People's Choice Awards
Fri., Sept. 1, 2000
People's Choice Awards
Commercial Bottlers
Red SauceFirst Place: Texas Lava -- Simply Delicious Salsa (Austin)*
Second Place: Ana's Salsa (Austin)*
Third Place: Texas-Texas Salsa (San Saba & Austin)*
Green Sauce
First Place: Smoky Hill Verde Sauce (Austin Spice Co.)*
Second Place: Sgt. Pepper's Tomatillo Chipotle (Austin)*
Third Place: Texas Heat Ranch -- Green Chile Salsa (Odessa)*
Special Variety
First Place: Classy Delites -- Spicy Portobello Dip (Austin)*
Second Place: Texas-Texas Peach Pecan Salsa (San Saba & Austin)
Third Place: ATA International Hot Paradise (Belton)*
Pepper Sauce
First Place: Aztexan Pepper Co. Habanero Supreme (Austin)*
Second Place: Winston's Hot Pepper Sauce (Austin)*
Third Place: Sgt. Pepper's Tejas Tears Habanero Sauce (Austin)*
Honorable Mentions
(in order of scoring)
Individual Red Sauce
John Lange (Round Rock)
John Randall
Ronald Walters
John Randall (submitted 2 sauces)
Bettie Everett (Tomball)
Scotty Blevins (Temple)
David Knox
Ted Fick
Lonny Stern
Bill Loeb & Ivory Tate
Individual Green Sauce
Mark Kobdish (Smithville)
Brian S. Morrison
Jorge Quintanilla (Col del Valle, San Pedro Garza Garcia)
Rene Bellamy
Helena Colyandro
Robert Bellah
Individual Special Variety
Mike Bates
Kelly Robinson
Jacob T. Grimes
Scott McIntosh
Megan Murphy
Jeffrey Ouellette
Restaurant Red Sauce
Trudy's
O'Shucks
Yellow Rose
Wheatsville Food Co-op
Serranos
Restaurant Green Sauce
Yellow Rose
Curra's Grill
Cafe Macs -- Apple Computer
Restaurant Special Variety
Tequila Texas
Iguana Grill
Preliminary Judges
Fred Alvarado, Henry Alvarado, Carlos Contreras, Dave Walsh, Jim Shahin, Robert Bryce, Pat Earvolino, Joe Nick Patoski, and Pableaux Johnson
Celebrity Judges
Jeff Blank, Mark Bliss, Jay McCarthy, Bruce Auden, David Garrido, Robert Santibañez, Grady Spears, Robb Walsh