January 11, 1999
Tony Dry
Billy Beans LLC
2509 Barrow St., Ste. A
Abilene, TX 79605-6236
Dear Tony:
Congratulations! Your Billy Beans I "Scream" Sauce is a 1st place winner in the Salsa Fresh category and a 2nd place winner in the Salsa Generalcategory of the 1999 Fiery Food Challenge.
This is indeed an honor, as hundreds entries were received for the oldestand most prestigious blind, independent judging event for the hot and spicyindustry.
All precautions were taken to ensure the tightest controls, providingthe in and participants with accurate results. Top culinary professionalswere used as judges, and the results were independently tabulated withno information as to the identity of the contestants. The results are independentand in no way reflect the opinion of Chili Pepper magazine.
Enclosed you will find a certificate suitable for framing. The awardsare in the process of being personalized and will be sent under separatecover along with 1,000 bottle-top stickersfor identifying your your product as a 1999 Fiery Food Challenge winner.Your product will be featured in the March/April issue of ChilePepper and will be included in a public relations campaign to local andnational media in the coming months.
If there are any local media you would like to make sure we includein our press release mailings please send to the attention of LaDonnaThome at the address below or fax to 817-214-9010.
Sincerely,
Joel Gregory
Editor-in-Chief
Dear Tony,
Thanks so for the I ''Scream'' Sauce.
It was very gracious of you to share your speciality with us.Best Wishes
Susan