Hamilton chef gains an advantage with McCain Sweet Potato Fries
Tuesday 30 August 2011, 4:10PM
By The Armory
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Jeff Dunstan is one of the smart foodservice professionals who’ve realised the advantage that McCAIN A Grade Fries can offer their business.
Jeff has been cooking for 15 years, working in fine dining restaurants in Auckland, Wellington and even Vanuatu. Now back in his hometown of Hamilton as Executive Chef of House on Hood, Jeff has set a high standard for the business which consequently plans to open two further venues in Hamilton over the next year.
“At House on Hood we have a big lounge area and garden bar, and people love to order meals that can be shared – from pizza to antipasto plates,” Jeff explains. “So having fries on the menu is a perfect fit.”
Jeff explains that when House first opened its doors, the kitchen crew made fries from scratch. “But then McCAIN A Grade Fries came along and we’ve never looked back,” he says.
“With McCAIN, you’re always getting the same consistent, high quality product. It’s awfully hard to replicate that consistency when you’re making fries by hand – and then there’s the time and labour costs to consider too. We’d rather go with McCAIN.”
McCAIN A Grade Fries are not only used at House on hood but in the five other restaurants owned by the proprietors, Phoenix Group.
“We started serving the new McCAIN Sweet Potato Fries a couple of weeks ago, and they’ve been flying out the door ever since,” Jeff reports.
“We serve them with our homemade jus and our salsa verde aioli. The sweetness and the crispness of the fries is a match made in heaven.”
The latest addition to the McCAIN A Grade Fries range, McCAIN Sweet Potato Fries feature the unique texture and popular flavour of sweet potato, one of the world’s most nutritious vegetables.
Available in case configurations of 4x2.5kg, new McCAIN Sweet Potato 10mm Straight Cut Fries are cholesterol free, with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives, and feature an appealing orange colour for attractive presentation and easy identification.
Like all McCAIN A Grade Fries, they offer significant advantages making them a better choice for your business.
Not only do A Grade Fries taste better, ensuring customer satisfaction and helping to boost repeat business, they also give greater yield per kilo, reducing your stock and labour requirements.
McCAIN A Grade Fries contain more potato solids than lower grade fries, which means they’ll absorb less oil while giving greater yield. This helps extend the life of your cooking oil, reducing the costs associated with frequent oil replacement.
McCAIN A Grade Fries also present beautifully, offering consistent size and appearance that’s free of blemishes or black spots.
And as a further benefit, every time you buy McCAIN A Grade Fries you can earn rewards points in the fantastic My McCAIN Fries Advantage Program.
Any and all McCAIN A Grade Fries - from the latest range additions such as Sweet Potato 10mm Straight Cut, Beer Batter 10mm Fast Fry and Cream Flesh 10mm Straight Cut, through to the established favourites like 10mm Fast Fry, 13mm Straight Cut, Cream Flesh 13mm Straight Cut, Beer Batter Steak Fries, Beer Batter 13mm Straight Cut, Freeze Chill 10mm and 13mm Straight Cut and Seasoned Wedges - are included in the program.
This means you can earn rewards points by purchasing any of the above products. Just register online at www.mymccainfriesadvantage.co.nz, collect the rewards tokens from each carton, and when you’ve accumulated 50 to 100 fill out the submission form on the website to redeem your tokens for a fantastic range of products including electrical items, sporting goods, food and wine, accommodation, phones, plasma screen TVs, cameras, movie vouchers, family items, toddler’s toys, kitchen utensils and much more.
Complementing the My McCAIN Fries Advantage Program is the recently launched McCAIN Foodservice website (www.mccainfoodservice.co.nz), which offers detailed information on products, news and promotions, and additional exclusive content including professional and product application advice.
To sign up for the exclusive members’ content, visit the website today at www.mccainfoodservice.co.nz - and take full advantage of all that McCAIN offers its foodservice end-users!