Fairtrade and free range for Tipiak

French pâtissier Tipiak has committed to using Fairtrade chocolate and free-range eggs in its sweet and savoury pâtisserie.

The ingredients switch has been made as part of the foodservice provider’s pledge to boost the ethical credentials of its authentic ‘thaw and serve’ products.

All chocolate used in Tipiak’s sweet products is now Fairtrade, while all products made with egg now contain free-range eggs.

Marie-Emmanuelle Chessé, international development project manager at Tipiak, said: “We regularly look at the recipes and ingredients of our sweet and savoury pâtisserie to see if we can improve them in any way.

“I am delighted to announce that Tipak is now solely using Fairtrade chocolate in all chocolate products and that we have committed to using only free-range eggs in anything that is made using egg.

“This is a positive move for our customers, who can promote the fact that we have updated and improved our ingredients to their own customers.”

Tipiak specialises in exquisitely French sweet and savoury pâtisserie, supplied frozen to the UK food service sector via frozen food distributor Central Foods.

Its range includes petits fours, gluten-free macarons and a selection of different savoury canapés. Tipiak’s ‘thaw and serve’ products are used across the food service sector in a variety of settings including afternoon tea, buffets, wedding, graduation and other event catering, plus as accompaniments to hot beverages and as light desserts.

Its macarons are made to a traditional French recipe and are gluten free – making them suitable for coeliac customers and those who avoid gluten.

Products available in the UK which now feature Fairtrade chocolate include chocolate macarons (one of the flavours in the French macarons selection), chocolate heart-shaped macarons (which feature in the heart-shaped macarons alongside strawberry heart-shaped macarons) and chocolate petits fours in the Classic French petits fours selection.

Savoury range items that now include free-range egg include traditional Chicago canapés, Provencal bistro canapés and luxury temptation canapés, while the sweet pâtisserie products containing free-range egg include French macarons, pop macarons fruits and the heart-shaped macarons, plus the classic French petits fours.

For more information about the range visit https://www.tipiakfoodservice.co.uk/range/

French pâtissier Tipiak has committed to using Fairtrade chocolate and free-range eggs in its sweet and savoury pâtisserie.

The ingredients switch has been made as part of the foodservice provider’s pledge to boost the ethical credentials of its authentic ‘thaw and serve’ products.

All chocolate used in Tipiak’s sweet products is now Fairtrade, while all products made with egg now contain free-range eggs.

Marie-Emmanuelle Chessé, international development project manager at Tipiak, said: “We regularly look at the recipes and ingredients of our sweet and savoury pâtisserie to see if we can improve them in any way.

“I am delighted to announce that Tipak is now solely using Fairtrade chocolate in all chocolate products and that we have committed to using only free-range eggs in anything that is made using egg.

“This is a positive move for our customers, who can promote the fact that we have updated and improved our ingredients to their own customers.”

Tipiak specialises in exquisitely French sweet and savoury pâtisserie, supplied frozen to the UK food service sector via frozen food distributor Central Foods.

Its range includes petits fours, gluten-free macarons and a selection of different savoury canapés. Tipiak’s ‘thaw and serve’ products are used across the food service sector in a variety of settings including afternoon tea, buffets, wedding, graduation and other event catering, plus as accompaniments to hot beverages and as light desserts.

Its macarons are made to a traditional French recipe and are gluten free – making them suitable for coeliac customers and those who avoid gluten.

Products available in the UK which now feature Fairtrade chocolate include chocolate macarons (one of the flavours in the French macarons selection), chocolate heart-shaped macarons (which feature in the heart-shaped macarons alongside strawberry heart-shaped macarons) and chocolate petits fours in the Classic French petits fours selection.

Savoury range items that now include free-range egg include traditional Chicago canapés, Provencal bistro canapés and luxury temptation canapés, while the sweet pâtisserie products containing free-range egg include French macarons, pop macarons fruits and the heart-shaped macarons, plus the classic French petits fours.

For more information about the range visit https://www.tipiakfoodservice.co.uk/range/

Pâtissier Tipiak introduces heart-shaped macarons to the UK foodservice sector

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French pâtissier Tipiak has launched its stunning heart-shaped macarons range into the UK food service sector ahead of Valentine’s Day.

Available exclusively via frozen food distributor Central Foods, the heart-shaped macarons selection features ten strawberry and ten chocolate pieces.

And just like Tipiak’s other authentic ‘thaw and serve’ macarons, they are produced in a certified gluten-free area to a traditional French recipe.

Marie-Emmanuelle Chessé, international development project manager at Tipiak, said: “We are delighted to be launching our eye-catching Tipiak heart-shaped macarons for food service customers in the UK.

“Macarons are one of the most treasured French desserts in the world and these heart-shaped versions are especially appealing.

“Made in France, they are unique to the UK frozen food service sector and can be served in a whole host of ways to brighten up and romanticise desserts, cakes, and beverage menus. Simply thaw and serve, et voilà!”

