Smokey Chipotle Ketchup Win International Acclaim!

August 2, 2011, Fredericksburg, Texas. Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods, Inc. from Fredericksburg, Texas is celebrating after winning a prestigious 2011 Great Taste Award. Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods, Inc. has been presented with a coveted one-star Gold Great Taste Award for its Smokey Chipotle Chilli Ketchup.

Starting from a simple beginning as a road-side peach stand, Fischer & Weiser now produces more than one hundred products in the same tradition as their first jar of peach preserves. Nestled in the fruitful farmland of the Texas Hill Country, Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods, Inc. is still family owned and operated as well as a bustling international company that has become the #1 specialty food company in Texas.

Operating on the simplest truth—produce a quality product and loyal customers will embrace it—helped to launch the company’s flagship sauce, The Original Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce®, into stardom by winning NASFT’s prestigious award for Outstanding New Best Seller in 1997, and has since garnered numerous awards.

Fischer & Wieser gourmet items are available throughout America at specialty food stores, club stores and grocery stores, online and internationally in Canada, Mexico, and the United
Kingdom. Case D. Fischer, CEO and President said: “We are delighted with this award.
Winning a Great Taste Award recognizes the hard work and dedication that goes into making superb food and drink. Our Smokey Chipotle Chilli Ketchup can be considered a gourmet dipping sauce, but also used as ordinary ketchup. Handcrafted with chipotle chilies, Roma tomatoes, garlic, onion and white wine vinegar, this ketchup has a Southwestern flair that once tried, will cause you never to go back to ‘regular’ ketchup again!“ It has previously won the Golden Chile Award in the Ketchup Category in The Chile
Pepper Fiery Food Challenge, 2010.

The Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, are now in their 18th year and going from strength to strength. 7481 products were entered from 1600 companies for the 2011 Great Taste Awards. It took 350 experts 34 days to blind taste all the entries and decide which entries would achieve the coveted one, two and three star gold awards.
The Great Taste Awards judging standards, devised by the Guild of Fine Food, are the most rigorous in the UK. To achieve the 3-star rating a minimum of 20 -more often 30 - judges need to be in complete agreement that the food delivered that indefinable ‘wow’ factor. All the judges’ comments are made available to producers. If no gold is awarded, they need to know why.

Bob Farrand, Chairman for The Great Taste Awards, said: “Winning Gold in the country’s largest and most respected independent food accreditation scheme is a massive pat on the back for any producer - independent proof their products are of the highest quality. We provide constructive feedback from our expert judging teams and for many, winning 1, 2 or 3-star Gold is exactly what’s needed to help grow their businesses, even during a recession. Every winner should feel very proud that their hard work has been rewarded.”

The four regional nominated foods for each of the Great Taste trophy winners have been announced by the Guild of Fine Food and the identity of the regional and national winners and the 2011 Supreme Champion remains a closely guarded secret until the night of 5th September when all will be revealed at the invitation only awards presentation dinner at London’s Royal Garden Hotel. That is the night we find out who carries away the coveted Golden Fork trophies.

A full list of award-winning products is available at www.greattasteawards.co.uk, and can be searched by region, award or product category.

The Great Taste Awards Press Office:
Charlotte Read (charlotte@completemediagroup.co.uk)
Alice Grier (alice@completemediagroup.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7420 3550

For more information on the Great Taste Awards: www.greattasteawards.co.uk
For more information on the Guild of Fine Food: www.finefoodworld.co.uk

Minnesota man attempts to eat only Chipotle burritos for a week straight

This week Jeremy Baier is facing the kind of challenge that you can never truly prepare for. It will test his strength or character, his motivation, and his digestive system. It has been dubbed the Great American Burrito Challenge: From January 24 through January 30 he will consume three Chipotle burritos each day. That's 21 total. The caloric intake promises to be astronomical; the challenge's Twitter page estimates that by the end of the week he will have consumed 23,940 calories (12,600-15,400 is the recommended weekly range for men with moderate body fat).

But he's not doing it to fill an insatiable hunger, he is doing it to raise money for the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

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Cholula Embraces The Smokey Chipotle.

