Gourmet Golds Competition Call for Entries
White Plains, NY—Showcasing the most elite in the gourmet products industry for 33 years, the Gourmet Housewares Show is pleased to announce the acceptance of entries for the prestigious 2009 Gourmet Golds Awards starting February 15th, 2009.
All exhibitors of the Gourmet Housewares Show are eligible to enter new products, launched to the trade between March and August of 2009, into the Gourmet Gold competition and display. Six award categories are Cookware/Bakeware; Kitchen Electrics; Tabletop & Textiles; Gourmet Gifts & Specialty Foods; Gadgets, Cutlery, Accessories; and Green by Design. Best of Show honors will be bestowed upon the product receiving the highest overall score.
With increasing momentum and advances in the global green movement, the Green by Design category will have more stringent criteria to ensure that the Gourmet Golds recognize the best of the best in this important category.
Overall entries will be pre-screened by a select industry panel including editors from both trade and consumer publications who will narrow entries down to the top 100. These 100 entries will be displayed at the Gourmet Housewares Show for all attendees to see the latest and most innovative introductions in an extraordinary display. Finalists and award winners will be announced on Saturday, August 8th at the show.
Penny Sikalis, GLM Vice President and Show Manager, looks forward to seeing topnotch innovation from Gourmet Housewares Show exhibitors saying, “The Gourmet Golds Competition is our way of encouraging and recognizing innovative products in the elite gourmet products industry. Ongoing product creativity is essential to the sustained success of the industry.”
Exhibitors are invited to visit the Gourmet Housewares Show website, www.thegourmetshow.com for more Gourmet Golds rules, criteria and entry form. The deadline for all entries is June 1, 2009.
The Gourmet Housewares Show® is the only industry event to focus on high-end cookware, cutlery, bakeware, small electrics, gadgets, tabletop, kitchen textiles and specialty food. The Show is expected to draw 400 exhibitors and some 4,000 buyers who understand their customers’ love of food and entertaining. The Gourmet Housewares Show is held concurrently with the summer San Francisco International Gift Fair®, owned and managed by GLM, a dmg world media business, which features 1200 exhibitors and 16,000 attendees.
The Gourmet Housewares Show is owned and managed by GLM, a dmg world media business. For exhibitor information, contact Marc Delman, sales manager, at GLM, 1133 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10604; email: marc_delman@glmshows.com; Tel: (914) 421-3260; Fax: (914) 948-6180. Attendee information is available by contacting GLM’s Customer Service Department at (800) 272-SHOW (7469) or (914) 421-3206. Additional information and registration is available online at www.thegourmetshow.com.
