Results of the 2008 Scovie Awards, which recognizes top fiery foods products from around the globe are in and Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers of Gig Harbor, WA was selected as a winner in one of the world’s most competitive gourmet food competitions. Everything Peppers LLC which manufactures Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers, has received a 1st Place 2008 Scovie Award. In the industry’s most rigorous blind tasting, a panel of the country’s top culinary experts sampled hundreds of the world’s most lauded gourmet foods, and the top scoring products each won a coveted Scovie banner.

Gig Harbor, WA (PRWEB) November 16, 2007 — Results of the 2008 Scovie Awards, which recognizes top fiery foods products from around the globe are in and Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers of Gig Harbor, WA was selected as a winner in one of the world’s most competitive gourmet food competitions. Everything Peppers LLC which manufactures Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers, has received a 1st Place 2008 Scovie Award. In the industry’s most rigorous blind tasting, a panel of the country’s top culinary experts sampled hundreds of the world’s most lauded gourmet foods, and the top scoring products each won a coveted Scovie banner.

Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers took first place in the Full Product/Product Packaging Division with the original concept and unique packaging of their gourmet pizza peppers. Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers are all-natural blends of flavorful chile flakes – Spicy Ancho, Smoky Chipotle, and Hot Habanero.

“We are thrilled that Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers have received a First Place Scovie Award. Retailers, Consumers and now the Scovie Awards committee have quickly appreciated the unique concept and the exceptional, guilt-free flavor packed into the handy and low priced pizza pepper packets,” said Denise Walter, CEO of Everything Peppers LLC., manufacturer of Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers.

Over 700 products from around the world competed for top honors. The Scovie Awards were created by Dave DeWitt, editor of Fiery-Foods & BBQ Magazine and founder of the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show. The awards are named for Wilbur Scoville who pioneered a rating scale for spicy foods and have become the industry standard for excellence in more than 60 categories of fiery foods.

“Every year, I am increasingly impressed with the diversity and quality of the products entered in the Scovie Awards,” notes Dave DeWitt, dubbed by the New York Times as the “Pope of Peppers” and the author of over 30 books on fiery cuisines. “Our winners this year include not only great product diversity, but geographic diversity as well. This year, our winners represent companies from 32 states and four countries. This year’s Scovie winners truly exemplify the diversity and quality of this industry.”

About Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers
Launched in September 2006 by Ken and Denise Walter, Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers are all-natural blends of flavorful chile flakes – Spicy Ancho, Smoky Chipotle, and Hot Habanero. The blends are salt free and fat free, and have no additives or preservatives. Since the chiles are ready to use flakes, it is easy to add fantastic flavor and spicy heat to pizza, pasta, soups and stews, dips, dressings… everything! Retailers and Consumers have quickly appreciated the unique concept and the exceptional, guilt-free flavor packed into the handy and low priced pizza pepper packets. Retailers seeking to get Daviola® Original Pizza Peppers can contact Denise Walter (866) 841-4041. Members of the media can contact Denise Walter at (866) 841-4041