For those of you that are long time Cholula fans, The Smokey Chipotle has discovered a new addition to the family:

Cholula Chipotle Hot Sauce...featuring a savory blend of Cholula's original "Flavorful Fire" and the smoky and slightly sweet flavor notes or real Chipotle peppers. It brings sensational new flavor to soups, ranch dressing, steaks, chicken and more.

Ingredients: Water, vinegar (white and apple), sugar, peppers (chipotle, guajillo, arbol and piquin), salt, natural flavors, spices, xanthan gum, silicon dioxide, citric acid and caramel.

Silicon dioxide? Really, is that necessary? Perhaps it is carried into the formula in the powdered chile ingredients.

Smokey Chipotle Goodness at Armadillo Willy's

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Chipotle Goes High Tech for Super Convenience.

I love my technology toys; which sometimes do not seem to love me back so much. Chipotle burritos however always show me the love I expect every time I get one. Now you can use your tech toy to get your eat on at Chipotle.

DENVER – August 25, 2009 – Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG and CMG.B) today announced its new ordering application is available on the Apple App Store. The mobile ordering app gives iPhone and iPod touch users the ability to create their favorite Chipotle order, place it at the Chipotle location of their choice, and also pay for their food direct from their device.

"The breakthrough iPhone and iPod touch have really given us the ability to deliver a compelling experience to customers which includes simplicity, personality and attention to detail," said Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle. "We are changing the way the world thinks about and eats fast food, and the iPhone and iPod touch give us powerful new ways to engage and serve our customers. While we have always made our high quality food affordable and accessible so everyone can eat better, we've probably never been this accessible."

Chipotle's time-saving app is being released in conjunction with a newly updated web-based ordering system, available on www.chipotle.com. Customers can place orders through a secure credit card payment capability that allows users to save their information for quick repeat orders and an expanded group ordering feature that allows customers to place multi-item orders under a single name. The app also allows customers to save their favorite Chipotle meals online, as well as those of friends, family, or co-workers. Using location-based technologies customers can also quickly find the nearest Chipotle.

The Chipotle app is available for free from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

The app was developed by Pervasent, a Berkeley, Calif. firm that develops mobile applications, and Chipotle's internal IT team and designed by San Francisco-based Sequence.

About Chipotle

Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO, started Chipotle with the idea that food served fast did not have to be a typical fast food experience. Today, Chipotle continues to offer a focused menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla) and salads made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods and served in a distinctive atmosphere. Through our vision of Food with Integrity, Chipotle is seeking better food not only from using fresh ingredients, but ingredients that are sustainably grown and naturally raised with respect for the animals, the land, and the farmers who produce the food. Chipotle opened its first restaurant in 1993 and currently operates more than 860 restaurants. For more information, visit chipotle.com.

Chipotle Increases Local Produce Purchases.

DENVER (May 19, 2009) Chipotle Mexican Grill said Monday it would increase the amount of locally grown produce it uses by 10 percent this summer as it expands its Food with Integrity program.

Chipotle plans to purchase at least 35 percent of at least one bulk produce item in all of its restaurants from local farmers when the item is seasonally available, the company said. Last summer Chipotle sought to buy at least 25 percent of produce from local farmers and growers.

Chipotle said it expects to have more than 25 local farms in its network to supply romaine lettuce, green bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, red onions and/or oregano to its more than 860 units nationwide.

Chipotle also serves mostly natural, hormone-free meat from humanely raised animals. In addition, 35 percent of all of its beans are grown organically grown and all of its cheese and sour cream is made with milk from cows that are never given the synthetic hormone rBGH.

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Your Votes Are Needed, Support The Chipotle!!

