In 2007 Jean-Christophe joined with Findus to create and develop a restaurant quality range of Findus Novelli, premium frozen ready meals to be sold through supermarket stores.
Jean-Christophe has spent many days and nights in Newcastle at the Findus factory, ensuring every single product meets his high expectations at every stage of the recipe development.
The new restaurant-quality range represents a fresh approach to frozen food;
- Every innovative recipe has been freshly developed by one of the world's finest chefs.
- Each dish is freshly prepared on site, then fast-frozen in a process that takes just 2½ hours. By comparison, domestic freezers can take as long as 12 hours to complete the process and produce much larger ice crystals that affect the quality of the food when thawed and reheated.
- In some cases, fresh manufacturing processes have been developed. Take the Haddock Mornay: spinach is hand-moulded and carefully placed in the tray; the fish is then positioned on top to protect the spinach; this is then covered with a sauce (that uses fresh double cream) and sprinkled with Emmental and Cheddar cheese (fresh, of course).
Every effort has been made to make sure that your Findus Novelli main course will arrive on your table just as Jean-Christophe intended!
Just some of the Premium dishes available are:
- Lasagne Novelli
- Lemon & Honey Roast Chicken
- Haddock Mornay
- Salmon Harissa
- Caramelised Cider Pork Belly
- Mediterranean Vegetable Piperade
- Curried Cream Potato Dauphinoise
More information can be obtained at www.findusnovelli.co.uk
