2005 REDMOND FINE FOODS EXCEPTIONAL INGREDIENTS www.redmondfinefoods.ie www.redmondfinefoods.ie redmondfinefoods redmondfinefood EXCEPTIONAL INGREDIENTS EXCEPTIONAL ABOUT US Food is our passion… Our company began trading in 2005 with one purpose – to bring exciting, innovative and quality ingredients to InspirationRedmond Fine Foods is an Irish owned, chefs and food professionals. Our first sale in September of that year was a kilo specialist wholesale food company. of summer truffles to a long-established Dublin restaurant. Since then, we have grown substantially – we are now a team of 30 with many of our colleagues coming from front line food service positions, and our product range spans all major kitchen categories. We are proudly Irish owned and firmly believe in the value of global provenance. Working through a strong network of Irish and international partnerships we represent leading professional kitchen brands, sourcing high value food ingredients, complete food solutions and non-food items to supply into food- service throughout Ireland. Our customer base includes hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, bakeries, chocolatiers, food manufacturers, wholesalers, entertainment and travel industry (airliners, cruise liners and yachting), corporate accounts and select retailers. IN 2005 INGREDIENTS EXCEPTIONAL Food Categories The smell of 01 Bakery, pastry and 04 Truffles, mushrooms, 07 Seafood and caviar pure, bourbon confectionary fruit and vegetables vanilla is very powerful. It all started following a trip to Amsterdam over fifteen years ago. We had met with Vanilla Venture, a specialist ingredients company trading from an old, narrow Dutch building nestled within the central rings of the local canals. Their welcoming 02 Kitchen essentials 05 Select meats and game 08 Sous vide office was to the front and a hedonic, and general warehouse labyrinth of ingredients to kitchen pantry the rear. They had just taken a large delivery of Madagascar vanilla. The bean of the only fruit producing orchid – long, sleek, oily and hand-tattooed – in oil- stained twine bundles, layered high in battered aluminium tins, weaved its magic. Inhaling deep, our journey began. 03 Dairy, cheese and 06 Modern gastronomy 09 Tools, moulds, To see our full list of produce and to order online, visit ice cream ingredients transfers and www.redmondfinefoods.ie general kitchen equipment Food Categories EXCEPTIONAL INGREDIENTS EXCEPTIONAL F 01 o Bakery, pastry & confectionary o Art, craftsmanship and individuality are the cornerstones of the classic boulangerie, Viennoiserie and patisserie kitchen. To this d end, we collaborate with award-winning craftspeople to bring a range of modern and conventional breads, including stone baked sourdoughs and bake-off pastries such as our famous all 03 Dairy, cheese & butter Parisian-style croissants. We also offer a varying array of beautiful, thaw-and-serve desserts which guarantee impact ice cream and your customers satisfaction. C Harnessing talent and creativity in the kitchen, we work closely Our specialist dairy suppliers from Ireland and beyond are with Cacao Barry for outstanding chocolate couvertures, world class. a and our partner Sosa Ingredients for the Aladdin’s cave of gastronomy and pastry premium ingredients. The most popular Irish cheeses include Jane and Louis Grubbs t Shepherds Store, Tom Burgess’ Coolattin cheddar and Marion Through Belgian company Didess we offer classic and Roelewelds range of Killeen farmhouse cheeses. Named the contemporary butter biscuits and bite-size cakes, adding the best cheese shop in Europe by the Wall Street Journal, master e right finishing touch to teas and coffee. affineurs Michel Van Tricht & Son, based in the famous De Koninck city brewery in Antwerp, supply us with a vast selection We also carry an assortment of sweet decorations such as of European farmhouse and artisan cheeses. g twirls, crispies and other eye-catching decorations, providing the ideal solutions for chefs to finish dessert plates. We work with Glenilen Farm in Cork for delicious and creamy Irish butter and yoghurt and the Village Dairy of Kildare supply o us with rare Jersey cow milk and cream. 02 Kitchen essentials and r Our partners, Featherbed Farm in Oylegate, Co. Wexford hand- general kitchen pantry make all their own sorbets and ice cream using their own dairy herd milk and also, incorporate many of our own ingredients i We understand the importance of a well-stocked pantry of into their range including vanilla, chocolate and the Capfruit quality ingredients. For this reason, we partner with leading fruit puree range. manufacturers such as Shipton Mill in Tetbury, a speciality e miller of organic and conventional flours, and Amsterdam based de Nootzaak Gotje as our trusted supplier of superior s raw nuts and dried fruit and master blender of bespoke muesli and snacking mixes. Our partners O-Med and Soler Romero in Spain are producers of award-winning olive oils and vinegars; Massimo Bottura’s Villa Manodori balsamics are renowned globally; through the Wasabi Company in Dorchester we offer an array