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Food Fair & Foodservice Equipment Daily News
www.foodfairmag.com I NRA 19 Issue
BusinessFocus: Sterno SpeedHeat Award-Winning Flameless Catering Product Makes Serving Hot Food Simpler, Safer & Faster An Interview with Sterno’s VP of Marketing, David Amirault
David Amirault VP of Marketing
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o meet the needs of the current catering landscape, Sterno Products recently launched SpeedHeatTM, a flameless, water activated system that produces highheat steam, with zero ramp up time. It is considered by many in the catering industry to be the most innovative portable heat system since the introduction of Sterno chafing fuel more than a century ago. Industry press has echoed this opinion SpeedHeat recently took top honors in Foodservice Equipment Reports Magazine, 2018 Tabletop Competition. Caterource Magazine called the product a ‘terrific innovation’.
easy to set up and made the whole process safer, simpler, and faster’. Foodservice Daily News recently spoke with Amirault for an interview about this groundbreaking product.
FSDN: What was catalyst for the development of this product? Amirault: A product like this has been top of mind in the catering industry for years. Up till now, the challenge for caterers has always been how to keep hot food at an ideal serving temperature in an environment or location that isn’t necessarily designed for serving food, or in places As part of the development of this that have open flame restrictions. product, Sterno’s Marketing VP, David Amirault and his team spent time FSDN: Who should be using this in the field with high volume caterers product? of all stripes, including social, cor- Amirault: Any foodservice porate, chain restaurants, and food operation engaged in off premise management companies, testing catering. SpeedHeat allows the prototypes and refining the design operator to provide and serve hot to get to the best possible flameless, food if the safest, simplest, and food warming & serving product. fastest way possible. ‘Our number one takeaway’, said FSDN: Is Sterno getting out Amirault, ‘was that our customers of the ‘canned heat’ business? wanted a buffet style flameless food Amirault: Absolutely not. Our serving option that was quick and legacy line of portable warming
Flameless Food Warming! Introducing Sterno SpeedHeat, the simpler, safer and faster way to keep food at the ideal serving temperature. Designed for quick serve, off premise events, SpeedHeat produces high heat steam in seconds and is the ideal choice for events lasting under an hour.
