Founded in 1986 to bring scratch-cooked quality to restaurant operators, Kettle Cuisine makes chef-crafted prepared foods for foodservice operators and retailers nationwide. It began with small-batch, slow-simmered soups and has expanded its culinary production while retaining classic cooking techniques and ingredient integrity. Its facilities combine those techniques with manufacturing expertise to supply food at national scale.
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Signature Kettle CraftedSignature Kettle Crafted grew out of the Stancato family’s restaurant business, where founder Perry Stancato used his Culinary Institute of America training to bring greater consistency to the kitchen’s recipes. Today, the Ohio company helps restaurant and retail brands turn chef-developed concepts into custom food products, moving from small-batch trials to full-scale production in its SQF Level 2-certified facility.INDEPENDENCE, OH
Gourmet BoutiqueKnown for its “real food made by real people” approach, Gourmet Boutique is a prepared-food manufacturer serving retail and food-service customers nationwide. Its two facilities combine hand-finished, small-batch kitchen work with large-volume production, supported by an in-house culinary and food-science R&D team. The company produces fresh and frozen foods and holds SQF certification for manufacturing and quality.JAMAICA, NY
J.T.M. Food GroupBorn from Jack Maas Sr.’s 1960 Cincinnati-area butcher shop, J.T.M. Food Group now makes fully cooked frozen foods and culinary solutions for foodservice, schools, retailers, and the military. Still family-owned and operated, the Harrison-based company carries its butcher-shop roots into a 100-million-pound annual production operation, with four generations of Maas family involvement. J.T.M. is especially distinctive for combining large-scale food processing with custom menu development and kettle-crafted sauces, soups, and fillings.HARRISON, OH
ASK Foods, IncASK Foods, Inc. is a naturally creative prepared foods manufacturer with over 75 years of experience, creating outstanding soups, salads, entrees, and sides using the freshest ingredients without artificial flavors or preservatives. The company operates USDA, state-of-the-art, SQF certified plants and values fast-to-market capabilities.PALMYRA, PA