Mohammed Jabeer, Marketing Manager, Bakemart
“We have been a corporate partner with QCP since they started the organisation. And they give us an excellent platform to demonstrate our products to F&B professionals.
“We are fresh and frozen food manufacturers in Qatar, Dubai and Bahrain, and we are here to demonstrate the benefits of frozen bakery items and products.
“We have the Vienoisseries range, artisan breads, bread rolls and sandwiches. We also have our pastries range. The product comes frozen and the chefs can finish it off at their end. When they have particularly busy times or when they have events we can deliver an 80% finished product. And they just need to do the garnishing. It is very easy to do.
“We supply to three to five-star hotels, plus restaurants, the big coffee shop chains, the airlines and Qatar institutions.”
Hooman Neshan, Al Badail International, Director, Commercial Projects
“We were the first company to bring Argentinian beef to Qatar, less than two years ago. We have been extremely successful and already have the product with more than 180 customers in Qatar.
“It comes in both fresh and frozen. Fresh is flown weekly from Buenos Aires by Qatar Airways. It’s a premium product — and you can find it in the Ritz Carlton, Sheraton and a lot of high-end hotels over here.
“Some of our competitors have started bringing in Argentinian beef, but we are still the major importer. And we are expanding to Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain.
“In Argentina, it is illegal to give cattle antibiotics and hormones. We also have some organic beef and 90% of our product is grass fed — so it has one quarter of the cholesterol of beef that is grain fed. It is a more natural diet.
“All our product is UTM — under 30 months. This was established in the UK after the mad cow disease outbreak. BSE is now non-existent, but in any case, it would be impossible to find it in UTM cattle.
“We are trying to bring to Qatar the same quality of product you’d find in Harrod’s Food Hall. There are a lot of expats and Qataris who are well travelled and are looking for that kind of top-quality.”
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