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Well-Travelled Tastes
Finding the finest fare for you to bring home.
A Feast of Flavours
At Jan K. Overweel, we see plates as passports. Fresh slates that can transport you anywhere when the finest ingredients are put upon them. From east to west and sweet to savory, we’re tasting our way through the world and sending the finest fares home with care.
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PARM-INENT FIXTURE Italian Food Industry Weathering the Pandemic
Check out this article, written by the insightful Rita DeMontis, National Lifestyle Editor of the Toronto Sun. Featuring President Patrick Pelliccione assuring us the Italian export business is still going strong. The article can be found here.
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IGOR Gorgonzola, A Zero Emission Company
IGOR has been certified as ZERO EMISSION COMPANY. This acknowledgement, globally valid thanks to the international reference standard ISO 14064, attests that IGOR reduced the greenhouse gas emissions to zero. This goal has been achieved thanks to energy efficiency...
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Let There Be Cheese! Keeping the lines of trade and commerce open between Canada and the EU
In February 2020, our president Patrick Pelliccione along with key members of the International Cheese Council of Canada (ICCC) traveled to The World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland with the goal to improve the workings of Canadian cheese importers with...
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Winner! Best Fresh Department Supplier 2019
We are very proud to announce Jan K. Overweel as the selected recipient of United Grocers Inc.’s (UGI) Best Fresh Department Supplier 2019 Award. It is with the hard work and effort that the JKO Sales team across the country has put forward that this award is...
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Cremo – Von Mühlenen – World Cheese Awards 2018 Champion
Jan K Overweel would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to Cremo SA, on their sweeping victory at this year's World Cheese Awards. JKO has the honor of exclusively distributing the long-established Swiss brand of cheeses, Von Mühlenen, for almost two decades...
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Andrea Rigoni – Entrepreneur of the Year for Sustainability
Jan K Overweel is the proud exclusive Canadian distributor of Rigoni di Asiago and would like to congratulate Andrea Rigoni an Ernst & Young's award recipient for Entrepreneur of the Year for Sustainability. Click here to read more
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Panettone Bread Pudding
Prep Time: 5 minutes (plus overnight) Cook Time: 30 Minutes Tags Ingredients 1 Milano Classic Panettone 1 cup Milk 1 cup Cream 6 Eggs ½ cup Sugar 1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon Pinch Nutmeg 1 Tbsp Vanilla Paste 2 Tbsp Grand Marnier An instant crowd pleaser! Perfect for the...
Mediterranean Roasted Fish Stew with Chickpeas
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes Tags Ingredients 2.5 lb Cod Fillets, divided into 4-6 portions 1/4 cup Emma Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Lemon 2-3 Bay Leaf 1/4 cup Dry White Wine 1 Fennel Bulb, thinly sliced 1 Spanish Onion, thinly sliced 2-3 Garlic Cloves,...
Wafer of Parmigiano Reggiano with Grilled Pears, Radicchio, Mixed Nuts and Honey
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes Tags Ingredients 1 Head Radicchio, washed and dried 2 Bosc pears, washed and dried 1 cup Parmigiano Reggiano, grated 1/2 cup mixed nuts, crushed 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar 1 tsp Honey Salt and...
