In this episode I interview visionary chef Marcus Von Albrecht who has overseen the judging process behind Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards for over 20 years, and we talk about the trends he’s seen over the past decades, thoughts on the products this year and trends for the future. We start this bonus episode with and exclusive interview with Jessica Wright, Director of Marketing from Quebec’s Montpak. Jessica takes us through their new Family Fontain line of veal products and what it took to get this new brand created, into the to market onto grocers shelves and consumer’s dinner tables and ultimately winning one of the top specialty awards - the All Canadian award!
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!
My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I were thrilled to support Retail Council of Canada’s new product awards this year as we both are big believers in supporting new and innovative products for the grocery shelves and beyond. Learn more and see all the winners at https://www.rccgrandprix.ca/
In this episode I interview visionary chef Marcus Von Albrecht who has overseen the judging process behind Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards for over 20 years, and we talk about the trends he’s seen over the past decades, thoughts on the products this year and trends for the future.
We start this bonus episode with and exclusive interview with Jessica Wright, Director of Marketing from Quebec’s Montpak. Jessica takes us through their new Family Fontain line of veal products and what it took to get this new brand created, into the to market onto grocers shelves and consumer’s dinner tables and ultimately winning one of the top specialty awards - the All Canadian award!
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Thanks to Jessica and Marcus for being my guests on this episode of The Food Professor podcast!
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