Welcome To My First Blog

Well.....Here it is world. My very first blog as the new Corporate Executive Chef of Pratts Food Services!!

I have entered into a really exciting part of life and career. Working for a Manitoba organization doing all of the things that I like to do. Cooking, teaching, schmoozing and interacting with many kinds of people. Now that's a job !!!!

So what is Pratts Food Services?? Pratts is a food services distribution company that supplies perishable and non-perishable items to hotels, restaurants and institutions in Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Pratts has been a part of the local distribution chain for over 100 years and is growing in market share everyday.

During the last few years members of the Pratts Food Services executive team developed and introduced an innovative and exciting project to Winnipeg. And this project was named Bistro 101.

Bistro 101 is the Culinary Education facility for Pratts Food Services. It is an operational showroom where clients can see, touch and smell everything.

This is where I fit into the picture. It is my job to show off everything that is in Bistro. From the latest in equipment technology to the next innovation in food products. I educate food service operators in the hows and whys of all things food service. From menu development, implementation and execution using the many items that Pratts sells out of its 225,000 sq. ft. warehouse to showing them how to use that new piece of equipment they just bought. I also educate Pratts Territory Managers on any new developments in equipment and food products. They are able to see, touch, smell and taste so that they can go out into the field and sell their products. And finally I work with the many Pratts vendors in introducing their next innovative product to our Territory Managers and clients.

I am looking forward to sharing my thoughts with you. I hope you will join me on my journey.

Cheers,

Chef Raymond