The Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions (CAFE) is pleased to announce the 2020 CAFE Awards winners! It continues to be important to celebrate greatness in our industry, however, the CAFE Awards looked a bit different this year. We still have our four main awards, but while focusing on the most significant contributions of individuals and organizations overall, we also looked particularly at how organizations had innovated in light of COVID-19. The 2020 CAFE Awards winners are: Service Member of the Year
Tin Lizzy Concessions
Innovation Award
Alberni District Fall Fair Association Exposition Agricole et alimentaire de St-Hyacinthe Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association
Fair Champion
Christie Kerr Joanne Pettersen
Roll of Honour
Jane Milburn
Kathy Cleaver
Dale Greene
Awww Snap! Photo Competition
Bob Carinduff for “Superfans”
Christie Kerr for “Ag done a bit different”
Gregg Korek for “Stampede Fireworks” and “Where is everybody?”
Kathryn Lambert for “By Mama’s side” and “Making New Friends”
Kim Madu for “A super day”
Mike Trimble for “Hay art” and “log carving artist”
Mike Wuchterl for “winning colours
Salome Valente for “Dino Drive”
GRAND PRIZE: Scooter Korek for “Bright lights, warm nights”
Youth Inspired! Children's Book Winners
Ages 7-12 category
First place: Ashlynn W., Farmer’s guide to fishing
Second place: Liam D., Liam grows nasturtiums
Third place: Walker P., The bee farm
Aged 13-30 category
First place: Radha Amy P., There’s no such thing as a pie tree
Second place: Nathan K., Average potato
Third place: Brooke D., Bernice and Denice
Youth Inspired! Cohort II CCAs
Stacey Appleby
Katrina Barrett
Holly Campbell
Hannah Cox
Diane Fletcher
Bennett Kavals
Zion Lekovic
Darian Leung
Jordan Mapley
Carina Palaganas
Kayla Petersen
Courteney Ross
Faith Rousseaux
Joshua Sappier
Ilana Shecter
Emma Somerville
Shaina Vandemheen
Chinmoy Kar Victor
Madison Wall
Katrina Wieczorek
CAFE would like to congratulate all the winners and thank them for their dedication to our industry.
The winners were announced at our virtual CAFE Awards Gala as part of our UNconvention. The recording is available here.