<p><strong> Watsonville, CA </strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> California Giant Berry Farms has announced the results for its successful consumer berry campaign. The “Sweet Taste of Spring” consumer campaign, in partnership with Chef’n, a kitchen accessory brand, was constructed around a recipe contest that brought in more than 100 delicious recipe entries from consumers and bloggers across the U.S. The recipe winners were chosen from eight winning categories and featured California Giant fresh berries and were judged by Julia Myall, the company’s chef advisor and cookbook author, tested each of the finalist recipes and provided California Giant with her winning recommendations based on flavor, creativity and versatility, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> A grand prize winner was also chosen. The “Blueberry Corn Fritter” recipe took the gold due to its color, flavor and versatility in that it can be served as a side, an entrée, and for brunch or dinner, and it is delicious. The winning recipes will be featured on the company’s website along with several other finalist recipes received from the contest.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Cindy Jewell, Marketing Director for California Giant Berry Farms, states, “We are really enjoying the variety of tools we have in place to keep our consumers coming back for more, and to be able to share great ideas with each other on ways to enjoy our berries.” Ms. Jewell, continues, “As this promotion comes to a close, we are quickly shifting gears into a new contest that is focused on summer smoothies in partnership with Hamilton Beach who just launched a new smoothie blender."</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>http://calgiant.com/</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