of Japanese condiments and flavours; and working with various spice experts close to the source we guarantee a superior vanilla bean, pepper, spice, spice blend and salt. In addition, our Culinary Journey collection from Sosa We have been working with Redmond Fine Foods for a number of years. They share our values of professionalism, Ingredients offers an unparalleled range of condiments and respect & organisation. Their eye for detail and can-do attitude help us implement many positive changes throughout sauces to represent over 140 local cuisines from around the our kitchens. They are dedicated to their customers and continuously promote innovative and quality ingredients, food world. trends and productivity. Two words sum up Redmond Fine Foods and their staff - Top Class. We also work with Kildare based Culinary Food Group who James Smith, Executive Head Chef at Aviva Stadium, Compass Group Ireland. make rich stocks and demi glace, providing high end solutions for kitchens under time constraints. Quality INGREDIENTS EXCEPTIONAL F o o d 04 Truffles, mushrooms, fruit and vegetables For many, truffles represent all that is gastronomy – each season 05 Select meats and game yielding its own complex aroma with the white Alba truffle of C Piedmont (tuber magnatum pico) sitting at the pinnacle. We work directly with Italian truffle hunters, known as cavatori, to For many, great meat is the soul of an exceptional eating ensure a yearlong supply of firm, fresh and aromatic truffles a experience. To achieve this, provenance and good husbandry and continuously at the most market competitive prices. are essential. t Unique Paddenstoelen, on the Dutch/Belgian border, are our This is particularly true of beef. Our partnership with Dublin partner for wild mushrooms such as girolles, chanterelles, based Rick Higgins, a 4th generation butcher and renowned trompettes and morels from the forests of central and eastern dry-aging specialist, and Liffey Meats in Cavan ensures a e Europe. They work directly with local hydroponic mushroom consistent supply of the finest, bespoke beef produce Ireland farms providing us with chestnut, shiitake, beech and oyster has to offer. and in season we buy their white and green asparagus, sweet g strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. We also specialise in the supply of rare and native breed beef, authentic Japanese Wagyu, Wagyu crosses and super tender We work exclusively with pioneering French brands Capfruit o USDA beef. for our fruit purees and specialist tinned fruit company Brover, who offer a broad range of ingredients for baked goods and We source Irish lamb locally in Carlow, our milk-fed veal comes pastries. Both companies are great examples of provenance r from Peters Farm in Holland and our fresh Iberico pork comes first when it comes to fruit selection. from a small local source, IberiQ, in Spain. Taste Tradition, based in Yorkshire, England supply us with all cuts of rare breed pork i We receive direct, weekly shipments of fresh, hand-picked and seasonally available game birds and hare, shot on the pomegranate arils from Sam Agri Global Cap certified farms in moors and woods of Yorkshire countryside. Our venison, both central India – the fruit seeds are always in perfect condition, sika and red, are shot within 100km of our facility in Naas. e deep in colour with mouth-watering flavour. Our garlic scapes come from the West Cork Garlic company, Thornhill Duck in Cavan supply us year-round dry-plucked, wax s seaweed varieties from the beaches and inlets along the Wild finished succulent duck and we source through Manor Farm Atlantic Way and the freshest of Japanese and English wasabi our barn-reared, corn fed and free range Irish chicken. via Dorchester. Nivo Finess in Antwerp, Belgium are our source for high grade foie gras and all its derivatives such as foie mousse, terrines, torchons and house specialties like their smoked goose foie gras lobe. Wonderfoods, a supplier of chilled convenience salads and prepared vegetable products to the retail and Pork and beef charcuterie is sourced locally from Forage & food service sector, have developed a strong partnership with Redmond Fine Foods over recent years. Cure, from Spain where our main partner is the famous jamon Their ability to deliver innovative and cost effective products has helped us to bring a point of difference producer Beher, and from Italy and France working with to the market place. Their dedication to customer service makes them stand out from the crowd. provincial artisan specialists. Tony Denham, Buyer, Wonderfoods. EXCEPTIONAL INGREDIENTS EXCEPTIONAL F o o 08 Sous vide 06 Modern gastronomy d ingredients High-end, complete food solutions are a matter of necessity in many modern food operations while product integrity and Innovation is what drives the food industry as it pushes chefs consistency remain paramount in delivering excellence to the and industry professionals to explore the realms of culinary end consumer. In meeting this fast-growing demand, we work with Paris based Cuisine Solutions, pioneers in the science and C possibilities.