February
Spotlight
February
Chef Table Recipes
February
Unity Materials
Café Thompson
Chef Spotlight Materials
Publications
Additional Resources
February 2018
When it comes to food, there's a celebratory air to February that is the perfect antidote to winter doldrums. Culinary highlights include dishes associated with the rich history of African-Americans, Super Bowl fare, Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year. All provide tempting opportunities to savor a plethora of dishes.
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Blackened Redfish
And Dirty Rice
Chef Paul Prudhomme's most famous entrée was unheard of in south Louisiana until he invented it. Now the dish, accompanied by dirty rice, is widely known.
Fried-Catfish Po' Boy
The po' boy is one of New Orleans' most-famous culinary exports. Fried seafood po' boys – like our sandwich – are often dressed with hot sauce and sliced pickles.
Carne Guisada
Con Papas
Our dish, otherwise known
as Beef Stew With Potatoes,
is a Latin favorite. Austin Grill Express brings authentic
Tex-Mex flavor to you! Contact Chef Rommel Mendoza for additional recipe information.
Vegetarian
Fried Green Tomatoes With Black-Eyed
Pea Relish
A Southern classic gets a healthy makeover. The relish is much lighter than the pimento cheese or ranch dressing normally used to top the tomatoes.
Thompson DeLight
Creamy Braised Chicken
A smooth cream sauce enhances these tender chicken breasts. Although less than 400 calories, the entrée is so rich tasting, you'll want to serve it to company.
Menu items marked as FIT meet certain criteria, which were developed to be consistent with current dietary recommendations.
Connect with diners by providing our exclusive reading material at your location. Each month, Our Cultural Calendar and Entry Signs are filled with fresh, engaging information for your customers to enjoy. Add a little excitement by posting our monthly Cookbook Raffle sign at your location.
For directors and others making presentations to clients, the PowerPoint slides provide a quick snapshot of our diversity content.
NEW!
Mobile App
Cultural Calendar
Promotional Materials Standards
Cookbook Raffle Sign
Diversity and Cultural Awareness Sign
Entry Sign
Did You Know?
PowerPoint Slides
Digital Monitor Slides
Café Thompson: The brand, usage and guidelines
Café Thompson is new culinary offering that will improve Thompson Hospitality's onsite presence. With the number of product and corporate brands that are featured in our daily operations, it's easy for the Thompson Hospitality brand to get lost. Café Thompson is a marketing tool that will help solve this challenge.
Café Thompson is a live cooking exhibition and is presented as an action station. All recipes come from the Thompson Hospitality recipe library. You can bookmark the Joint Ventures page and find the recipes there, and they are delivered via the monthly e-blast. Use this program at a minimum of once per month, or you can use it biweekly or weekly.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Café Thompson Marketing
You can find the materials you will need to market this program here. Download the posters and signs that will work best for your operation. Depending on the café station location and space, use a full size poster, an 11" x 17" sign or a regular letter-size sign. Recipes are displayed in a counter-top sign holder or on the poster as seen in the illustration to the left. Display your marketing materials early (when employees first arrive to open and prep) on the day of the event. Also, the chef or employee working the action station must wear a black bib apron branded with the new Café Thompson logo, complemented by a black skull cap.
Contact Mike Taylor at (908) 644-7987 or mtaylor@thompsonhospitality.com with questions about the program or ordering information for branded aprons and skull caps.
Signage
Slide
1) print,
2) foam board mount,
3) laminate,
4) trim on
crop mark
Poster Printing Tips
Menu Template (Word)
Apron Info
Celebrating Foods of the World
These documents come in handy when you need to promote an upcoming appearance by one of our chefs at your location.
Thompson Hospitality
And Compass Group's Partnership Signs
Posters:
20" by 30" when finished.
1) print
2) foam board mount)
3) laminate
4) trim on crop marks
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
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Chef Abud
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
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Chef Andrews
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
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Chef Mendoza
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
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Chef Rivera
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
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Chef Roenicke
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
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Publications
As part of our joint venture with Compass Group USA, Thompson Hospitality produces a full-color, eight-page publication six times a year. It's perfect reading material for diners to pick up at your location or enjoy via the Web, tablet or smartphone.
Unity Magazine
Unity is a cultural publication from Compass Group and Thompson Hospitality. Approximately 25,000 are distributed in Fortune 500 environments (IBM, Microsoft, Bank of America, Boeing, etc.), K-12 schools systems (Chicago Public Schools), colleges and universities (HBCUs), museums (Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian), and other influential venues in coordination with the official heritage months celebrated throughout the year. Stories are positive, inspiring, and focus on food, art and culture.
Thompson Hospitality Newsletter
Read President and Chairman Warren Thompson's message to all employees. And get up-to-date info on current initiatives, new accounts and much more.
Unity
February 2018
African-American History Month Issue
More Tools at Your Disposal
Café and cafeteria managers can make use of our Chef Spotlight Menu Templates (pre-visit) and Evaluation Reports (post-visit). And if you're in need of a vendor, check out our MWBE Suppliers List.
Our Promotional Table Setup document is a visual guide for setting up our marketing materials at client sites.
Menu Template
(PDF Format)
Evaluation Reports
(Excel Format)
MWBE Suppliers
(Excel Format)
8.5 X 11 Signs
Send to inhouse print shop or print on a color desktop printer. These files print on standard letter-size paper.
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Promotional Table Setup
Instructions (PDF format)
Pictured is a guide for displaying Unity and Chef Spotlight material. Letter-size documents can be sent to an in-house print shop or printed on a desktop color printer. You can purchase acrylic sign holders for these documents online or at brick-and-mortar office supply stores. Have the 20x30 posters professionally printed, foam-board mounted and laminated. Each month’s Cookbook for Raffle can be purchased online or at major brick-and-mortar booksellers.
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