Issue 13

  • In This Issue...
  • Menu of Options: How to Represent What You Present
  • Getting to Know PreGel AMERICA’s 5-Star Pastry Ambassador Program
  • Top Ten: Celebrating 10 Years of PreGel AMERICA

Tree Talk: HR Corner: Managing Appropriate Work Conversations

We have all experienced one time or another walking into a place of business and having to interrupt what seems like a personal conversation to ask for assistance or to simply check out. When this happens we walk away feeling … Continue reading


Tree Talk: PreGel AMERICA To Expand North Carolina Facility, Create More Jobs

PreGel AMERICA announced plans to expand its Concord, NC, facility, creating 48 new positions over the next three years. The expansion covers further structural development within its existing facility and the construction of additional warehouse, production and office space that … Continue reading


From the Top of the Tree

One-third of the year is already in the books. 2012 has come at a fast pace and, well, so have 10 years. PreGel AMERICA celebrates its 10-year anniversary this year, and to be honest, I am still a bit in … Continue reading


Branching Out: Cupcakes – Tips and Techniques

Sunflower Cupcake: 1. Color white buttercream a light shade of yellow. 2. Using a small offset spatula, apply a small amount of yellow icing to the tops of the cupcakes to create a smooth top on which to pipe the … Continue reading


Recipes: Peach Melba Sorbetto

DIRECTIONS Combine all of the ingredients and mix well using an immersion blender. (For Hot Process: Process the mix to 65°C/149°F) Place product in the batch freezer and follow machine instructions.


5 Ways: Peach Mango

Understanding the versatility of products can help any business add to its existing offerings without adding expense. It just takes a little creativity and imagination. 5-Ways will feature one of PreGel’s premium products each issue and showcase a plethora of … Continue reading


Recipes: Strawberry Banana Tenero

DIRECTIONS Combine all of the ingredients and mix well using an immersion blender. Process according to the specifications of soft serve machine.


Top Ten: Celebrating 10 Years of PreGel AMERICA – 10 Things to Know

PreGel AMERICA is celebrating its 10-year anniversary! PreGel as a global company is over 45-years-old, but the commitment it made to the U.S. market started a mere 10 years ago and the journey has been a whirlwind. In honor of … Continue reading


Peanuts: Small Capsules of Good Stuff

Peanuts are the preferred nut of Americans and they are everywhere! Americans consume over 600 million pounds of peanuts annually, according to The National Peanut Board, but how much do they really know about them? Peanuts can be described in … Continue reading


Tree Talk: Getting to Know PreGel AMERICA’s 5-Star Pastry Ambassador Program

In 2011, PreGel AMERICA hosted four 5-Star Pastry Ambassador demonstrations in select cities including: • New York, NY, featuring Ron Paprocki, executive pastry chef of Gordon Ramsey at The London, and Jerome Landrieu, director of the Chicago Chocolate Academy • … Continue reading


Part 1: An Acorn is Planted in the Land of Opportunity: PreGel AMERICA Begins

First, imagine a dream as the seed of an acorn; and to make that dream sprout it would need to be nurtured with the water and oxygen of resolute ambition combined with unrelenting will. Now visualize a young, thirty-two-year-old Italian … Continue reading


Menu of Options: How to Represent What You Present

Think back to the last menu that you saw. You’ve probably seen one recently, considering that, according to the National Restaurant Association, Americans spend 49 percent of their food dollars at restaurants. Did the menu leave an impression on you, … Continue reading


Berry Healthy: Basics 101: Creams for Pastry & Baking

Creams are abundant in the pastry, baking and frozen dessert world. Each variety of cream such as whipping cream, light cream and sour cream serves a very different purpose and has its own unique properties. The key is to not … Continue reading


Back to Our Roots: Modern-Day Heroes
Hiding in the Racks of PreGel’s Warehouse

They emulate the strong colors of blue and red with their carefully coordinated outfits that begin with blue pants and end with a pristine blue and red top. They are always moving and flexing their muscles as they haul heavy … Continue reading


Passion & Ingredients = A Sweet Wonderland

Mohegan Sun Casino Chef Lynn Mansel (LM) Executive Pastry Chef, Food & Beverage 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd Uncasville, CT 06382 www.mohegansun.com JM: Which three words or phrase would best describe your desserts/pastry menu? LM: There’s an art to constructing the … Continue reading