New York! New York!

What a fabulous day I had today! Let me go back to the beginning and fill you guys in.

After a very pleasant Sunday afternoon flight, I arrived in the great city of New York. Being from South Africa, I found it quite thrilling to catch my very own New York cab! I guess you have to enjoy even the smallest things in life right?

This morning, I was eager to get to the New York kitchen and see how our biggest production kitchen pulls it all together on an average Monday!

When I first arrived, I was greeted by the friendly faces of our NY kitchen staff, who had been hard at work since 4am! I’m not sure about you, but I don’t know how friendly my face would be if I had been awake since 4am! Regardless, they were great! There is an unmistakable energy in the NY kitchen and the cooks, chefs and packers are excited to be preparing the food going into the homes of our NY clients.

I managed to track down the most important person (the cheesecake maker of course) within minutes of being there. I think he is almost as excited about our famous cheesecake as we are ☺ I hope those of you that ordered it, enjoy your apricot cheesecake tomorrow – I enjoyed the privilege of watching it being made.

I was also lucky to be able to sit down with Executive Culinary officer Chef Yos, Executive Chef Wayne and Supervisor Sergio who you heard from in the video posted earlier. They listened attentively to all the feedback collected from your posts and assured me that they will work hard to address the concerns raised and were also grateful for the positive feedback. So all in all, a success I would say!

It was a great honor to meet all the kind staff in our New York operation. I only wish I could have taken you all with me into the kitchens to meet them yourselves. Alexandra, Edison, Nesto and all the other wonderful people I met today, are hard at work -preparing, improving and perfecting the dishes we send to our NY clients.

A few hours later and a few friends richer, I found myself on THE most turbulent flight headed to Chicago. By the time we touched down I had a new-found appreciation for the tarmac! Now I’m sitting in lovely Addison writing to you!

Tomorrow we head off to the Chicago kitchen – are you as excited as I am?