Your Inspiration At Home Wins 62 Medals At Major Food Awards Competition

GOLD COAST, Australia and NEWARK, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Your Inspiration At Home has been honored with a total of 62 medals at the Royal Hobart Fine Foods Awards in Australia, including two category champions and one reserve champion. 

The awards are given by gourmet food experts.  This was the annual competition's 17^th year and it attracted nearly 1,400 entries.  Your Inspiration At Home captured 14 gold, 31 silver and 17 bronze medals. 

Your Inspiration At Home's biggest winners were its Rose White Chocolate Dukkah and Brazilian BBQ Glaze, both of which won the highest awards in their categories.  Sri Lankan Coconut Spice Blend won the grand reserve award in its category. 

Your Inspiration At Home is a direct selling company whose line includes hand-crafted gourmet seasonings; dip mixes; herb, nut and spice mixtures; oils and vinegars; meat rubs; salt dusts and chocolate powder blends.  Its web site is www.yourinspirationathome.com.au. 

The company was founded in 2011 in Australia.  It recently launched a strategy of global expansion as part of Dallas-based CVSL Inc. [STOCK SYMBOL: CVSL]. Your Inspiration At Home recently opened its North American headquarters in Newark, Ohio. 

"It's so gratifying to have gourmet food experts honor our spice blends in this way.  It proves that our recipes are truly special and unique," said Colleen Walters, Your Inspiration At Home's founder, CEO and Chief Spice Curator. 

"For a company as new as ours to be awarded this kind of recognition is a huge validation for us.  It's more proof that we're onto something exciting here.  This fuels our determination to bring our hand-crafted spice blends to people around the world," she added.  

Ms. Walters added that the company has just concluded the strongest sales and recruiting month in its history.  "Winning awards, setting sales records and launching our North American expansion all add up to tremendous momentum," she said.  "It's an exciting time for us and we see great things ahead."

This week's awards are the latest in a series of honors won by Your Inspiration At Home during the past year.  Recently, the company was awarded 18 medals at the Melbourne Fine Food Awards and 45 medals in the previous Royal Hobart Fine Foods Awards.  The company also was a finalist in the All Natural/Organic category of the 2011 Food Magazine Food Challenge Awards.

About CVSL: 

CVSL Inc. is an innovative public company pursuing a strategy of gathering together multiple companies in the direct selling, or micro-enterprise, sector.  Each company maintains its own separate brand identity, leadership and product line.  Web site: www.cvsl.us.com 

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