{"id":2317,"date":"2013-05-02T18:06:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2013-05-02T18:07:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T18:07:04","slug":"laramie-native-confectioner-finalist-for-sofi-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=2317","title":{"rendered":"Laramie Native & Confectioner Finalist for sofi Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Laramie native Rebecca Cassity creates high quality, specialty candy and food items via her Denver-based company, Serendipity Confections. We featured Serendipity and Rebecca’s accomplishments in our Sprinter 2013 issue, highlighting her Good Food Award she received in 2012 for her Butter Caramel with Fleur de Sel.<\/p>\n

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Now Serendipity has a new reason to celebrate. Serendipity Confections\u2019 Sea Salt Caramel has been\u00a0named a Finalist for Outstanding Confection in the 2013 sofi\u2122 Awards from the\u00a0Specialty Food Association. A sofi Award is the top honor in the $86 billion specialty\u00a0food industry. \u201csofi\u201d stands for Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation.<\/p>\n

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The Sea Salt Caramels were one of 109 Finalists selected by a national panel of\u00a0specialty food professionals from 1,885 entries across 30 Awards categories. Gold\u00a0Winners in the 41st annual sofi\u2122 Awards will be announced by noted chef Marcus Samuelsson at a redcarpet\u00a0ceremony July 1, 2013, at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSpecialty food makers bring craft, care and joy to the foods they create. To be honored with a sofi Award\u00a0<\/span>nomination means the product truly stands out above the rest,\u201d says Specialty Food Association President\u00a0<\/span>Ann Daw.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are thrilled to be named a finalist,\u201d commented Rebecca Cassity, Serendipity Confections\u2019 founder\u00a0and chief candy-maker. \u201cWe’ve always thought our products are great and we take tremendous pride in\u00a0them, and the care we put into crafting them. The Sea Salt Caramel is a customer favorite, and to hear that\u00a0industry experts also think it’s an outstanding product is fantastic.\u201d This honor comes close on the heels of\u00a0another award after Serendipity Confections’ Butter Caramel with Fleur de Sel received a Good Food\u00a0Award<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n

The Sea Salt Caramel is a silky-smooth caramel, rich with the tastes of butter and brown sugar, and just\u00a0enough sea salt to give it a perfect salty-sweet balance. With an emphasis on quality ingredients,\u00a0Serendipity Confections makes all of their products with locally sourced Morning Fresh Dairy cream and\u00a0Madhava organic agave, organic butter, organic vanilla, pure brown cane sugar, and sea salt, and cooks\u00a0their caramel in small batches.<\/p>\n

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About Serendipity Confections — from Rebecca Cassity<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Serendipity Confections was founded in 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Our story starts with a passion for\u00a0good food, and food that’s better for you. We believe you can satisfy your sweet tooth without
\ncompromising your standards: We use local and organic ingredients whenever possible, and you won’t\u00a0find any preservatives, chemicals, or artificial flavors or colors in our products. The Sea Salt Caramel and\u00a0other fine candies from Serendipity Confections\u2014always gluten-free and made without corn-syrup\u2014are\u00a0available in fine food stores nationwide and are available for purchase on-line at\u00a0www.SerendipityConfections.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

In Wyoming, find Serendipity Confections at the following locations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Laramie — The Chocolate Cellar<\/a><\/p>\n

