Specialty food distributor Food Innovations Inc. announced the hiring of chef Jonathan Steckler as director of National Sales and corporate chef.
A graduate of Yale University and Manhattan's New York Restaurant School, Steckler interned under chef Michael Romano at the Union Square Cafe. Steckler worked in some of New York's finest restaurants before moving into the test kitchens at Creative Food Solutions, recipe development subsidiary of Madison Avenue marketing and advertising firm The Food Group. At CFS, Steckler secured national account placement for products from foodservice vendors including McIlhenny, Lipton, Nabisco and Uncle Ben's, as well as the American Egg Board and Florida Department of Citrus.