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Chef Teams With Henny Pennynny Corp. has contracted with acclaimed Asian chef and cookbook author Martin Yan to help demonstrate the food-service display and cooking-equipment company's products to retailers.Yan's primary duties are to travel on behalf of Henny Penny to food trade shows and other industry events where he can showcase the company's deep fryers, combi-steamer ovens and blast chillers.

Chef Teams With Henny Penny

nny Corp. has contracted with acclaimed Asian chef and cookbook author Martin Yan to help demonstrate the food-service display and cooking-equipment company's products to retailers.

Yan's primary duties are to travel on behalf of Henny Penny to food trade shows and other industry events where he can showcase the company's deep fryers, combi-steamer ovens and blast chillers. Over the next year, Yan will also develop a series of food-service-size recipes for use with the equipment line.

Most recently, he appeared at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago, where he created Asian dishes using Henny Penny's fryer and ClimaPlus combi-steamer oven. He will next appear at the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers show in Dallas, Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.

Giles Rebuilds Web Sites

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Giles Enterprises Inc. here has reconstructed its Web sites to provide more complete support for customers and distributors in the food industry.

Giles Foodservice Equipment -- www.gilesent.com -- now offers a technical-support section for customers and equipment specifications for prospective buyers, among other features.

The company's Chester Fried site, -- www.chesterfried.com -- is a branded food-service venue available to convenience stores, supermarkets and other food-service segments. It, too, offers a technical-support section for customers, as well as a distributor locator.