Posts by author: Joan S.
It has been my recent dream to go to the White House and meet Michelle Obama and gab with her. Ironically, we at Souplantation / Sweet Tomatoes were contacted by the International Corporate Chefs Association (ICAA) to give, not me, but someone I am close to, that dream. The ICAA have joined together for the [...]
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We have chosen new members for our Kitchen Cabinet. We are thrilled to have a selected group of 14 meet at our Corporate Office in San Diego on March 23. Over 8,000 Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes Club Veg members from around the country applied to be Kitchen Cabinet® members this year and 14 will be [...]
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One of the most exciting aspects of working in a restaurant headquarters are “cuttings.” Cuttings happen in our corporate test kitchen and are held whenever we are trying new conceptual menu items or making a change to a current recipe.
For example, this fall our chicken stock vendor discontinued their product, therefore we needed to source [...]
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Two of the most common questions we hear are:
Can I get the recipe for Joan’s Broccoli Madness? And Is Joan a real person?
The answer to both is YES!
A little background. My name is Joan Scharff and I am the executive director of brand and menu strategy for GFR. As part of my job (and what [...]
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