Tipiak’s heart-shaped ‘thaw and serve’ macarons are perfect for Valentine’s Day but are also ideal throughout the year for weddings, afternoon teas, as accompaniments to tea and coffee, and for birthdays. They can also be used to decorate cakes or as toppings for shakes and smoothies – bringing a romantic touch to sweet treats.

Made using natural colours from quality ingredients such as beetroot and dark chocolate, each 15g macaron contains just 67 calories. The heart-shaped macarons take two hours to defrost in the fridge, plus a further 15 minutes at room temperature. Keep chilled and consume within 24 hours.

The new heart-shaped macarons join Tipiak’s classic French macarons and French pop macaron fruits selections which are already available to the UK food service sector via key wholesalers.

For more information visit www.tipiakfoodservice.co.uk

Christmas and New Year’s Eve catering with Tipiak

Frozen pâtisserie specialist Tipiak is the perfect partner for Christmas and New Year’s Eve catering.

With the festive season now in full swing, Tipiak offers an authentic range of sweet and savoury ‘thaw and serve’ pâtisserie that’s ideal for parties, receptions, and other events.

Our canapés make superb hors d’oeuvres. Choose from a range of deliciously different ‘thaw and serve’ selections.

The Tipiak Vegan Cocktail Selection is so tasty it will appeal to all, not just your customers with dietary requirements.

The Tipiak Provencal Bistro Canapés Selection features 63 individual pieces that are suitable for vegetarians – but again it’ll go down well with everyone.

We also offer the Traditional Chicago Canapés and the Luxury Temptation Canapés…two stunning collections with delicious flavours that really are a chef’s best friend.

Sweet treats

The Tipiak exquisitely French range also includes ‘thaw and serve’ sweet pâtisserie.

Our French Macarons and our French Pop Macarons Fruits are both certified gluten free – making them suitable for coeliacs and customers who avoid gluten.

We also offer award-winning French Pop Éclairs, plus two petits fours collections…. Classic French Petits Fours and French Chocolate Petits Fours. All are absolutely delicious and look amazing when plated.

If you’re seeking a pop of colour and exquisite flavour for any festive afternoon tea, Tipiak’s sweet pâtisserie is just the ticket.

Christmas and New Year’s Eve are always a busy time, but Tipiak’s ‘thaw and serve’ sweet and savoury pâtisserie can help make life easier for caterers.

The frozen pâtisserie just needs thawing according to the instructions on the box, before serving to guests. Et voilà!

Our sweet and savoury pâtisserie selections are available to the UK food service market via various key wholesalers. You’ll also find our French Macarons in the frozen aisles at wholesale giant Booker, which has more than 170 sites.

Find out more about the Tipiak frozen pâtisserie range available here.

Team up with Tipiak for Afternoon Tea Week

It’s Afternoon Tea Week in the UK …and the chance for caterers to promote this great British tradition.

Who doesn’t love an afternoon tea? It’s the perfect way for people to celebrate in style, catch up with friends and family, or just treat themselves.

Whether you operate in a hotel, bar, garden centre, café or some other venue, afternoon tea is sure to attract customers. And of course it’s the perfect way to bring residents of care homes together for some valuable social interaction.

Tipiak has just the products to make life easy for food service professionals who serve afternoon tea. Our exquisitely French thaw and serve sweet and savoury pâtisserie includes bite-sized canapés, pop éclairs and gluten-free macarons.

Our pâtisserie range

This Afternoon Tea Week, check out our range of authentic pâtisserie.

When it comes to savoury items, canapés will really complement tiny triangle sandwiches. Our Tipiak thaw and serve range includes the Vegan Cocktail Selection and the Provençal Bistro Canapés, which are suitable for vegetarians. This means your customers with dietary requirements don’t miss out.

Other canapés selections available include the Traditional Chicago Canapés and Luxury Temptation Canapés.

Macarons are a key ingredient of any afternoon tea this Afternoon Tea Week. Our Tipiak macarons and pop macarons are as authentic as they come. Available in different colours and flavours, they suit all tastes. Plus, our Tipiak macarons are gluten-free, making them ideal for your coeliac guests and others who avoid gluten.

As well as serving them on their own, they make a great topping for cup cakes or other sweet treats.

Our delightful, award-winning pop éclairs bring a super splash of colour to any afternoon tea display. As with all our pre-prepared frozen pâtisserie, they simply need thawing before serving.

You’ll find our frozen pâtisserie is available for foodservice professionals from key UK wholesalers via frozen food distributor Central Foods.

Make a macaron tower…with Tipiak

One of the most striking ways to display macarons is to make a macaron tower.

These showstopping arrangements are perfect for weddings, christenings, birthdays, baby showers or any special occasion.

Choose macaron colours to fit the theme of the celebration.

They’re also a great way to catch the eye of customers or potential customers. So consider placing a macaron tower in a prominent position in your restaurant, dining room, café or shop window.

