First Place Winner ($20,000): 2F Akaushi Beef – Texas Wagyu Ground Beef Felo and Stephanie Martinez (Santa Elena, Rio Grande Valley)

First Place Winner ($20,000): 2F Akaushi Beef – Texas Wagyu Ground Beef Felo and Stephanie Martinez (Santa Elena, Rio Grande Valley)

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H-E-B's Quest for Texas Best Awards $70,000 and Shelf Placement to Four Texas Entrepreneurs

Four Texas-based small businesses claim prize money and winning titles in eighth annual competition

After tastings, intense deliberations, and review of everything from books, beignets, and bottled water, to syrups, sausage and seasonings, H-E-B’s Quest for Texas Best named FOUR winners at the eighth annual competition. The winners of the 2021 event hail from Dallas, Austin and Santa Elena and received a combined $70,000 in cash prizes and coveted space on H-E-B store shelves statewide.