Kingsville, ON (June 21st) – Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET® tomatoes have done it yet again. For the third year in a row, Mastronardi this weekend took top honors at the 2010 Hottest Tomato Competition, this time taking home the top 6 tomato awards for Best Cocktail, Best Bite Size, Best Specialty, Best Roma, The People’s Choice Award, and the Best Overall Tomato.
As a part of the annual Tomato Capital of Canada Event presented by REACH International in Leamington, Ontario, Mastronardi took top honors with its SUNSET® tomatoes for the following categories:
Best Cocktail Tomato – Campari® Best Roma Tomato – SUNSET® Romana
Best Bite Size Tomato – Splendido™ Best Specialty Tomato – Zima™
Best Overall Tomato – Zima™ The People’s Choice Award – Zima™
“We are extremely proud that our gourmet tomatoes captured all the top awards. Our company was built on flavor & quality and these awards help further promote that,” stated Paul Mastronardi, President. “It is great to see that our new Zima™ grape tomato won Best Specialty, Best Overall Tomato, and most importantly, the People’s Choice Award. This seriously sweet orange grape tomato packs an incredible punch when it comes to tomato flavor, so I am especially pleased to see it win these key awards,” said Mastronardi.
The Campari®, Romana, Splendido™, and Zima™ tomatoes are just a few of the more than 100 different varieties of tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers that Mastronardi grows and markets under its nationally recognized SUNSET® brand of produce.
New for the competition in 2010 was a category for Bell Peppers for which Mastronardi also took the top awards for the Best Red, Best Orange, and Best Green Peppers. With the tomato & pepper awards combined, Mastronardi won an impressive 9 trophies for its gourmet greenhouse vegetables.
The general public was able to sample all the different tomato varieties in the competition throughout the weekend. The display area for the Zima™ Tomato was the busiest of them all with customers repeatedly returning & waiting for the sample plate to be refilled.
Source: Mastronardi Produce/Sunset
