One of many highlights of the newest version of the latest Music Metropolis Meals & Wine Competition was the nice shock of working into chef Vasisht Ramasubramanian, who has at all times been sort sufficient to encourage me to name him Chef V. He was main a sales space on the Meals Faire to advertise his new line of spices and sauces below his culinary umbrella, The Flavorsmith, Alchemy of Meals.
You might keep in mind Chef V from his stints working native kitchens at Chauhan Ale & Masala Home, The Hook, Barcelona and Sincere Restaurant. Earlier than that, he was a excessive honors graduate from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, and spent 4 years working in ABC Kitchen and ABC Cocina with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the place he finally rose to the place of sous chef.
Nowadays, his focus is exploring components of taste, particularly worldwide influences which were part of his culinary vernacular. He has created an organization to wholesale his picks of manufacturers that embrace the Traditional Condiment Co., Handmade Assortment and the globally impressed Sizzling Sauce vary — and his huge coming-out occasion occurred late final month an the Summer time Fancy Meals Present in New York.
Chef V shared that the reception and suggestions on the present was incredible — together with stoking a deal for New York Metropolis distribution by Gold Coast and loads of curiosity from nationwide chains like Sprouts, Complete Meals and HEB. Within the meantime, native consumers can uncover a few of his manufacturers like Sizzling Maple, Sizzling Honey, Sizzling Honey Mustard, Sriracha and Salsa Verde at Center Tennessee distributors together with Inexperienced Door Gourmand and Sperry’s Mercantile. Chef V’s merchandise are additionally obtainable for buy from Amazon, if Prime Days have acclimated you to purchasing with out leaving your own home.
If we hear about extra native and nationwide distribution for The Flavorsmith, Alchemy of Meals, we’ll make sure to share the information right here.
