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Black + Blue + Josper

Friday, April 12th, 2013


Josper, The world’s hottest, charcoal-fired culinary tool landed last night on Downtown Vancouver BC’s sexiest restaurant rooftop!

Black + Blue, already one of Vancouver’s hottest restaurants by Glowbal, became even seductive when it added a Josper by Wood Stone Charcoal Broiler oven to its roof top kitchen equipment arsenal. Thursday night, a group of Vancouver’s international media were in attendance to experience a wide variety of mouthwatering food produced in Josper’s 700-900 °F mesquite-fired chamber.

Glowbal, challenged with Vancouver’s strict wood-fired equipment installation regulations, went above and beyond to get Josper in Black + Blue to offer Canada its first look and taste of Josper. This is destined to be the most talked about and sought after wood-fired experience – Intense heat and smoke – Black + Blue Chef Jason LaBahn’s new favorite seasoning!

–Chef Frank

 

 

Colicchio & Sons

Monday, February 11th, 2013

  One of many locations founded by Top Chef Tom Colicchio, Colicchio & Sons (New York City) specializes in incorporating the finest seasonal and local ingredients to produce top-notch cuisine. This celebrity chef specifically asked for a Wood Stone oven when constructing this restaurant and was eager to put it in the center of his kitchen. As he said, “It’s prominently installed in the restaurant’s tap room, and everything we serve in that part of the restaurant comes from the oven–from whole Daurade to pizzettes to slow-roasted pork shoulder. The chefs love it, the guests love it, and my only regret is that I didn’t get one sooner.”

For more information on Tom Colicchio and his restaurants please visit here!

Flying High with Giant Eagle

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Giant Eagle supermarkets have been proudly serving communities for over 90 years. It all started when the three founding families, Goldstein/Shapira, Porter and Chait, founded the first “Eagle Grocery” in 1918. Beginning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eagle quickly grew into the “Giant” it is today, with over 400 retail locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and
Maryland. 

The Giant Eagle chain–and their new rebranded chain stores, Market District– discovered an opportunity in their prepared foods area to outshine the competition. This opportunity was a “pizza program” designed by Doug Wells the Director of Prepared Foods for the Market District. Once this idea was introduced, corporate chef John Gruver contacted Wood Stone and asked to visit our test kitchen. After one visit to the Wood Stone Test Kitchen, the company left with five new pieces of Wood Stone equipment for the first Market District store alone! As their successful pizza program has expanded, The Market District and Giant Eagle chains have continued buying Wood Stone ovens.

As Wells told Wood Stone’s Phil Eaton, “My feeling about
Wood Stone is if you build it we’ll pretty much buy it.” We think that pretty
much sums up our relationship.

Check out more about Giant Eagle here, and more about Wood Stone ovens here! (more…)

Red Door Grill & Mt. St. Helens

Monday, December 17th, 2012

Last week we had our friends from Red Door Grill in the kitchen to test out their recipes on everything from our Whatcom GVR to our Mt. St. Helens Charbroiler. A delectable smorgasbord of tacos, prawns, steak, lobster, sliders and ribs came off the grill and were instantly devoured by those of us who were drawn in by the mouth-watering aromas wafting through the halls. If you are in the Kansas City area you  – without a doubt, you MUST check this place out as soon as it opens…and then convince them to open a location in Bellingham!

First Wood Stone Fire Deck 90112 – St-Viateur Bagel Shop

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

St-Viateur Bagel has been a central part of the culture and daily life of Montreal since 1957. In July 2012 Wood Stone built and shipped its very first Fire Deck 90112 (spec coming soon) for St-Viateur Bagel Shop . They are open 24/7 and are producing between 350-400 dozen bagels out of the oven each day! Chef Frank recently visited their shop to experience the special Montreal bagels in person and wrote, “This must be called bagel love! Very artisanal – these folks are very good at what they do!”  Wood Stone is proud to be part of such a proud legacy in Montreal – best wishes to our friends at St-Viateur Bagel.

For additional information about St-Viateur Bagel Shop: http://www.stviateurbagel.com/main/

For additional information about the Fire Deck 90112 call us at 800.988.8103 or email info@woodstone-corp.com

 

Another GREAT visit to the Wood Stone Test Kitchen!

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

At Wood Stone, 500+ guests visit our test kitchen each year.  It’s a continuous circle of learning and sharing. Today we were pleased to host Chef Matt Titter from the upcoming Federal Taphouse in Lancaster and Harrisburg, PA.  (Thanks for letting us post your photo Matt!) Matt and Frank spent the day playing with a Josper and Mt. Rainier 7′ stone hearth oven!  Great visit.

Malawi’s Pizza

Friday, July 20th, 2012

At Wood Stone we love our customers, and when you read more about Malawi’s Pizza, we know you’ll love them, too! For every meal you buy, a nutritious meal is donated to a child in Malawi, Africa. Now there’s a great reason to eat out!! Well, and the gorgeous Fire Deck 9660  installation isn’t bad to look at, either.  This image was taken before they opened for business.  Best wishes from Wood Stone!

 

Tamarind of London

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

photo credit: Eric Figge

 

If you are in the Newport Beach area, be sure to check out Tamarind of London and their gorgeous Wood Stone tandoors!

Here’s a snippet from their wesbite:

ABOUT

At Tamarind of London, we are making Indian cuisine accessible to our guest. We do that by artfully integrating California’s robust selection of seasonally fresh and sustainable foods from local farmers, ranchers and fisherman with Indian classics. We offer a sophisticated upscale dining experience with effortlessly charming staff, discrete service, tantalizing cocktails and delectable food.

Because even college students should eat well.

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Here are some kind words from our friends at UCSC on their Wood Stone oven:

The Wood Stone Pizza Hearth is a great addition to our dining hall.  The reliability and consistency of the oven has given us the capability to produce amazing gourmet pizzas and open faced sandwiches, for our student population.  We are looking forward to testing the versatility of it with future specials.

David Steinmann
Senior Food Production Manger
Dining Services UCSC

Wood Stone’s Visit to Jonathan Fox’s La Madia

Friday, May 4th, 2012

On our first night in Chicago for NRA we took a trip over to W. Grand Avenue to visit our friend Jonathan Fox and check out his hoppin’ pizzeria La Madia. The salads were wonderful after a day of travel, and the pizzas were awesome! Not only is it a beautiful install, but they know how to use their Mt. Baker oven! From the Red half of the menu, we had the Housemade Fennel Sausage & Sweet Onions, Tomato Sauce with Mozzarella Cheese. From the White side we went for the Housemade Lamb Sausage, Fresno Peppers, Caciocavallo Cheese & Mint Salsa Verde. Both outstanding picks! Great job Jonathan and Team!

Wood Stone Connection: WS-MS-6-W-IR with Naples Arch