Ful-'Filling' Victory at 2009 American Pie Council Championships!!

VICOM Slices Through Competition: Record setting performance nets 53 blue ribbons.

DENVER, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- At the culmination of the 2009 American Pie Council (APC) championships, held recently in Orlando, Florida, VICOM Baking walked away with a record 53 blue ribbons for a wide variety of their pie offerings. It was a record-setting, stunning performance coming on the heels of their previous year's achievement of 46 blue ribbons.

"It doesn't get any better than this," related Tim Kanaly, president of VICOM. "We went into this competition knowing that exceeding last years record would be very difficult -- but our team rose to the occasion."

The American Pie Council is the only organization committed to maintaining America's pie heritage, passing on the tradition of pie-making and promoting the nation's love affair with pie.

VICOM entered pies on behalf of its many food-trade and restaurant customers including Bakers Square, which walked away with 34 blue ribbons, another record. Two versions of each pie were presented, one for display and one for the judges to sample. Preparations for the championships began weeks ago at the VICOM headquarters where the company's pastry chefs determined which pies were to be entered into each category.

"Our management threw down the gauntlet and challenged us to beat last year's record," Kanaly observed. "It was a daunting achievement but we knew going in that we had a chance to do it. We have in the past and continue to proudly make the claim of 'The Best Pie In America.'"

Examples of the pies that garnered a blue ribbon included: Variety Category ---------------------------------------------------------- Candy Cane Open Cream Fruitabulous(TM) Apple Gourmet Apple Banana Foster Super Gourmet Banana Cream Lemon Supreme Gourmet Citrus Blackberry Vanilla Custard Super Gourmet, Custard Pecan Premium Nut Hawaiian Strawberry Gourmet Open/Fruit Other winners included: Peach Supreme Dark Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Brownie Pile Up Foley's Mocha Cinnamon Supreme Tin Roof Sundae

New this year was the introduction of Trans Fat Free pie crusts which are used on all pie varieties made by VICOM.

More than 500 pies were entered in the commercial category judged during the three-day event. Thirty-one (31) pie manufacturers from across the country participated in the competition that is conducted annually. No other pie manufacturer gathered more than 14 blue ribbons.

VICOM Baking is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC.

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