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About Us
Chef's Pantry ? I have heard the name but what do they do ........
Chef's Pantry is a fresh vegetable processing and food distribution business situated in Braeside, Victoria, Australia: 30 minutes from the CBD.
The company is a family run business, established in 1988.
Chefs Pantry has four divisions;
Fresh food processing,
Value added food manufacturing,
Marketing + distribution of fresh and frozen food products,
Contract manufacturing
Approximately half of the business consists of processing fresh vegetables. The remainder consists of preparing fresh salads, soups, sauces, mash, antipasto products, pasta products, and distribution of our innovative and unique range of ready to use food products.
Chef's Pantry supplies products to the food service industry, food processing / manufacturing companies and certain retail customers. The company employs its own fleet of refrigerated vehicles sending products to all parts of Victoria and interstate through distributors. Products are exported on a regular basis.
The facility is a purpose built, fully registered food processing premises (built 1995), and is licensed to export food products. The facility can process up to 200 tones of food products each week.
Benefits of Chef's Pantry Fresh Products
Guaranteed fresh products,
Consistent clearly defined costs,
100% unable fresh product,
Improved consistency,
No spoilt product due to excess stocks,
Reduced labour costs,
Reduced liability costs,
Our Services Include
The processing of vegetables and associated products to your specific needs,
The mixing and blending of vegetables and salad products,
A unique and evolving range of ready to use food products,
A quick response time (JIT management program)
Products packed to suit your batch size if necessary,
Contract made products,
Central kitchen facilities
Customers simply order required products to individual specifications, and once delivered "put them straight in the pot". This minimizes labour costs, time checking raw material purchases and the quality of goods, and fridge space. Time and effort is saved, giving the modern small kitchen improved production capacities, labour savings, saved fridge space and easy stock control.
Fresh Cut Vegetable Shelf Life
Harvested vegetables are alive, and continue to respire, grow and develop even after processing. Hence, great care is taken to supply all products in the best and freshest condition possible. Deterioration of prepared vegetable products is reduced by adhering to careful handling procedures, timely, efficient processing, and JIT delivery to the customer.
All deliveries are scheduled too meet the requirements of clients. Having said that, consideration must be given to the fact that the fresh produce lines have a short shelf life. The goods must be harvested, chilled, delivered to the facility, pre-cooled, processed, packed, post-cooled, and delivered to the customer within 48-60 hours.
Oxidation is the main cause for vegetables becoming unusable. There are a number of innovations currently being used by Chef's Pantry to reduce the incidence of oxidation. These include natural vegetable washes (citric acids, chlorine dioxide etc.), specialized packaging, and fast chilling of products to increase shelf life.
Shelf life varies from product to product; however, most fresh cut products have a 5-7 day shelf life. If the cool chain is correctly maintained the vegetable's shelf life can be increased to up to 12 days.
Chefs Pantry's production team process and deliver all fresh cut vegetable products on the day they are manufactured. We do not work from a stock base and receive your order and prepare goods against each order.
Quality Assurance
 Chefs Pantry's Quality Assurance Program starts through a partnership with our suppliers to ensure raw materials meet agreed upon specifications. All produce is processed in accordance with tight quality standards and in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices. Through a comprehensive training program, each employee takes ownership of their checks and monitoring procedures. Garden Fresh Foods HACCP plan and supporting prerequisite programs ensures food safety integrates all disciplines of the plant starting with purchasing, continuing through receiving, quality assurance, production, sanitation and delivery of the finished product.
Commitment to Customers
Chefs Pantry is out to set the industry standard in customer satisfaction through effective: communication - identifying and understanding your needs to come to an agreement on what we will do to fulfill them, performance - delivering what we promise, follow-up - keeping in touch to determine if we are meeting the agreed upon expectations, responsiveness - being flexible to your changing needs and going beyond policy when appropriate, and evaluation - conducting customer surveys to measure your satisfaction. Our commitment to you is not only superior fresh-cut produce and food products, but also as partners to provide solutions to problems that will save you time and money.
A Word to Our End User Partners
Our pricing philosophy will help you keep a handle on your food and labour costs. We take the peaks and troughs out of the constantly moving produce prices so you will know your costs at any given time or season. This will allow you to make accurate projections on your end. Fresh-cut produce will benefit your labor situation, too. Our buying power allows us to purchase in cost-effective quantities and our state of the art machinery allows us to process very efficiently. Our pricing reflects this and will save you money.
Ordering
Orders should be placed by 12 noon the day before. Certain lines require that customers place orders with 48 hours notice. Phone 03 95804477
Fax: 03 9580 3900
After: Hours 0418 377 608
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To ensure your delivery please place orders prior to 3pm Monday to Friday
Chefs Pantry delivers from Monday to Friday
CBD Melbourne deliveries are Monday to Friday
Country + Interstate deliveries can vary depending on area. Contact our sales team delivery details:
Chef's Dilemma
Chefs,
The foodservice industry is facing many challenges. Skilled labour shortage and increased pressure on food costs are some of the most frequent problems kitchens face. The chef's dilemma is how to juggle rising food costs plus rising labour costs and still maintain a quality and consistent product to your customers.
Chefs have traditionally increased their labour to reduce their food costs and conversely raised their food costs to reduce their labour. This is the labour food "playoff". Chefs have tended to work harder or longer hours, however, this is a short-term solution resulting in 'burn out' from long hours.
Until now there have been few suppliers that have tried to address these issues simultaneously.
Chefs Pantry has developed a product range and "ready to use" food program that can assist and reduce both labour and food costs. This program has been rolled out to many clients and proven to be very effective in combating labour, food costs and wastage. Benchmarks that have been achieved, coupled with well-costed menus, include 27- 30% food costs and between 16 - 18% labour (kitchen), and it should be noted that there is room to improve on these figures.
Our chefs have developed an extensive range of products to:
meet the quality requirements of kitchens
reduce waste
address labour shortages
maintain consistency
improve labour utilization
reduce stress loads
We have looked at menus from many hotels (both pubs + 5 star), restaurants and developed a unique range of products that covers most kitchens requirements.
The main focus has been on the quality and consistency of products and as such products supplied to 5 star hotels are supplied to all our customers. We do not differentiate between clients; all products must meet the highest standard.
The complete product range can be seen on the rest of the website -
Products are continuously being added to the range and we listen to our client's requirements both to improve our existing products and add to the range we offer.
The food industry is going through rapid change, reliable and quality labour is harder to find, pressure is on the kitchen to perform more efficiently without compromising on quality, and food costs are consistently rising. Long and hard hours are being "put in" to address the costs issue. With Chef's Pantry products, you will have a clear picture of the true costs of your menu
Chefs Pantry can offer a solution.
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