"Just Desserts Chef Is Sweet on" - Oakland Magazine Online After a long run in San Francisco, Just Desserts quietly slipped into a 65,000-square-foot baking facility near Oakland airport in 2003 that currently turns out 6,000 cakes a week in classic varieties such as... Fancy Food and Culinary Products Magazine Just Desserts featured in the Fancy Food and Culinary Products Magazine... Chef Mani Niall on What's Cookin' Today - Radio Show What's Cookin' Today Hour ONE:He was Michael Jackson's Private Chef, Mani Niall Tells Us About Just Desserts!Mani Niall is Executive Chef at Just Desserts, an all-natural bakery distributing traditional American baked goods coast to coast. With 30 years in the food industry as a baker, cookbook author and product consultant, Niall's first big break came in the early 80's when Michael Jackson whisked him away as his very first private chef... Fancy Food & Culinary Products: Editor's Choice To say that I'm a chocolate fan is a bit of an understatement. If chocolate were its own food group on the food pyramid, I would be getting more than my required daily intake. Needless to say, the chocolate-lover in me (and our office) was beyond excited when San Francisco-based Just Desserts sent us a box of decadent treats... Just Desserts featured in Top 10 tastes from the San Francisco Fancy Food Show (ITEM #3 on Website) Just Desserts Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie Pie: This Oakland-based company has been delivering great desserts for years, but this year they're moving into the mini-treat category, selling grab-and-go cupcakes, small Bundts, whoopie pies and brownie bites that are fresh, all-natural, and irresistible. The whoopie pies are like two perfect cupcake tops sandwiched with rich icing. Just yum. $2-$2.50 at Andronico's, Mollie Stone's, Whole Foods and Costco. SEE ARTICLE HERE Live Interview With Our Executive Chef On The World Of Alternative Sweeteners Listen to a recent live interview on Martha Stewart's Sirius Radio channel. He'll discuss all the varieties of natural sweeteners. LISTEN HERE Just Desserts is Baking Up Some Great Ideas Just Desserts all-natural bakery, home of the infamous “weekend cake”, is busy entering its 36th by launching many new premium desserts from its 65,000 square foot headquarters. With a hard working, passionate management and sales team full steam ahead, Mani Niall, Executive Chef, heads up the product research and development department creating stunningly delicious baked goods for many of its current retailer customers across the country. As founder of the much celebrated Mani’s Bakery in Southern California, Niall has over 20 years experience perfecting his technique for baking mouth-watering desserts using high quality natural ingredients. “I’m really excited to be part of a Bay Area institution and beloved company like Just Desserts”, says Niall. “I’m especially looking forward to creating amazing desserts for everyday enjoyment. Life’s too short to eat dessert only on special occasions. And with our all-natural premium ingredients and homemade recipes, you can’t go wrong.” Among the new delectable creations are Grab n’ Go Wild Blueberry Mini Loaves, Chocolate Caramel Blast Cupcakes and moist cinnamon coffee cake bites. Like other Just Desserts products, these new winners are baked from scratch recipes with all-natural ingredients including butter, eggs, unbleached flour, real vanilla, sugar and premium chocolate. Just Desserts never uses any artificial flavors, colors or preservatives or chemical shelf extenders. Keep your eyes open for new Just Desserts products throughout 2010.
Just Desserts Launches All Natural Bite Size 2-Packs Just Desserts on the Dining Around With Gene Burns Radio Show No Longer Deserted. Just Desserts is rising again Four years ago, Just Desserts had fallen into bankruptcy and its future looked like a deflated cake. Now, under different ownership, the company is on the rise, with revenue up 40 percent last year. New Product Launch Fancy Food Tradeshow Just Desserts all-natural cranberry oatmeal bites made with flaxseeds. The perfect snack for the on-the-go healthy lifestyle and to pop into kids lunches. Confection & Dessert Trends Create New Sweetscapes for American Consumers America's sweet tooth has become more sophisticated and demanding as consumers seek comfort and delight in today's confections and desserts. This love of sweets is steering consumers toward an exciting new sweetscape where flavor complexity, artisanship and nostalgia mingle to create increasingly grown-up, yet still satisfying, treats, according to Confections and Dessert: Culinary Trend Mapping Report from the Center for Culinary Development (CCD) and Packaged Facts. "It's time for marketers to notice that consumers are demanding sweets that are as trend-forward, satisfying and as adventurous as the savory foods they love. Butterscotch Toffee Whoopie Pies are more exciting than... Silver Finalist at the 2008 NASFT SOFI Awards Competition The National Association for Specialty Food Trade, Inc. (NASFT) and Specialty Food Magazine have announced the finalists for the 2008 Specialty Food Awards and Just Desserts was honored with a Silver Statue. This is the second year in a row Just Desserts has won in the Outstanding Baked Good, Baking Ingredient or Cereal category – this time for its brand new Grab n’ Go 2-Pack Brownie Bites. “We’re very honored to have received this award and are happy to be part of this elite group of winners” says Mani Niall, Executive Chef. “It is amazing that only a small percent of all 1,500 submissions became finalists. We’ve worked very hard for this and believe our Grab n’ Go 2-Pack Brownie Bites deserve the recognition” Thirty-Two categories were judged by professionals including specialty food retailers, supermarket buyers, natural food merchants, chefs and culinary educators — they tasted and/or analyzed nearly 2,900 products from 1,500 total entries. These award winning brownie bites are available throughout the Bay Area including Andronico’s, Mollie Stones, Diablo Foods, IGA Delano’s, Marina Supermarket, Blue Fog, Fort Mason Market and many others. |









