Tour de Dufflet: nasft
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Greetings to all!
You know that Dufflet has a company that makes delicious chocolates, confections and candies, right?
Our Chocolate Signatures line has entered in the “My Story. My Ad” contest hosted by the Specialty Food Association.
Voting is just a simple "click" (no registering, no signing in, only a little Capcha action) and we'd love to have your support please!
Vote for our story from July 15 – July 21 and help us win our own national ad campaign in the US!
The winner will be announced on Friday, August 2, 2013.
The contest hashtag is #craftcarejoy for those of you who enjoy tagging things. I know I do.
You can see our story (ok, so technically it's a song... kinda, sorta) and vote here:
http://promoshq.wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/322384/voteable_entries/68690587
Thanks so much for your help!
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Food industry and foodie media flock from all over the world to attend next week's NASFT Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Dufflet Rosenberg (Dufflet Pastries, Small Indulgences) and David Katz (David's fine belgian chocolates) lead the Canadian wave of all things sweet and beautiful at booth 223 ... be sure to drop by for a taste (and tweet me your pix!)
For details on the trade show and exhibitors, visit http://www.specialtyfood.com/fancy-food-show/
Check out what's new and sweet with Small Indulgences and David's at www.chocolatesignaturesinc.com
(Toronto, CANADA) Eat More Chocolate! Visit the Chocolate Signatures booth 4918 at the NASFT Summer Fancy Food Show on July 10-12, 2011 in Washington, DC and discover the seriously fun side of chocolate with David's fine Belgian chocolates and Dufflet Small Indulgences.
The Chocolate Signatures booth will host celebrity pastry chef (and Canada's "Queen Of Cake") Dufflet Rosenberg who is armed with a Blackberry® and is ready to Sweet Speed Tweet with you! Taste our samples, tell us what you think and Dufflet will tweet your "bonbon mots" on Twitter @Dufflet using the hashtag #SFFS11. Smile, because her phone takes pictures too!
Chocolate Signatures is delighted that David’s Dark Chocolate Enrobed All Natural Sponge Toffee was announced as a silver sofi™ finalist for confection and will compete for the gold award at this year's show. David’s product lines feature unique taste profiles including chocolate-covered fruit, nuts, potato chips and pretzels.
Look to returning Fancy Food Show favourite Small Indulgences, previous sofi™ winners for Nutt-E (formerly known as Crackle), to unveil their newest snack creation Crunchuffs, delicious bites of crispy brown rice puffs mixed with caramel, chocolate and almonds.
Hope to see you there!
For more information on the NASFT 2011 Summer Fancy Food show, please visit their website at
http://www.specialtyfood.com/fancy-food-show/summer-fancy-food-show/
To see Dufflet Small Indulgences product lines please visit www.duffletsweets.com
To see David’s fine Belgian chocolates product lines please visit www.chocolatesignaturesinc.com
Heather Chu, Brand Specialist for Dufflet Small Indulgences, snuggles up to her first ever gold sofi™ awarded for Best Confection 2009, Dufflet Caramel Crackle™.
The following pr is shamelessly copied from the Phatguru blog ... we're so exited!
New York, NY (June 29, 2009) – Winners were announced this evening for the 37th sofi Awards for the outstanding foods and beverages of the year. Presented by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) the awards honor the outstanding specialty foods and beverages of the year in 33 categories. “sofi” stands for specialty outstanding food innovation.
The awards were presented at the Summer Fancy Food Show by noted chef Ming Tsai at a red-carpet event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.
The 2009 sofi Gold Winners are: Confection—Dufflet Caramel Crackle ™ - Almond & Pistachio
(some other folks won too - view the entire list at Phatguru)
Competition was strong this year, with 1,997 entries across all 33 categories. This spring, a national panel of specialty food experts narrowed the field to 128 Silver Finalists during five days of judging at NASFT’s offices in New York City. More than 550 buyers at the Summer Fancy Food Show cast ballots to select the gold winners. The results were tabulated by an outside accounting firm this afternoon. The Summer Fancy Food Show ends tomorrow, June 30.
The NASFT is a not-for-profit trade association established in 1952 to foster commerce and interest in the specialty food industry. Today there are more than 2,900 members in the U.S. and abroad. For more info visit NASFT/Fancy Food Show and Foodspring
Dufflet Small Indulgences line of Crackles™, Tumbles™, Morsels and more are available at all three Toronto Dufflet cafes as well as gourmet grocers and gift shops through out North America.
Did I mention that we won the gold?
The sofi™ Awards, formerly known as the NASFT Product Awards, is an annual competition to honor truly outstanding specialty foods: the best of the best.
Dufflet Small Indulgences’ Caramel Crackle™ - Almond + Pistachio has been recognized with a 2009 sofi™ Silver, for Outstanding Confection and moves on to compete for Gold in at the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) fancy food show on today in NYC.
The sofi™ Awards recognize excellence in specialty foods and beverages in 33 categories and are a coveted industry honor. “sofi” stands for Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation.
This is the second year in a row that a product from Dufflet’s Crackle™ line has been chosen to compete by the national panel of specialty food experts who this year tasted and evaluated 1,433 submissions. Read the full press release here
... if you're in New York at the trade show, please drop by the Small Indulgences Booth 2227 and ask Dufflet herself for a taste of crackle!
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