TE MANA means prestige and authority in Maori and it is regarded as ‘food from heaven’. TE MANA LAMB™ is the result of a ten-year farming programme in New Zealand. While breeding sheep to be healthier and better adapted to high country environments, Alliance has discovered a sheep with a different type of fat, an intramuscular fat, higher in Omega-3 with Wagyu beef‐style marbling.

The free-range lamb is raised at high altitude on the pastoral land of the South Island in spring, and then grazes on chicory pastures in the summer. It’s during those last thirty days living on the chicory pastures that the higher levels of Omega-3 and polyunsaturated fats are produced. The result is a milder tasting, premium quality lamb, that’s versatile to cook with. TE MANA LAMB™ won the Innovation Award for New Zealand’s Most Innovative Food in 2017 and the New Zealand Food Safety Primary Sector Products and Frozen categories at the New Zealand Food Awards in 2018. Classic Fine Foods has selected this range because it gives the opportunity to chefs to come back to naturally fatty and versatile products while the industry has been breeding out fat to get super lean products with a very mild taste which are hard to cook with.

Based in California’s Silicon Valley, Impossible Foods uses modern science and technology to create wholesome and nutritious food, restore natural ecosystems, and feed a growing population sustainably. Made for meat lovers, The Impossible™ Burger tastes, smells, and cooks like ground meat from a cow – but it’s made entirely of plants, with a much smaller environmental footprint than meat from animals. The Impossible™ Burger has received a number of awards in the past years including UN Champions of the Earth 2018 and Time’s 50 Genius Companies, 2018. This product has the potential of becoming an industry game-changer and Classic Fine Foods is proud to be a trend setter by bringing to its clients a truly innovative plant-based product.

100% made in France, Candia cream cheese has been created for chefs by chef; in collaboration with François Galtier who has won the third place at the World Pastry Cup 2019 as part of the Belgian team. Made from 55% dairy cream and 30% natural cheese, this product is truly unique and different as it has been developed for a professional usage whilst most existing products on the market are a large version of products originally made for consumers. This new product is extremely creamy with a rich and milky taste thanks to high quality fresh milk. Its creamy texture makes it easier and faster to incorporate into any preparation than any regular cream cheese. There is no need to mix the cream cheese alone, saving time by mixing directly with other ingredients. It is also less salty and when whipped, the texture of the product is maintained. With this product, Classic Fine Foods helps chefs save time and increase productivity.

Joe & Seph’s is a range of gourmet homemade popcorn from the United Kingdom.  The mushroom kernels are air popped which results in better texture and taste, before being flavoured with only the finest 100% natural ingredients.  This delightful snack has won a series of awards including over 40 Great Taste Awards from the Guild of Fine Foods. There is an extensive range with over 40 innovative flavours from sweet to savoury and everything in between from the Classic Salted Caramel to Gin & Tonic and Banoffee Pie Popcorn. This is a fantastic opportunity for Classic Fine Foods’ customers to differentiate their bar snack offerings.

Maison Ponthier’s aim is to produce fruit purees which are as close as possible to the taste, colour and smell of the original fruit. The company doesn’t use any additives (colourings, preservatives, flavourings) to guarantee the naturalness of the products. Priority is given to purees with 100% fruit and when some sweetening is required, a maximum of 10% sugar is added and Maison Ponthier only uses 100% natural pure cane sugar. The company only sources the best raw materials from producers and long-term partners offering the best nature has to offer and fruit varieties associated with a specific climate and terroir. Maison Ponthier flash pasteurises all its products to guarantee the highest levels of food safety. Thanks to a perfected knowledge of this process, the taste of the end product is not altered. Flash pasteurisation also enables Maison Ponthier to offer products with a longer shelf life (30 months before / 15 days after defrosting for the frozen range and 15 months before / 12 days after opening for the chilled range). Maison Ponthier is now available from Classic Fine Foods, in seven different countries.