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This Spring, we found ourselves with a new partner. He s American. He s local to our store - Bernardsville NJ is his town, just 30 miles or so up the road from Millburn. He s a Chef with a national, make that, international profile. Partnered Mosimann for the catering of the Beijing Olympics. Currently Chef-Patron of the elegant Equus restaurant. Has a regular spot on Fox TV. Happened by chance to taste Tea Together, and caught a plane to France to see where it comes from, to understand the process, to meet the team.
At St Remy au Bois, as well as being a sharp-eyed viewer, Scott also became a do-er. A major hotel client has asked us to extend our range by creating a Ketchup. Sleeves rolled up., pinafores on, Scott and his Chef friend Jose organized themselves a pitch in the Tea Together kitchen and got cooking. Twenty minutes or so later, and we had our Tea Together Ketchup, one that uses nothing other than natural ingredients and substitutes honey and maple syrup for the usual sugar.
The first taster was the brilliant Thomas Kochs, now Manager of the Connaught hotel just off Berkeley Square. A man we trust to know what s what when it comes to food. He gave the Ketchup his wholehearted approval. So it s a regular addition to our range, stretching the scope of our hotel offer.
Scott and his wife Jackie Cutaneo are the most unexpected, and most perfect, additions to our Tea Together partnership. They bring a whole box of different skills, connections, ideas and talents to the basic mix. They are exactly what we need, now, and when we plan together there s a heady sense of a fine basic product catching up with the vision we all share.
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