What are Chef's looking for?

Our Kaitaki Collective Member James Thomas of @nzcheese, spends a lot of time working with chefs. As the managing director of New Zealand Cheese Ltd, he is a distributor that specialises in supplying independently made New Zealand cheese to food service, delicatessens and overseas markets.

Recently he posed a number of questions to the chefs he encounters about what they are looking for when it comes to finding produce, suppliers and producers. Here is what he discovered...

Chefs are looking for Consistency in produce/suppliers/producers

Consistency in Supply

Consistency in Quality

Consistency in Logistics

Consistency in New Product Development

Consistency with Communication

Image by Photographer Zico O'Neill @zicooneill from Mercer Cheese