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FoodyDirect Announces Partnership With James Beard Award Winning Chef Ming TsaiNEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- FoodyDirect.com, the e-commerce marketplace that enables food lovers to discover and order iconic gourmet and regional foods from around the country to ship directly to the doorstep of homes and offices, is excited to announce their partnership with James Beard Award winning chef, American restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author, Ming Tsai. Chef Ming will act as a spokesperson for the brand and bring his product line of East-West inspired cuisine to life with his dynamic personality and unique culinary style. "FoodyDirect is an amazing market place for iconic foods from around the country," says Chef Ming Tsai. "I am very excited to become their partner and spokesperson and to feature some of my most popular and acclaimed Asian specialties on FoodyDirect.com." Launching this week, Chef Ming has exclusively created a special PekingDucken in collaboration with The Gourmet Butcher Block in New Orleans, purveyor of the original All-Madden Turducken. The Gourmet Butcher Block, owned by Glenn and Leah Mistich, is currently a featured restaurant on FoodyDirect.com. This unique culinary creation combines the savory meat of a duck, chicken and squab and is stuffed with an Asian-Cajun flavored rice. Chef Ming's PekingDucken is available for a limited time and in limited quantities exclusively at FoodyDirect.com. The Chef Ming shop on FoodyDirect.com will also feature a selection of Ming's famous and iconic specialties such as Sake-Miso Marinated Sablefish (Butterfish) and Braised Short Rib & Chinese Celery Potstickers. These dishes will be shipped to customers in the form of a curated kit and will include the dish ingredients and detailed cooking instructions to easily prepare in the comfort of one's home. FoodyDirect is granting passionate food lovers with the ability to access these delicious dishes andindulge friends, family, and guests with a celebrity-inspired Asian feast. "We are thrilled to have Ming be the face of FoodyDirect," said Brad Koenig, CEO of FoodyDirect. "Besides being a culinary master and James Beard Award winning Chef, Ming brings an exuberant energy into everything he does and we can certainly see it developing this partnership." Founded by brothers Brad & Ken Koenig in October 2011, FoodyDirect has since grown to include over 100 food partners. With a team that handpicks each of their purveyors, ensuring they are equipped to ship their products anywhere in the United States and committed to the highest level of care, FoodyDirect has been able to steadily grow their business and expand partnerships year after year. Visit the Chef Ming shop at: ming.foodydirect.com. ABOUT FOODYDIRECT www.foodydirect.com ABOUT MING TSAI www.ming.com Contact: Heather Muhleman To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/foodydirect-announces-partnership-with-james-beard-award-winning-chef-ming-tsai-300217581.html SOURCE FoodyDirect |