Hello Smoky Chipotle lovers. A fellow Chipotle-head / Foodie needs our help to get him to the top, Top Chef that is! His Recipe has been chosen as a top ten contender on a Top Chef challenge. Here is his letter on Foodbuzz:


Ok all I just received approval to announce my news! A few weeks ago while watching Top Chef on BRAVO TV, Quaker Oats advertised a commercial for the first ever Top Chef Quaker Oats Viewer Quickfire Challenge! Needless to say I entered my recipe, “Oatmeal Macadamia Nut Crusted Pork Tenderloin, with a Coconut Chipotle Sauce, and Grilled Pineapple Relish.“ On March 2nd I had received the news that out of a ton of entries I had placed in the top ten as a semi-finalist. Needless to say I was shocked, still am. So here is where all of my FoodBuzz friends come into play. I need all of you to go to this site
http://quickfire.bravotv.com/quickfire/viewall.php
and place your vote for my Oatmeal Macadamia Nut Tenderloin! If I receive enough votes, I will be chosen as a finalist(only 3 are chosen) and flown out to New York to compete for the Grand Prize to appear on a taping of Top Chef at a later date! I can’t tell you how much this means to me, and what an accolade it is for a career. If you should have any questions feel free to ask! YIPPEE I’m a Semi-Finalist:)
Thank you for any and all of your support!
Also make sure that you vote for Oatmeal Macadamia Crusted Pork Tendeloin
Maurice L.
Red Bluff, Ca.
Have a Great Day!

I have included the recipe below, it was ranked in fifth place when I voted. Let your chipotle-head vote be heard click a link over and vote. You can go back and vote once a day!

Oatmeal/Macadamia Crusted Pork Tenderloin with a Coconut Chipotle Sauce & Grilled Caramelized Pineapple Relish

Ingredients

1 1.5 to 2 lb. Pork Tenderloin
1 cup of Quaker Oats
1/2 cup Crushed Macadamia Nuts
1Tbsp Minced Cilantro (add to oats and crushed macadamia nuts)
Eggwash Flour Coat Pork Tenderloin with flour, then eggwash, then oat and macadamia nut mixture. Sear all sides of Pork tenderloin an place in a 350 oven for 13 minutes.

For Sauce
1 Cup of Coconut milk
1Tsp Miso
1Tsp Fresh Minced Garlic
1/4 Tsp Grated Ginger
1 Tbsp puree'd Chipotle Peppers
3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
1 Tsp Sesame Oil
1 sprig of Mint
1 Fresh Pineapple (Caramelized) for Relish
1 Maui Onion
1 sprig of Mint Pinch of cinnamon
Clean and Dice Pineapple,
1 cup diced onion
1 Tbsp Chop Mint
1 Tsp add to mixture and add cinnamon.

Sautee' Garlic, Ginger in sesame oil (for 30 seconds), add coconut milk, brown sugar, rice vinegar, Miso, Chipotle Peppers. bring to a boil. reduce.and cover.
For Garnish, top with Caramelized Pineapple Relish and enjoy!

Pat & Oscar's Introduce Chipotle Pastrami Melt.

PRESS RELEASE: SAN DIEGO - Pat & Oscar's Restaurants (www.patandoscars.com) is expanding its line of hot premium sandwiches. The company's new Chipotle Pastrami Melt is a warm and savory combination with hot pastrami, melted provolone cheese, shredded lettuce, roma tomatoes, chipotle mayonnaise and pickle spears.

Pat & Oscar's launched its first hot premium sandwich last year - a meatball sub - and the product was extremely well received. "Our guests loved the choices between hot and traditional cold sandwiches, so we actively sought out flavors to develop a new hot premium sandwich," said Greg Schroeppel, executive chef at Pat & Oscar's. "Beyond just keeping up with trends, our culinary team is always looking for unique combinations to give guests a new and flavorful experience each time they come back to Pat & Oscar's," he added.

The new Chipotle Pastrami Melt is available as a combo meal (Choice of side -- Petite Greek or Caesar Salad, Potato Wedges, or Cup of Soup) and a 20 oz drink for $9.99 and individually for $7.99. "We have always been the leader in family dining value, and the introduction of our new hot sandwich line allows us to broaden our individual combo meals for under $10." commented George Hunter, Chief Operating Officer at Pat & Oscar's.

