The Gourmet Housewares Show® is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Gourmet Golds Awards, honoring the show’s most breakthrough culinary products. Judged by a panel of trade and consumer press, the Gourmet Golds highlight the show’s best products in the following categories: Cookware/Bakeware; Kitchen Electrics; Gadgets, Cutlery and Accessories; Gourmet Gifts and Specialty Food; Green by Design and Tabletop and Textiles. A Best in Show Award is also given.

And the award goes to....

Best in Show:

Nexus Marketing - Eva Solo Table Grill

The Eva Solo Table Grill is the perfect item for intimate meals for two. Just place some charcoal in the stainless steel dish and enjoy a nice meal. The porcelain exterior gives the item a very simple but elegant look, and the teak platform keeps your tabletop from getting hot. The porcelain bowl can also be used in your garden or for serving other items when not being used with the grill.  High quality materials and simple design elements come together to create a chic looking grill.

www.nexusmarketinginc.com

Cookware:

Fissler USA –Blue Point Pressure Pan Set Kitchen Set

New to the US market, this Blue Point pressure pan set includes a 4.2 qt pressure pan equipped with the internationally-patented Novogrill cooking surface, pressure lid, high quality steaming basket, and a glass lid. The Novogrill cooking surface allows you to grill, sear, fry, and sauté using little or no oil, making it ideal for use as a frypan or sauté pan also. This set makes the perfect starter set for any cook, and is also great for bridal registries and gifting. Blue Point pressure cookers combine healthy nutrition with gentle cooking. Completely silent under pressure, Blue Point pressure cookers exceed the minimum safety requirements of Europe and the United States with patented innovative features such as the Euromatic safety valve, residual pressure block, interlocking lid, and automatic steam release. Blue Point comes with a lifetime warranty and is made in Germany. The Blue Point Pressure Pan is made from 18/10 stainless steel, as is the wire basket included in the set. The conventional lid included is made from glass.

www.fisslerusa.com

Finalists:

Staub - Round Cocotte 6 ½ qt. Titanium Grey
Reston-Lloyd Ltd. – Bake Porter

Kitchen Electrics:

Krups - Fully Automatic Compact Espresso Machine

Revolutionary technology exclusively from Krups provides the luxury of a fully automatic espresso machine in an ultra-compact size. With the simple touch of a button, this machine grinds, tamps and brews with ease. The 15 bar pump and stainless steel lined compact thermoblock system combined with a commercial quality conical burr grinder produce delicious espressos, cappuccinos, lattes and pressure brewed coffee from the first to the last cup.

www.krupsusa.com

Finalists:

Vita-Mix Corporation - CIA Professional Series

Deni/Keystone Manufacturing - Deni Double Burner

Gadgets, Cutlery, and Accessories:

New Metro Design - BeaterBlade +

BeaterBlade continuously beats, scrapes, folds and mixes ingredients for KitchenAid, Cuisinart, Viking and DeLonghi stand mixers Virtually eliminates hand-scraping and batter build-up on the blade or sides of the bowl. Cuisinart, Viking & DeLonghi 7-Quart mixers models-come complete with metal attachment. Cuts mixing time by as much as 50%. Made in the USA and UL Certified to ANSI/NSF2.

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Finalists:

Wine Saver Pro - Wine Saver HOME
Umbra Inc. - Banana Split

Gourmet Gifts and Specialty Food :

Costa Brava - Tubular Line Professional Set

St. Germain’s professional set utilizes the classic corkscrew and vacuum preserver as our centerpiece in this product group. St.

Germain’s classic corkscrew is based on a handsome design and effortless function. Simply twist the top of the corkscrew clockwise and the worm buries into the cork and the bottle is uncorked. Twist counterclockwise and the cork comes out of the corkscrew. Our vacuum preserver is a perfect way to save your favorite wine for another day. The rubber stopper seals the mouth of the bottle and the air pump creates a vacuum to help protect the properties of the wine for later enjoyment. Products are handcrafted in Argentina and available in tubular, wood and leather packaging.

www.costabrava-us.com

Finalists:

Picnic Time, Inc. -Metro Uno
Menus and Music Productions, Inc. - MusicCooks

Tabletop and Textiles:

Prodyne Enterprises - ICED Salad

ICED Salad is a chilling combination of stainless steel and acrylic, bringing high design and impressive “stay cold” function to the party, both indoors and outdoors. A high quality stainless steel upper salad bowl (4.5 quart) nests inside a thick acrylic lower ice bowl (6 quart). Just place cubed or crushed ice in the lower bowl and position the upper salad bowl into the lower bowl so contact is made with the ice. The upper bowl gets very cold with the ice below, keeping all types of salads chilled and fresh for hours. It can also be used to keep hot foods warm by using hot water in the bottom bowl instead of ice. Acrylic dome lid keeps the cold air in and the bugs out. Attractive salad servers included. Measures 11 ¾” D x 9” H.

www.prodyne.com

Finalists:

Ritzenhoff/Hogri - Navaja Red Wine Glass
MUkitchen -MUcloth

Green by Design:

bambu - bambu KIDS

Our bambu KIDS line consists of three different utensil types. Fork and Spoon for Baby. Kids Fork & Spoon, and new this year, Kids Spork. Rounding out the collection, Kids in the Kitchen kitchen tools. All our original designs are created for small hands and small mouths and made from Certified Organic bamboo sustainably harvested. These eco-friendly safe products do not use any adhesives. We are members of 1% For The Planet in which we donate a portion of every sale to environment protection groups. We have also been approved by Co-Op America which certifies companies which demonstrate responsible manufacturing.

www.bambuhome.com

Finalists:

Pacific Dry Goods - Eco-Towel-Bamboo
Fresh Wave - Fresh Wave Products