Tuesday, February 19, 2013

02/19 GURPREET BAINS, INDIAN SUPERFOOD, DAVE HIRSCHKOP, DAVE'S GOURMET, ROGER BERKOWITZ CEO LEGAL SEAFOOD, DANDY DON WHITTEMORE, DANDY DON'S HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

Gurpreet Bains  - "INDIAN SUPERFOOD"

Gurpareet has been featured in nearly every major newspaper in the UK and India, in addition to receiving coverage from the ABC, BBC & CNN. His celebrity fans include Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Goldie Hawn, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Chris Evans, Dermot O’Leary, Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE, Meera Syal MBE, Theo Paphitis, Simon Mayo, HRH Prince Mohsin Ali Khan of Hyderabad, as well, as celebrity chefs Ching-He Huang, Vicky Bhogal, Anjali Pathak and Mark Diacono. Gurpareet has worked as a chef for the Mövenpick Hotel, and is a nutritionist. He is based in London, and is aged 34. He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio London & BBC Asian Network. His nod of approval from the food industry came in 2011 when Gurpareet was crowned Chef of the Year at the English Curry Awards. The Insomnia-No-More Curry from his new recipe-book, Indian Superspices became an international phenomenon in 2012 and was formally recognized as a British icon by the Experimental Food Society in November 2012. Indian Superspices was also recognized by the Huffington Post as one of the top.50 cookbooks of 2012.



DAVE HIRSCHKOP – CEO OF DAVE'S  GOURMET

Dave’s Gourmet is a sixteen-time National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) award winner who produces hot sauces, salsas, drink mixes, snacks and premium pasta sauces. They shook up the hot sauce world years ago by creating the world’s first super-hot sauce and more recently have been stretching the pasta sauce category with innovations like their award winning Butternut Squash and Masala Marinara Pasta Sauces. For more information, visit www.davesgourmet.com. If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Dave Hirschkop at dave@davesgourmet.com or call 415-401-9100.



ROGER BERKOWITZ  - CEO OF LEGAL SEAFOOD

Legal Sea Foods was born in 1950 when George Berkowitz opened a fish market in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.  He opened it adjacent to his father Harry’s grocery store Legal Cash Market where customers were given “Legal Stamps” (forerunners of S&H green stamps) with their purchases.  It’s here that the “Legal” name became synonymous with quality and freshness. In 1968, the Berkowitz family opened its first seafood restaurant, right next to the fish market.  The fish was simply prepared, either broiled or fried, and served on paper plates at communal picnic tables.  Despite the low-key trappings, the food was second to none and word quickly spread.  This early success led to further expansion and now, six decades later with restaurants along the Eastern Seaboard, the family philosophy endures: Legal Sea Foods is a fish company in the restaurant business. George's son, Roger, has been at the helm since 1992 and has expanded the business into new markets while maintaining the company's focus on its proud tradition and core values.  So when we say, "If it isn't fresh, it isn't Legal!," we renew a commitment that has sustained us for over a half-century.


DANDY DON WHITTEMORE - DANDY DON'S HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

LOCAL ICE CREAM MAKER TALKS ABOUT HIS OPERATION AND A MONTH FULL OF SUNDAES.