Joseph Joseph Named NYIGF’s Gourmet Housewares Best of Show

Four companies were presented with Best New Product awards at The Gourmet Housewares Show, with Joseph Joseph receiving Best of Show honors for its TriScale. The Gourmet Housewares Show ran as part of the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Awards also were presented in three product-specific categories, including Cooking (cookware, bakeware and small electronics); Dining (serveware, bar/wine accessories, picnic/barbecue accessories and specialty foods); and Kitchen Preparation (kitchen gadgets, kitchen textiles, cookbooks and storage/containers). Winners and finalists in each category were selected by a panel of editors based on innovative design; creative use of materials/construction; and use of new materials/technology. “The second annual sold-out Gourmet Housewares Show provided the judges with a teeming selection of innovative products deserving recognition,” said Marc Delman, national sales manager, Gourmet Housewares Show. “The selected products stood out from others for a high level of purposeful design.”The summer 2012 winners and finalists, selected from 87 products, were: 

Best of Show: Joseph Joseph, New York, for its TriScale, an ultra-compact, digital kitchen scale that unfolds with three arms to evenly support mixing bowls. With an easy-to-read LCD display, its add and weigh function allows measurement of multiple ingredients – both dry foods and liquids – in the same bowl, in metric or imperial measurements.

Cooking winner: Key Ingredient, Austin, Texas, for its Recipe Reader.Finalists: SPARQ Home, SPARQ Griddle; DKB Household USA, Ken Hom Mini Wok.Dining winner: Ginsey Home Solutions, New York, for its Freeform Tray.Finalists: soireehome, Tilt chilling spheres; Rush3 Product Design Studio, Kebo, one-handed bottle opener.Kitchen Preparation winner: MOLECULE-R Flavors Inc., Montreal, Canada, for its Cuisine R-EVOLUTION, a molecular gastronomy kit. Finalists: Bar10der, Bar10der, a 10-in-1 bar tool; Sagaform, Oversized Grater.

The Gourmet Housewares Show featured 175 exhibitors offering high-end resources in cookware, bakeware, kitchen gadgets, kitchen textiles, bar and wine accessories, small electrics, specialty food, cookbooks, storage/containers and picnic/barbecue accessories. 

The third annual edition will take place Aug. 18-21, 2013, at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Information and registration are available online at www.thegourmetshow.com.