Jackson — Pearl Street Market<\/a><\/p>\n

Jackson — Jackson Whole Grocer<\/a><\/p>\n

Casper — The Market & More<\/a><\/p>\n

Evanston — Serendipity Books & Antiques<\/a><\/p>\n

About the sofi\u2122 Awards<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The sofi Awards are open to members of the Specialty Food Association, a not-for-profit trade association\u00a0established in 1952 for food artisans, importers and entrepreneurs with more than 3,000 members in the\u00a0U.S. and abroad. For more information on the association and its Fancy Food Shows, go to\u00a0www.specialtyfood.com<\/a>. Learn more about the 2013 sofi Awards at www.specialtyfood.com\/sofi.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Laramie native Rebecca Cassity creates high quality, specialty candy and food items via her Denver-based company, Serendipity Confections. We featured Serendipity and Rebecca’s accomplishments in our Sprinter 2013 issue, highlighting her Good Food Award she received in 2012 for her Butter Caramel with Fleur de Sel. Now Serendipity has a new reason to celebrate. Serendipity Confections\u2019 Sea Salt Caramel has been\u00a0named a Finalist for Outstanding Confection in the 2013 sofi\u2122 Awards from the\u00a0Specialty Food Association. A sofi Award is the top honor in the $86 billion specialty\u00a0food industry. \u201csofi\u201d stands for Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation.                           The Sea Salt Caramels were one of 109 Finalists selected by a national panel of\u00a0specialty food professionals from 1,885 entries across 30 Awards categories. Gold\u00a0Winners in the 41st annual sofi\u2122 Awards will be announced by noted chef Marcus Samuelsson at a redcarpet\u00a0ceremony July 1, 2013, at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City. \u201cSpecialty food makers bring craft, care and joy to the foods they create. To be honored with a sofi Award\u00a0nomination means the product truly stands out above the rest,\u201d says Specialty Food Association President\u00a0Ann Daw. \u201cWe are thrilled to be named a finalist,\u201d commented Rebecca Cassity, Serendipity Confections\u2019 founder\u00a0and chief candy-maker. \u201cWe’ve always thought our products are great and we take tremendous pride in\u00a0them, and the care we put into crafting them. The Sea Salt Caramel is a customer favorite, and to hear that\u00a0industry experts also think it’s an outstanding product is fantastic.\u201d This honor comes close on the heels of\u00a0another award after Serendipity Confections’ Butter Caramel with Fleur de Sel received a Good Food\u00a0Award in January. The Sea Salt Caramel is a silky-smooth caramel, rich with the tastes of butter and brown sugar, and just\u00a0enough sea salt to give it a perfect salty-sweet balance. With an emphasis on quality ingredients,\u00a0Serendipity Confections makes all of their products with locally sourced Morning Fresh Dairy cream and\u00a0Madhava organic agave, organic butter, organic vanilla, pure brown cane sugar, and sea salt, and cooks\u00a0their caramel in small batches. About Serendipity Confections — from Rebecca Cassity Serendipity Confections was founded in 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Our story starts with a passion for\u00a0good food, and food that’s better for you. We believe you can satisfy your sweet tooth without compromising your standards: We use local and organic ingredients whenever possible, and you won’t\u00a0find any preservatives, chemicals, or artificial flavors or colors in our products. The Sea Salt Caramel and\u00a0other fine candies from Serendipity Confections\u2014always gluten-free and made without corn-syrup\u2014are\u00a0available in fine food stores nationwide and are available for purchase on-line at\u00a0www.SerendipityConfections.com. In Wyoming, find Serendipity Confections at the following locations: Laramie — The Chocolate Cellar Jackson — Pearl Street Market Jackson — Jackson Whole Grocer Casper — The Market & More Evanston — Serendipity Books & Antiques About the sofi\u2122 Awards The sofi Awards are open to members of the Specialty Food Association, a not-for-profit trade association\u00a0established in 1952 for food artisans, importers and entrepreneurs with more than 3,000 members in the\u00a0U.S. and abroad. For more information on the association and its Fancy Food Shows, go to\u00a0www.specialtyfood.com. Learn more about the 2013 sofi Awards at www.specialtyfood.com\/sofi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,1,167,157,290,361],"tags":[1031,1029,1028,1030,1032,103,935],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-most-recent","category-uncategorized","category-wy-people","category-wyoming-business-2","category-wyoming-restaurants","category-wyovore-taste-of-wyoming","tag-good-food-awards","tag-rebecca-cassity-laramie-wy-native","tag-serendipity-confections-denver-co","tag-sofi-awards","tag-specialty-food-association","tag-www-wyolifestyle-com","tag-wyoming-food"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions\/2338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}