DALLAS–Dallas Market Center is welcoming entries for its third annual Dallas Gourmet Gold Awards, to be held during the upcoming Dallas Total Home & Gift Market next month.

In addition to gourmet food products, one of the categories is Best/Most Innovative Kitchen Accessory/Cookware/Tabletop. Entries are judged based on taste, originality and packaging, and limited to January 2012 Gourmet Market exhibitors. Participants may enter up to two categories and the entry fee is $25 per entry. Deadline for entries is Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 and there is a limit of 10 entries
per category. Judging will take place on Friday, Jan. 20 and winners will be announced that evening during a Champagne Celebration in The Gourmet Market at 6 p.m. For more information contact Rosemary Goodman at rgoodman@mcmcmail.com.

“We look forward to January when we honor the best The Gourmet Market has to offer,” said Cindy Morris, COO, Dallas Market Center. “It’s a great celebration of all the outstanding gourmet
products available for our buyers.”