SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio trade proprietor is celebrating an enormous win at this week’s H-E-B Quest for Texas Absolute best festival.Maria Flores, the landlord of Hess Boulevard Meals, was once named the first-prize winner for her chorizo seasoning paste and Mexican chorizo seasoning.H-E-B mentioned Flores could also be taking house $20,000 and could have her merchandise offered at its grocery shops throughout the subsequent 1-2 months.A jar of Hess Boulevard Meals’ chorizo seasoning paste and a bottle of Hess Boulevard Meals’ Mexican chorizo seasoning. (KSAT)Her chorizo-flavored paste and seasoning had been a few of the best 10 finalists at the yearly festival, which is now in its eleventh 12 months. Flores mentioned she began her trade as a tribute to her grandparents.“I sought after to stay my grandmother’s, my Abuelita’s, recipe alive and began looking to recreate her recipe,” Flores advised KSAT sooner than she gained first prize.Flores’ grandparents momentarily moved to San Antonio and acquired a house on Hess Boulevard sooner than they returned to Coahuila, Mexico. She mentioned the product is a solution to honor them and their American Dream.“I can’t lend a hand however assume, ‘Good day, Grandpa and Grandma, are you able to see this? You probably did it. You probably did it,’” Flores mentioned.Maria Flores, left, pictured along Donelle Mendoza, proper, after successful their first position and grand prizes at H-E-B’s eleventh annual Quest for Texas Absolute best Pageant. (Maria Flores)There have been 4 winners on the Quest for Texas Absolute best festival. The winner of the grand prize — and a $25,000 take a look at — went to Austin trade proprietor Donelle Mendoza for her Birria Seasoning Bombs.The second one-place winner went to Meredith Sears & Circle of relatives’s Qualified Nation Lemonade from Austin. The circle of relatives additionally took house $15,000.The third-prize winner went to Dallas’ Matt Balke and Hannah Davis for his or her Blue Corn Butterscotch Pancake Combine. Balke and Davis may also take their $10,000 prize winnings again to North Texas, the grocery chain mentioned.Flores sells her merchandise on the New Braunfels Farmers Marketplace each weekend and as soon as a month on the Bulverde Farmers Marketplace.Extra comparable protection on KSAT:Copyright 2024 via KSAT – All rights reserved.
