Aéroports de Paris: The Future Desserts at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Taste-Tested by Travellers -a Laboratory of Culinary Inno...
November 19 2009 - 10:20AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Aéroports de Paris (Paris:ADP) (Pink
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Today, at the heart of Terminal 1, two hundred travellers will
taste-test five chocolate desserts created by “Foodlab”, SSP’s
culinary innovation laboratory. Travellers will first vote for
their favourite dessert and then blind test three types of
chocolate to determine the right degree of bitterness to be adapted
for the selected dessert final recipe.
The combined results of these two tests will be used to create
the future chocolate dessert to be sold in SSP take away outlets at
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. The test will be carried out by
BVA Institute among a representative sample of international
travellers.
A culinary laboratory at the airport to taste-test desserts
among passenger
For the first time ever, the SSP Foodlab experts will join
forces at Paris-Charles de Gaulle with one purpose: create the
winning chocolate dessert. In the central kitchen of Terminal 1,
each of the five international Foodlab Chefs (England, Denmark,
Norway, France and Netherlands) will create a brand new recipe:
- “Croc Belle-Hélène” (a chocolate
and pear sandwich-like cake) by French Chef Stéphane Cathelin
- Anise-flavored Chocolate
Soup,“Spice Chocolate” by Norwegian Chef Tore Kristian Olsen
- Deconstructed Black Forest by
Dutch Chef Peter Van Den Bos
- Chocolate Matcha tea by Danish
Chef Nicolaï Poulsen
- Chocolate Burger “Don’t touch my
Burger” by English Chef Sindy Kam Cheong
Created in the very heart of the airport, the desserts will be
tested by travellers on the same day. “We want to create a
custom-made dessert that pleases all travellers, no matter where
they come from or what their eating habits may be,” declared
Olivier Pichot, SSP Foodlab representative and founder of Gourmet
Consultant.
Pierre Graff, Managing Director of Airports of Paris declared:
“We are open to the innovative capabilities of our airports
caterers. Thanks to our partner’s initiative, the travellers get to
choose today the recipes they will enjoy at the airport tomorrow.
Today's event is in line with our quality of service policy which
aims at improving our customer satisfaction levels on a daily
basis.”
Nick Inkster, SSP President - Western Europe, affirmed:
“SSP’s primary objective is to satisfy our customers by paying
particular attention to the quality and freshness of our products,
whether they are innovative or traditional. The international reach
of our business, together with our Foodlab, means we can take and
develop the best dishes from around the world. Today, that's
desserts based on a chocolate theme. The dessert with the most
votes will be on sale tomorrow at our units.”
The Foodlab
The Foodlab is a culinary innovation laboratory created in 2007
and gathering 9 chefs of the SSP network.
These international cuisine experts meet regularly to create new
recipes for SSP own brands taking into account new trends and
passengers' expectations.
Then each chef works on a recipe created jointly to adapt it to
their region's culinary tastes.
Located in Mans, the Foodlab will exceptionally come to
Paris-CDG to attend the taste-test of desserts among passengers
A main kitchen allows on-site meal development
Every day 6 900 products are prepared in the main kitchen of
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport by a team of 30 people working
around the clock.
Sandwiches, salads, pastries, baked goods, and box lunches are
prepared to supply the 16 outlets in Terminal 1, 23 restaurants in
Terminal 2, and 2 outlets in Terminal 3 of Airport Paris-Charles de
Gaulle airport.
The virtues of chocolate… for travel
Goethe, a fervent chocolate lover and frequent traveller states,
“Whoever drinks a cup of chocolate can withstand a day's travel
against a day of travelling!”
Chocolate contains uplifting substances mainly, caffeine, and
serotonin which stimulate the central nervous system and help
recover wellness.
Chocolate, recognized as having soothing properties, is the
ideal food to eat before travelling.
*The chocolate dessert chosen by travellers will be sold at
around 4, 5 Euros in approximately 10 SSP take away outlets at
Paris-Charles de Gaulle terminals.
Chocolate consumption around the world:
Global consumption is estimated at 2,800,000 tonnes per annum.
The world's biggest importers of cocoa beans are Europe (over
1.2 million tonnes p.a.) and the USA (0.4 million tonnes
p.a.). The top five chocolate consumers are the USA, followed by
Germany, France, United Kingdom and Russia.
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