All good ideas have to start somewhere, and it's up to Peter to turn ideas into reality...
Finishing touches make all the difference...
The Pride, The Passion, The Team
Vittles has been manufacturing desserts for caterers for the past 19 years. The company was founded by managing director Martin Zalesny and sales director Julie Zalesny. Martin is a former chef who trained in some of the leading hotels and restaurants in the UK.
...I started my company to provide busy chefs with an easy-to-use quality product.”
Ours is a tight-knit team who are dedicated to providing dessert menu solutions to the hospitality industry. We work closely with wholesalers, chefs, hotels and restaurant groups to find products that fit their expectations as well as those of their customers.
Manufacture is based at our purpose-built, BRC grade A approved factory. We use advanced HACCP and quality systems that enable us to track items throughout production, thus giving customers assurance that their products will be made to the same high standards every time.
Our desserts appear on the leading high street brands within the UK...
The foundation of the business is product development. Close partnerships have been formed with our customers, sales force and product development team to enable us to produce a high standard of product in very short lead times.
Peter Simpson heads the product development, liaising with customers to ensure quality and affordable costs are delivered.
Julie Zalesny heads up the sales team, and works closely with Peter on product development.
Together with Julie, Wayne Langton organises special offers, promotions and product flyers. More details of what support we offer our customers can be found on the services page.
...you’ll be confident in the knowledge that you are serving your customers award-winning desserts made from the finest ingredients.”
The Process
Mark looks after all the ingredients, making certain that each one is weighed correctly to ensure the finished product is exactly the same each time.
It then moves on to Liam who runs the bakery. His team start the process, making all the basic parts of the dessert, like the cheesecake bases, cakes and sponges...
Then it moves to Nicky, whose team whip all the cream and assemble the dessert...
Hayley and her team look after hand finishing. Each product is hand decorated and then blast frozen to make sure that it remains just the same after defrosting...
Pam takes care of the boxing and labelling. It's then given to the boys in the stores who make sure it gets to you safe and sound...