We were buzzing for being finalists in two categories of 2024 New Zealand Food awards - the Chilled and the Artisan. It was already an amazing achievement for us, so we decided to treat our amazing advisors Andrew Kingstone & Shane Young to the super fancy black tie gala dinner event! Everyone in the food industry seemed to be there, and we were sitting on a table with some incredible people.
The food was insane, the service impeccable, and when they showcased the finalists in the chilled category, where our Vutter Avo was on display competing with 10 other amazing products, we were so dam proud. Not a million years I thought they would call us - until they did!!
After standing on stage, clearly without a speech prepeared (!)in front of all those people to receive the 2024 Chilled foods award, I could not stop crying! I was hysterical - we had just been facing some real personal challenges with our child's depression and the uncertainties of it, and suddenly all the hard work, sacrifices and mahi that we have been putting into Feliz Wholefoods are being recognized in such prestigious way! It was unreal!
We had a some of the judges coming to congratulate us in person and tell us how blown away they were by our Vutter. It was hard to stop crying!! So we went back to the table to celebrate and enjoy our dinner, when they called in the finalists for the Supreme Award of 2024, which we were again one of them. This time, the winner of every category were competing, and when I saw Vutter on the screen again, I started shaking. I cannot explain how I felt when they called us again... I'll let the images speak for themselves 😊
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