32 Thursday, October 10, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com
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269-223-35882nd ‘Food Prize’ in Battle Creek nets two, $10,000 winners
Rock N Roll Creamery, owned by Kiyona Garrett, center, won the $10,000
first prize in the Food and Beverage Business category at the 2nd Annual
Food Prize Saturday at Kellogg Arena in downtown Battle Creek. At right is
Jolanua Holmes and at left is Gabriela Perez-Herndandez, director of Battle
Creek Food Reimagined, a division of Battle Creek Unlimited. (Shopper News
photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)Kiyona Garrett makes rolled ice
cream and custard at Food Prize
Saturday where her business, Rock
N Roll Creamery won a $10,000 first
place prize. (Shopper News photo by Shelly
Kehrle-Sulser)Foyzumnessa Yasmin and Monjur
Hossen of Eat Food with Happiness
won a $10,000 first place prize at
Food Prize Saturday in the Food
Production/Maufacturing category.
(Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)SHELLY KEHRLE-SULSER
Executive Editor
She wants to invest in a food truck
so she can expand to more events.
She wants to increase marketing.
And, she wants to hire more staff.
Now, with the $10,000 first place
award in the Food and Beverage
Business category she collected
Saturday at the 2nd Food Prize at
Kellogg Arena, Kiyona Garrett of
Rock N Roll Creamery can do just
that.
“We are so excited,” said Garrett.
“We thank God for this. We’re just
really shocked but we’re so excited
for what’s to come for our next
season. We’re excited for our food
truck, we’re excited to bring our
healthier options to the community.
We can’t wait to unveil what’s next
for Rock N Roll Creamery.”
Anyone wanting to catch up with
the Battle Creek business, which
specializes in rolled ice cream, can
do so at Rock N Roll Creamery on
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and at
rocknrollcreamery.com. Winning another $10,000 in the
other category, Food Production/
Manufacturing, was Eat Food with
Happiness of Kalamazoo which
makes desserts and sweet snacks
such as rice pudding and flan.
“We’re very excited,” said co-own-
er Monjur Hossen, who pitched at
the event, along with Foyzumnessa
Yasmin. “We will be basically able
to make that next step with our busi-
ness. We’re trying to get in to some
of the retail coffee shops, some
specialty outlets. This will help with
the process because it’s very time
consuming.”
Hossen said it took him several
months to prepare to make his pitch
to the judges at the event Saturday.
Food Prize is a pitch competition
that awarded a total of $40,000 in
prizes.
Taking second in the Food &
Beverage Business category was
Mitts to Pits Catering, LLC with
$7,000 and third place was BC Boba,
taking home $3,000.
Technical assistance winners were
Farm 2 Fork winning $2,500, Lone
Star Lemonade with $1,000 an Lady
Gumbo winning $500.
Taking second in the Food
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