AKRON, OHIO -- April 18, 1997 -- Veggie-Glace Gold®, a vegetarian demi-glace used to create sauces that enhance pastas, vegetables, fish or poultry dishes, has become the first American product ever to win the prestigious Convé Plus prize, an award certificate presented to products that meet the Certified Master Chef Society of Holland's highest standards.
The award was presented to More Than Gourmet, manufacturers of Veggie-Glace Gold and a line of other French classic sauces, at the European Fine Food Fair, an all-Europe gathering of master chefs held in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
"Only a handful of products worldwide have received the coveted Convé Plus certificate," says More Than Gourmet President Bernard Leff. "The CMC Society of Holland sponsors perhaps the most rigorous product evaluation in the world, awarding certificates only to those products that meet its standards of quality and freshness. We are honored to be included in such select company and excited to be the only U. S. company to have received such acclaim."
Veggie-Glace Gold and the entire product line originally were produced by More Than Gourmet exclusively for four-star restaurants and gourmet institutions. These same products are now available to the home gourmet, complete with easy-to-make recipes, either through local gourmet retailers or by ordering direct. More Than Gourmet products are produced with no shortcuts and only the finest and freshest ingredients. No chemicals, preservatives, MSG or sugar are used in its products.
More Than Gourmet's line of classic French sauces enable both home gourmets and four-star restaurant chefs to create rich, wonderful flavors with none of the time-consuming steps and expense associated with making traditional French sauces and stocks. More Than Gourmet is the only company in the world that produces a full line of all-natural products made in the same old-world tradition as defined by the renowned Chef Master Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935).
Escoffier's sauces were prepared by hand, with his staff spending hours preparing ingredients, chopping and roasting bones, and carefully watching and skimming stock pots. To meet the procedures that the Chef Master insisted be followed, these sauces required 24 hours of attentive care and Saucier-level skill to produce the flavors for which they quickly became known.
More Than Gourmet offers five products in its line of classic French sauces:
- Demi-Glace Gold®, a four-time reduction of classic, pure veal French demi-glace.
- Glace de Poulet Gold®, a 20-time reduction of classic French roasted chicken stock.
- Jus de Poulet Lié Gold®, a classic chicken stock bound with starch.
- Fond de Poulet Gold®, a classic French white chicken stock.
- Veggie-Glace Gold, a vegetarian demi-glace.
Chefs and home gourmets throughout the world rely on these products to create finished sauces and to enhance flavors in a wide variety of dishes, such as soups, stews, pastas, stir fry, marinades and grilled items.
More Than Gourmet products are available in 1.5 oz. (as many as six servings) or 16 oz. containers (as many as 80 servings) with a many easy-to-follow gourmet-tested recipes for fishes, soups, pastas, meats or poultry dishes. They may be purchased directly from More Than Gourmet at 1-800-860-9392 or at more than 250 gourmet food retailers across the country.
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