Awards & Accolades
Meet Washington’s 2022 Good Food Award Winners
These annual honors spotlight some of our state's best locally made snacks—and chocolate, cider, jam, and coffee.

Coffee is one of the very specific categories for this award that blind tastes to honor great food producers from around the nation.
Our state’s makers scored 18 blue ribbons for everything from mint chocolate cookie bites to cracked farro porridge to sockeye ikura in this year’s Good Food Awards.
The annual designation honors small specialty food and drink producers across 18 very specific categories. A blind tasting yields the winners, who must also demonstrate a commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. The shorthand, for the rest of us: These are great snacks/jams/pickles/drinks made in your own state by people who aren’t clowns.
Some of this year’s Washington medalists should look familiar to anybody who prioritizes local in the pantry. The Bow Hill Blueberries farm is pretty much the Meryl Streep of the Good Food circuit, but it’s nice to see some newer honorees, like Maple Leaf’s Cloud City Coffee.

Ferndale-based Vital Choice won for its ikura made from wild Alaskan sockeye roe.
Image: Courtesy Vital Choice
Here are this year’s Good Food Award winners from Washington.
Superior Cacao 80 Percent Signature Blend
Bakery Nouveau, Burien
Dessert trends come and go, but William Leaman's baking operation quietly maintains serious excellence, especially in matters of chocolate.
Cracked Farro Porridge
Bluebird Grain Farms, Winthrop
A savory Italian grain from one of the region's eminent cultivators.
Organic Heirloom Blueberry Juice
Bow Hill Blueberries, Bow
Blended a la wine from blueberry bushes that go back seven decades. Devotees drink it straight or use it in cocktails.
Organic Blueberry Confiture
Bow Hill Blueberries, Bow
Yes, "confiture" is a fancy way of saying "jam." Yes, you should try it.
Ethiopia Lecho Torka Fully Washed
Cloud City Coffee Roasting Co., Seattle
Yet another reason to love this friendly coffee shop and roaster.
Reserve
Daniel’s Artisan, Ferndale
An extra-aged farmstead-style cow's milk cheese that blends Dutch and Italian styles.
Perry
Finnriver Farm and Cidery, Chimacum
One of the state's most respected cider makers also knows a thing or two about pears.
Island Plum Shrub
Girl Meets Dirt, Orcas Island
Another frequent Good Food honoree has a rep for drinking vinegars that rivals its long-standing recognition for great jam.
Strawberry Lemonade Jam
Johnson Berry Farm, Olympia
A brilliant flavor combo from an Olympia farmers market favorite.
Artisan Series Kingston Black
Liberty Ciderworks, Spokane
Another early member of the state's "cider renaissance" reaps rewards from a more temperamental breed of apples.
Honey Zinger
Marie’s Bees, Bellingham
Organic lemon and ginger creamed into honey? Brilliant.
The Boston Bottle
Marie’s Bees, Bellingham
Think of it as a mini growler of really good raw honey.
Sour Pickles
Olykraut, Olympia
Major hits of garlic and dill from a perennial pickle favorite.
Chocolate Salted Honey Caramels
San Juan Island Sea Salt, Friday Harbor
Caramels, minus corn syrup (and plus chocolate). It's so nice to see this great local salt company expand its lineup over the years.
Dungeness Fields Honey
Sequim Bee Farm, Port Angeles
Is it just me, or does Washington have an awfully strong showing in what must be a very competitive category? (Check out Sequim's honeys here.)
Mint Chocolate Cookie Bites
Theo Chocolate, Seattle
One of Seattle's original chocolate juggernauts gets into the cookie biz.
Double Chocolate Cookie Bites
Theo Chocolate, Seattle
And apparently these chocolate-coated cookie bits were so good, they notched wins for two flavors.
Ikura Sockeye Salmon Caviar Roe
Vital Choice Wild Seafood and Organics, Ferndale
Glowing cured salmon roe that promises a more subtle flavor than other iterations.