New Inspiration
Discover our new products and how to use the range in your kitchen
In France, 1976, our team of chefs developed the first and iconic dehydrated “Thickened Veal Jus” recipe with the ambition to help professional chefs uphold their high standards in increasingly challenging kitchen environments. Since then we never stopped innovating and working with chefs to deliver the most suitable solutions to them.
CHEF® Signature is a range of authentic, on-trend pastes and liquids that provide full freedom in menu development and experimentation with taste, whilst allowing you to develop your own signature touch.
The range consists of four pastes in black garlic, lemon, red and port wine reduction and white wine reduction, and two liquid seasonings, gastrique and roast.
THE NEW RANGE
Made by chefs for chefs
Consumers are increasingly aware of new culinary trends and ingredients from around the world and expect to see and taste them in their local restaurants. We’ve created this new range to help you to easily add on-trend, delicious and authentic flavours to your base stocks and sauces, in order to create unlimited dish combinations and deliver on customers’ expectations.
INTRODUCING OUR SIGNATURE RANGE
- Reduce complexity and time
- Works with the full CHEF® product portfolio
- Intense taste and multi usage
- On trend menu innovation
FLAVOUR OVERVIEW
Black Garlic
- While a niche flavour, its popularity has increased and is now appearing more and more on menus
- Goes well with squid, turbot, octopus, sea bream, cod, beef and lamb
- Popular applications include sauces, hummus, mayonnaise and aioli
- Made by preserving garlic by slow fermentation removing the hassle of fermenting garlic for up to 90 days
- More efficient compared to scratch-made, with impactful flavour
Lemon
- Delivers the taste of preserved lemon. While a niche flavour, its popularity has increased as it differentiates from traditional lemon
- Goes well with salmon, chicken, vegetables and labneh dishes
- Popular applications include marinades, dressings and mayonnaise
- Created to provide the taste of traditional 6 month preserved lemons from the Mediterranean region
- Add to a range of dishes for an intense lemon hit
Red Wine and Port
- A classic flavour still very much on trend
- Goes well with beef, lamb, pork and chicken
- Popular applications include sauces, jus gravies and vinaigrettes
- Made from 7 litres of the same wine per pot
- Grapes from France and Portugal
- Avoid taking glass and leftover bar wines into the kitchen delivering inconsistent tasting sauces
- Use for consistency and cost efficiency
White Wine
- A classic flavour still very much on trend
- Goes well with mussels, prawns, scallops, shrimp, salmon and chicken
- Popular applications include sauces, vinaigrettes and reductions
- Made from 7 litres of the same wine per pot
- Grapes from France, South Africa, Italy and Spain
- Avoid taking glass and leftover bar wines into the kitchen delivering inconsistent tasting sauces
- Use for consistency and cost efficiency
Gastrique
- A basic gastrique is a reduction of vinegar and sugar that can be infused with just about anything to add depth and complexity of flavours
- A subtle, syrupy sweet and sour sauce. It can be used on its own as a drizzle, particularly with meats such as pork, game, or strongly-flavoured fowl, or added to stocks and sauces
- Designed to deliver a consistent taste boost through a liquid seasoning format of traditional gastrique flavour
- Add at any stage of the cooking process
Roast
- Roast notes are created during the slow caramelising process of vegetables and meat
- Roast will deliver a round umami taste and boost roasted taste notes in any dish
- It can be used on its own as a drizzle on meat and vegetables or added to a sauce for a more impactful roasted notes
- Designed to deliver a consistent taste boost through a liquid seasoning format of traditional roast flavour
- Add at any stage of the cooking process
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
My sauces are already really good, so why should I use the Signature range?
Our Signature products can be used as top notes with your current sauces so that with only very limited ingredients you deliver several different sauces. Your base will remain the same but you can now create numerous sauces with on-trend, authentic and unique flavours. This will enable you to differentiate your menu from competitors and (where relevant) allow you to charge a premium, generating added margin to your dish.
How do I use these ingredients?
You can use them at any stage of the cooking process. Either mix them in your stock, reduce and create your finish sauce as you would normally do, just with a new flavour, or simply add at the end of the process as a top note.
Doesn’t this just add extra cost to my recipe?
Not really and it depends how you are using them. You can add one of the flavours on top of your base sauce and add value to it. By adding value you also have a reason to charge a premium for your dish and therefore with a small additional cost you can increase your margin. You can use the Signature pastes and liquid seasoning with any other stocks, bouillons or sauces (scratch-made, CHEF or any other brand). You're probably already adding a few ingredients/infusions to your base sauces to create more depth and flavours so why not try a few Signature products to compare and see how they can help you achieve better consistency easily and in a cost effective way.
Where can I buy the Signature range?
You can find the full range at a number of distributors, including Amazon. To find out more contact us
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SIGNATURE RANGE VIDEOS
Get back time to create your own signature
View our short videos on how each product in the range is made to save you time in the kitchen. Each product reduces preparation time and offers consistency.
TRY OUR RECIPES
Here are a few tempting recipe ideas to inspire your creativity.
Red Cabbage Bowl with Olive Oil and Gastrique Dressing
- 0:35 TIME
- 10 portions
Salad Gourmand, with Pata Negra Ham drizzled with a Red and Port Wine Dressing
- 0:40 TIME
- 10 portions
Crispy Bacon and Cheese Burger with Black Garlic
- 1:00 TIME
- 10 portions
White Wine Risotto with Asparagus, Mascarpone and Parmesan
- 0:40 TIME
- 10 portions
We’re here to help you and your business. Whether you’re looking for creative food and drink solutions or need specific information on our range of products or services, just ask and we’d be happy to help. You can get in touch with us in a number of different ways.
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