{"id":50761,"date":"2022-11-18T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T18:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/?p=50761"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:16:22","slug":"bcfb-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/bcfb-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Food & Beverage Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big Mountain Foods Takes Gold for Product of the Year at the BC Food & Beverage Awards<\/h2>\n

The best of BC food, beverage, and natural health products were highlighted and celebrated at the annual BC Food & Beverage<\/a><\/strong> Awards Night. From the Innovation Award to Product of the Year, the 2022 award winners were crowned.<\/p>\n

More Tasty Food Products<\/a><\/p>\n

From soy-free tofu to Bannock, vegan honey and sparkling pear soda, BC is home to some of the most innovative food and beverage products, and the entrepreneurs and industry leaders who make them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The event was catered by Susan Mendelson and her team from The Lazy Gourmet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Industry OG’s such as Karen Barnaby of Goodly Foods<\/a> and Mary McKay from Terra Breads<\/a> were out to celebrate the winners.<\/p>\n

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The awards were handed out with Big Mountain Food’s Soy-Free Tofu<\/strong> securing the coveted Gold placement for Product of the Year.<\/p>\n

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Farming Karma\u2019s Pear Soda<\/strong> won Silver.<\/p>\n

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Purdys Chocolatier\u2019s Hawaiian Black Salt Caramels<\/strong> taking home Bronze. In business since 1996, Left Coast Naturals<\/strong> was this year\u2019s inductee into the BCFB Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were so many deserving nominees this year for all the Awards, and in our first year with online voting, our finalists received 17,000 votes to select this year\u2019s winners<\/em>\u201d, says BC Food & Beverage CEO James Donaldson<\/strong>. \u201cEach of the finalists and winners exemplifies passion and leadership in driving success for themselves and the businesses they work for.  They were reflective of the diversity we have in our industries community as well and they all are deserving of this great recognition<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LIST OF THE 2022 AWARD WINNERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall of Fame Inductee <\/strong>\u2013 Left Coast Naturals
\nBest in Brand<\/strong> \u2013 Fatso
\nEmerging Business<\/strong> \u2013 Yoggu!
\nExport<\/strong> \u2013 Dan D Foods
\nIndigenous Owned Business<\/strong> \u2013 Locality Brewing<\/a>
\nInnovation<\/strong> \u2013 Big Mountain Foods
\nLeadership<\/strong> \u2013 Aaron Chin of Organika
\nOutstanding Workplace \u2013 Health & Safety<\/strong> \u2013 Vancouver Island Brewing<\/p>\n

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\nPeople\u2019s Choice<\/strong> \u2013 Panela Lemon
\nSocial Impact<\/strong> \u2013 Cascadia Seaweed
\nSustainability<\/strong> \u2013 Soul Bite Food<\/p>\n

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Woman Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Jade Hermann of Yoggu!
\nProduct of the Year Gold <\/strong>\u2013 Big Mountain Foods\u2019 Soy-Free Tofu
\nProduct of the Year Silver <\/strong>\u2013 Farming Karma\u2019s Pear Soda
\nProduct of the Year Bronze <\/strong>\u2013 Purdys Chocolatier\u2019s Vegan Hawaiian Black Salt Caramels<\/p>\n

About <\/u>BC Food & Beverage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BC Food & Beverage represents the people & companies growing BC\u2019s food, beverage & natural health product manufacturing industry. Our strong network, values-based approach and unparalleled industry expertise allow us to support our members in every stage and area of their business. Our goal is to provide you with the right ingredients for growth.<\/p>\n

Social<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

LinkedIn: BC Food & Beverage<\/a>
\nInstagram: @bcfoodandbev<\/a>
\nFacebook: @bcfoodandbev<\/a>
\nTwitter: @bcfoodandbev<\/a>
\nBCFB Award Hashtags:<\/strong> #BCFBAwards #ProductOfTheYear #BCFB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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