Gourmet

Gourmet (US: /ɡɔːrˈmeɪ/, UK: /ˈɡɔːmeɪ/) is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by refined, even elaborate preparations and presentations of aesthetically balanced meals of several contrasting, often quite rich courses. The term and its associated practices are usually used positively to describe people of refined taste and passion.

Person

The term gourmet can refer to a person with refined or discriminating taste who is knowledgeable in the craft and art of food and food preparation.Gourmand carries additional connotations of one who simply enjoys food in great quantities. An epicure is similar to a gourmet, but the word may sometimes carry overtones of excessive refinement. A gourmet chef is a chef of particularly high caliber of cooking talent and skill.

Food

Gourmet may describe a class of restaurant, cuisine, meal or ingredient of high quality, of special presentation, or high sophistication. In the United States, a 1980s gourmet food movement evolved from a long-term division between elitist (or "gourmet") tastes and a populist aversion to fancy foods. Gourmet is an industry classification for high-quality premium foods in the United States. In the 2000s, there has been an accelerating increase in the American gourmet market, due in part to rising income, globalization of taste, and health and nutrition concerns. Individual food and beverage categories, such as coffee, are often divided between a standard and a "gourmet" sub-market.

Gourmet (disambiguation)

Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink. Gourmet may also refer to:

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Gourmet (magazine)

Gourmet magazine was a monthly publication of Condé Nast and the first U.S. magazine devoted to food and wine. Founded by Earle R. MacAusland (1890–1980), Gourmet, first published in January 1941, also covered "good living" on a wider scale.

On October 5, 2009 Condé Nast announced that Gourmet would cease monthly publication by the end of 2009, due to a decline in advertising sales and shifting food interests among the readership. Editor Ruth Reichl, in the middle of a tour promoting the Gourmet Today cookbook, confirmed that the magazine's November 2009 issue, distributed in mid-October, was the magazine's last.

The Gourmet brand continues to be used by Condé Nast for book and television programming and recipes appearing on Epicurious.com. Since the end of its regular run, Condé Nast has also used the Gourmet brand in a series of special edition magazines, covering niches ranging from grilling and Italian food, to quick recipes, holiday foods, and comfort foods.

History

Gourmet Foods

Gourmet Foods is a bakery and confectionery chain based in Lahore, Pakistan. It has seven processing units and over 100 stores in Lahore. The company was founded by Muhammad Nawaz Chatha in 1987. It also has outlets in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jalalpur Jattan, London, England, Sheikhupura, Shahdara Bagh(A tehsil of Sheikhupura) and in New York City, America.

History

On 10 September 1987, at Ichhra, Lahore, Pakistan, Gourmet took start with a small shop.

Products

Apart from preparing traditional sweets, snacks, cakes, pastries, doughnuts, biscuits, general confectioneries, bread and bakery goods, the business has expanded its operations and also produces its own branded soft drinks, beverages, mineral water as well as milk and dairy products (under the subsidiary Gourmet Dairies). It also has a catering services branch and has set up a family restaurant. Pizzas and fast food are other items prepared by Gourmet.

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