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Rogue Ales in Oregon Harness the Smoky Chipotle

While we are yet to taste this intriguing beverage; we felt compelled to report on it's mere existence. Who else but the fine people at Rogue Ales would be so bold as to impart the flavors of our beloved Smoky Chipotle in, of all things, an ale! I look forward to this taste tantalizing experience. If any of you readers have already partaken in the Chipotle Ale please share your experience with us here at The Smoky Chipotle!

Chipotle Ale Tasting Notes:
Roasted chipotle peppers produce an eye opening chile flavor in this deep golden ale with a malty, smoky aroma and smooth, crisp flavor.

8 Ingredients:
Malts: Harrington, Klages & Maier Munich.
Hops: Cascade and Willamette.
Specialty: Chipotle Peppers.
Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.

World Class Package:
Draft, 12oz Bottle, 22oz Bottle

Awards:
2006 World Beer Championships—Silver
2005 Great International Beer Competition—3rd
2005 West Coast Brew Fest Competition—1st

HISTORY
Dedicated to Spanish author Juan de la Cueva, who, in 1575, wrote of a Mexican dish that combined seedless chipotles with beer: Chipotle Ale is based on Rogue’s American Amber Ale, but delicately spiced with smoked chipotle chile peppers. Blend it with Rogue Chocolate Stout and create a Mole black and tan!

Fancy Food Show Brings Exotic Chipotle Blend

White Jasmine, LLC just introduced their new Sajji Masala at this years Winter Fancy Food Show. This spice blend consists of Chipotle peppers, garlic, brown sugar, Mexican oregano, in addition to several other flavorful spices.

The particular Sajji flavor is a staple in the southern part of Pakistan, where traditionally many meats are marinated in delicious spices and roasted in hot sand. "Our goal was to capture that flavor and aroma, I would say we have been successful in doing that".

Sajji Masala can be used with any kind of meats, fish and vegetables. Some of our fans even use it in their egg salad sandwiches, this blend adds fabulous flavor to just about anything.

Try their recipes for Spicy Hamburgers and Sajji Garlic Chicken available on their website.

White Jasmine is confident that once you try their Sajji Masala, it will be really hard for you to stop cooking and trying this incredible spice in almost anything.

'Tis The Season For Chipotle Sale!

RoJosGourmet.com is blasting off the Holiday shopping season early again this year! Check out some of the awesome chipotle deals they are offering up as part of their Appetite Stimulus Package Sale!

No point in waiting for the Black Friday nightmare at the mall. Give the Smoky Chipotle Gift of Flavor this year, save a ton of cash and your sanity. More importantly you will be giving your special someone a Gourmet gift they will truly appreciate!

Pebble Creek Toasted Chipotle Honey Mustard

Just the right amount of zesty flavor to offset the perfectly balanced sweet honey and tangy mustard, it will be love at first bite.

Sale Price: $4.65
You Save $1.60!




Russian River Fine Foods Chipotle Ketchup

A new and enjoyable twist on one of America's most popular condiments. With just a hint of sweetness and a bit of smoky spice from the chipotle peppers.

Sale Price: $5.25
You Save $1.24!









Monty's Party Picante Sauce - Chipotle

Monty's Gourmet produces the most award winning salsa available anywhere. The trophies say it all and your taste buds will agree.

Sale Price: $3.95
You Save $2.30!


Monty's Smokin' Chipotle BBQ Sauce

After 2 years in the making, Monty has finally come up with his own brand of Kansas City style BBQ sauces. Not only are they NEW, they have already won several awards!

Sale Price: $4.55
You Save $1.54!








Monty's Dancing Fire Chipotle Hot Sauce

Only The Finest Chipotle Peppers Are Allowed To Be Put Into This Gourmet Blend Of Peppers & Spices So You Get Only The Best Product.

Sale Price: $3.95
You Save $2.00!



Find these and many more blowout sale priced items at RoJo's Gourmet Foods

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Don't Stand In Line, Order Online.

DENVER (BUSINESS WIRE) Any computer is now a virtual Chipotle Mexican Grill thanks to the restaurant company’s newly enhanced online ordering system. The new system enables customers to place and pay for their order online, then within minutes go directly to the front of the line at the restaurant to pick it up.

