Communicating Their Point of View

Driven by their great for particular, ingredients, some leading chefs have taken steps to encourage the development or production of products of the highest possible quality. Former, Chez Panisse cook Steven Sullivan’s passion for bread led him to develop his own artisan breads for the restaurant and, eventually, leave to found the Acme Bread Company in Berkeley. Chef Charlie Palmer partnered with cheesemaker Jonathan White in Peekskill, New York, to develop artisan cheese through Egg Farm Dairy, whose motto is “Setting the Dairy Industry Back 150 Years.” Even chef Daniel Boulud is a partner in a venture to bring La Ratte potatoes“they’re rich and buttery, and the most beautiful potatoes in the world”—to the United States.