Companion Baking founder Josh Allen receives 'Sustainability Hero' award at 2021 Tiptree World Bread awards
Josh Allen, founder and owner of St. Louis-based Companion Baking, has been named the 2021 “Sustainability Hero” at the Tiptree World Bread Awards, America’s awards celebrating the bread community. Allen was also named a Midwest runner-up in the Bread Heroes competition.
Supported by the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE), theWorld Bread Awards were founded in 2017 by Caroline Kenyon. For the first time this year, the awards not only celebrated 13 regional Bread Heroes, but also an additional selection of special awards. These included the Brook Food Dream Team Award, KitchenAid Home Baker Hero, Shipton Mill Real Bread Hero, Tiptree Outstanding Achievement Award, Wright’s Flour Award for Innovation, and Zeelandia Award for Sustainability.