The Good Food Awards Winners Have Been Announced

On Friday, a few hundred artisan food lovers and industry types gathered to celebrate the winners of the second annual Good Food Awards contest, recognizing outstanding products in eight different categories. Keynote speaker and judge Ruth Reichl already shed some light on the in-depth judging process. Now we get to see who won out after all the tastings. Take a look at the full list of winners on the Good Food Awards website, right here. The California winners are parsed out after the hop.

BEER
Lagunitas Brewing Company's Little Sumpin' Sumpin'
Drake's Brewing Company's Drakonic Imperial Stout

CHARCUTERIE
Adesso's speck
Fatted Calf's pork, rabbit and duck terrine

CHEESE
Bellwether Farms' Carmody and whole-milk ricottas
Garden Variety Cheese's Black Eyed Susan and Hollyhock
Saint Benoit Yogurt's organic yogurt cheese

CHOCOLATE
Dandelion Chocolate's 75 percent Costa Rica

COFFEE
Equator Coffees & Teas' Ethiopia Watadera fair-trade organic
Klatch Coffee's Ethiopian Worka

PICKLES
Farmhouse Culture's smoked jalapeno sauerkraut
Let's Be Frank's Devil Sauce
Emmy's Pickles and Jams' turmeric cauliflower

PRESERVES
Wine Forest Wild Foods' wild elderberry syrup
Artisan Preserves' orange honey marmalade
Chez Pim's blueberry and golden raspberry jam

SPIRITS
Marian Farms Ltd.'s California Pisco
Square One's Organic Vodka
Wylie Howell Spirits' Whiskey
Ballast Point Brewing Co.'s Aged Three Sheets Rum

Some of the Good Food Awards winning products from across the country are available for purchase on Gilt Taste. Tell us about your favorite winners in the comments section.

· Good Food Awards [Official Site]
· All Good Food Awards Coverage [~ ESF ~]