“This is another way we are making our high quality food available and affordable so everyone can eat better,” said Steve Ells, Chipotle founder, chairman and CEO. “We can deliver a great Chipotle experience in a way that meets the demands of time-pressed customers.”

Among the new features added to Chipotle’s online ordering system include a secure credit card payment capability that can save customers’ information so they do not have to re-enter it every time they log on. An expanded group ordering feature allows customers to place multi-item orders under a single name, invite others via e-mail to add to their order, and manage group orders online. Like the previous generation online ordering system, the updated version allows customers to save their own favorite meals online, as well as those of friends, family or co-workers. The system also provides ample space for comments and special instruction so customers can make the same kinds of requests they would if they visited the restaurant.

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New From Planters; Wicked Hot Chipotle Peanuts

Planters Wicked Hot Chipotle Peanuts are available at your favorite snack food purveyor. We found a bag in the snack section at our local consumer electronic store. Everyday we are finding snack food companies are starting to cater to spicier tastes, and I say it's about time!

You used to have to find some Ass Kickin' Peanuts or some torched up nut snack from Dave's Gourmet Foods if you wanted to feel the fire in your snacky treats. Today even Planters is lighting up their peanuts with fiery Chipotle peppers.

These smoky toasty hot peanuts were nice and hot compared to the usual mainstream snacks but I would not call them hot in Chile-head terms. They will warm you up and they are a tasty improvement on plain old salted peanuts

Is the Chile-head taste spreading to mainstream America? I would have to say it's definitely spreading... like wildfire.

The Cheech Smokin' Chipotle Hot Sauce

With the new Cheech & Chong Comedy Tour; "Light Up America & Canada" on its way, the Cheech's hot sauces have found a rebirth in popularity. Our favorite is of course; the Smokin' Chipotle Hot Sauce!

The Cheech mashes jalapeno, cayenne, tabasco and the fiery habanero (the hottest chile in the world) peppers together to age, then adds sweet molasses, sugar cane vinegar and a splash of rum to create a robust sauce that's SMOKIN' HOT & full-bodied with zesty flavor - treat like a fine wine - the older it gets the better it tastes. Great with fish-n-fowl, beef, pork, soups, dips and Mexican-style cooking. The Cheech Smokin' Chipotle Sauce is "Waatsappenin."

Smoky Chipotle for Jack In The Box!

With more time-strapped Americans eating on the go, quick-serve snacks have become increasingly popular. In response to this growing trend, Jack in the Box(R) restaurants today debut Pita Snacks -- a new product platform of snack-sized, wrap-style sandwiches -- in several of its markets, primarily in the west. The quick-serve chain plans to complete its system wide roll out of the new sandwiches by the end of September.

Jack's new Pita Snacks feature a choice of grilled or crispy chicken strips, strips of marinated sirloin steak, or a fish fillet, shredded cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce and a smoky chipotle sauce wrapped in a pita made with whole grain.

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The Legal Battle for Smokey Chipotle Burns On

It has the potential to be a modern day tale of David and Goliath, if not for the fact that David was a hero with the best interests of his people at hand; perhaps more of a Jack and the beanstalk? In any event it is about a giant and a pipsqueak and it plays out like this.

Kentucky Fried chicken enters the market with their Original Recipe in 1940. It was not until 1974 when they toyed with the idea of a new formula and Extra Crispy was introduced. Now more than two decades later The Colonel has introduces an exciting new flavor in their Smoky Chipotle Crispy Chicken. Interestingly, KFC has decided to roll out this flavor for a limited time only despite the public’s craving for spicy chicken.

Yum! Brands in Louisville, KY; the world’s largest purveyor of fried chicken is the owner of the KFC brand with 14,000 locations in fifty states and ninety-eight countries.

Enter one Chuck Evans; in 1993 Chuck filed for a trademark for the descriptive term “Smokey Chipotle” for use as applied to sauces and condiments. The assigned examining attorney reviewed his application and in March of 1994 he was refused the registration of this trademark....

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