Read more and view a list of the Silver Finalists.

Winner:

Category & Sauce:

Best Overall 2008

Chili Pepper Magazines – Fiery Food Challenge

The Fiery Food Challenge is the most recognize, most prestigious competition of zesty products in the industry.  In more than 80 categories from salsa to apparel, entrants vie for the coveted first place Golden Chili Award.  To find the best in zest, culinary expert judges sample every product through a series of blind tastings and the winners are announced at the awards ceremony during the week of ZestFest.

Winner:

The Golden Chile 2008

Chili Pepper Magazines – Fiery Food Challenge - Golden Chile Awards

Sweet Sunshine Sauces won 5 coveted Golden Chile Awards for their sauces.

Winners:

Category & Sauce:

Table Sauce – Sweet
Hot Sauce – Caribbean Style – Jamaican Jerk
Hot Sauce – XXX Hot – No Extracts – Atomic
Hot Sauce – Mild – Sweet
Hot Sauce – Habanero – Atomic

Runners Up:

Category & Sauce:

Hot Sauce – Medium – Roasted Shallot & Garlic
Wing Sauce – Extra Hot – Atomic
Wing Sauce – Mild - Sweet

America's Best 2007

America’s Best Professional Food Competition

America’s Best Professional Food Competition has over 100 catagories from soup to nuts, apparel to cook books and the latest and the greatest new kitchen items on the market.  Entrants compete for the Overall Grand Champion Award of  $ 10,000.00 cash.

To find the best and most outstanding product or item, over 300 culinary expert judges sample every product through a series of blind tasting and the winners of each category are announced at the awards ceremony.  Sweet Sunshine won 5 of these awards.

Winners:

Category & Sauce:

Hot Sauce – Mild – Warm
Hot Sauce – XXX Hot – No Extracts – Atomic

Runners Up:

Category & Sauce:

Hot Sauce – Habanero – Atomic
Wing Sauce – Medium – Jamaican Jerk
Hot Sauce – Mild – Roasted Shallot & Garlic

The Scovies 2007

Sweet Sunshine Sauce has won 5 of these awards in the last two years.

The Scovie Awards were created by Dave DeWitt, editor of the Fiery-Foods & BBQ Magazine and founder of the National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show.  The awards were named for Wilbur Scoville who pioneered a rating scale for spicy foods and have become the industry’s standard for excellence in more than 60 categories of fiery foods and has more than 700 competitors every year.

Category & Sauce:

World Beat – Jamaican Jerk

Runners Up:

Category & Sauce:

Unique – Hot
Unique – Atomic
BBQ Sauce – Unique – Roasted Shallot & Galic

Fiery Food Challenge 2007

Chili Pepper Magazines – Fiery Food Challenge

The Fiery Food Challenge is the most recognize, most prestigious competition of zesty products in the industry.  In more than 80 categories from salsa to apparel, entrants vie for the coveted first place Golden Chili Award.  To find the best in zest, culinary expert judges sample every product through a series of blind tastings and the winners are announced at the awards ceremony during the week of ZestFest.

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