Paul Mastronardi: Extremely proud

Paul Mastronardi: Extremely proud

Mastronardi Produce took top honours for the second consecutive year for its Sunset-branded tomatoes taking four prestigious gongs.

The top four awards for Best Cocktail, Best Specialty, The People’s Choice Award, and the Best Overall Tomato were scooped by Mastronardi at the Tomato Capital of Canada Event in Leamington, Ontario,

Mastronardi took top honours with its Sunset Champagne Cocktail Tomato for the Cocktail Variety category and its Sunset Kumato Tomato in the Specialty Variety category. Mastronardi also claimed the prestigious awards for The Overall Best Tomato for its the Champagne Cocktail Tomato and the People’s Choice Award for the Kumato.

Paul Mastronardi, executive vice-president of Mastronardi, said: “We are extremely proud that our gourmet tomatoes captured all the top awards, our company was built on flavour and quality, these awards help further promote that. The Champagne Cocktail Tomato and Kumato Tomato are just two of the more than 100 different varieties of tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers that we grow and market under our Sunset brand.”

The general public was able to sample all the different tomato varieties in competition throughout the event.