To make a macaron tower as appealing to as many people as possible, opt for gluten-free macarons…just like Tipiak’s.

Simple but stunning

We’re big fans of macaron towers. They’re an eye-catching and stunning way to display macarons, which are the darlings of the pâtisserie world right now.

Best of all, they’re relatively simple to make.

Start with a polystyrene cone and use toothpicks to secure each individual macaron. We’ve taken a series of images to show the best way to make a macaron tower. But you may have other ideas or choose to decorate your tower differently.

The beauty of a macaron tower is that you can create your own designs. Our Tipiak French macarons and pop macaron fruits present perfectly in a macaron tower. These ranges include a wonderful selection of flavours and colours, which give professional caterers so many options when it comes to making a showstopping display.

Red and pink flavours work well for Valentine’s Day, yellows, greens and creams for Easter. And if you’re theming for a wedding, then it’s easy to coordinate with the colours of the flowers!

Tipiak’s authentic macarons are made in France with more ground almonds and less sugar than many macarons, so they are less brittle. This means they are easier to attach when assembling as a tower.

Tipiak’s thaw and serve gluten-free macarons are available to the UK foodservice sector via frozen food distributor Central Foods, who supply to key wholesalers.

Tipiak showcases thaw and serve pâtisserie at TUCO Conference

French pâtissier Tipiak will be showcasing its new luxury Vegan Cocktail Selection and turning the spotlight on its ‘thaw and serve’ gluten-free macarons at the TUCO conference this month.

The event takes place at Keele University from 25th to 27th July and is a key date on the calendar for university caterers.

Launched in response to increasing demand for plant-based products, Tipiak’s Vegan Cocktail Selection features an exquisite range of attractive bite-sized vegan-friendly pieces.

It’s a range that’s so tasty it will impress all guests, not just those on a plant-based diet!

The unique finger food assortment includes almond cream and edamame bean on pea and mint muffins, carrot, lemon and ginger mousseline mini tarts, cucumber hummus on courgette shortbread, sun-dried cherry tomato and olive tapenade on curry polenta cubes, guacamole and almond on walnut crackers, piquillo and sweet pepper tomato tarts, and falafel bites topped with sesame seeds.

Exquisitely French

Produced and hand-finished in France, Tipiak’s ‘thaw and serve’ products are perfect for university caterers to serve at a range of events from functions and banquets to graduations and conferences.

Serve the savoury morsels with aperitifs or as hors d’oeuvres or canapés to bring some French chic to the occasion! And brighten up any buffet or event with Tipiak’s award-winning pop éclairs and the delightful gluten-free macarons and pop macaron fruits.

Using frozen pre-prepared sweet and savoury pâtisserie helps with long-term planning and frees up staff on the day to prep other parts of the meal. It’s convenient, helps to reduce waste and is also useful when it comes to sharing allergen information with front-of-house staff, as the ingredients for each item are constant and clearly labelled.

The Tipiak range is available frozen exclusively via distributor Central Foods.

Find out more about Tipiak’s exquisitely French ‘thaw and serve’ products on stand 167 at the TUCO conference.

Conference details here.

www.tipiakfoodservice.co.uk

 

Get ready to celebrate macarons with Tipiak

Here at Tipiak, we’ve got just the range to help food service operators get ready for Macaron Day this month and International Macaron Day in April.

Taking place on 20th March and 23rd April respectively, these dates are the chance for everyone around the world to celebrate and enjoy the delicious little beauties known as macarons.

The darlings of desserts, a perfect pairing with coffee and a key ingredient in any afternoon tea, macarons are available in a super selection of flavours.

Tipiak offers two different ‘thaw and serve’ selections to the UK food service sector. And both are gluten free, making them suitable for coeliacs.

Try the French Macarons or the French Pop Macarons Fruits. Visually stunning, they taste amazing. Simply thaw before serving. This makes them super convenient for the food service sector.

As an authentic French pâtissier, Tipiak has decades of experience when it comes to making macarons.

We’ve developed macarons in all sorts of flavours and with a variety of superb fillings and toppings.

Current range of macarons

Our current range of macarons available to the UK food service sector includes mouth-watering flavours such as blackcurrant, pistachio, apricot and caramel. Take a look at the ranges here.

We’ve also got a recipe for a deliciously simple dessert…. French macarons and coulis. Head over to our serving suggestions page for inspiration.

Marie-Emmanuelle Chessé is international development project manager at Tipiak, which supplies frozen, authentic French sweet and savoury pâtisserie to the hospitality sector in the UK. And she said: “Macarons are the darlings of social media, with more than 8 million posts on Instagram alone.

“We hope our customers will get ready to celebrate macarons with Tipiak on Macaron Day and International Macaron Day. We’re really looking forward to marking these dates on the calendar.”

Available through Tipiak’s UK food service distributor, Central Foods, our macarons are the ‘real deal’ – made in France from good quality ingredients.

Ring in the New Year – and Veganuary – with Tipiak’s Vegan Cocktail Selection

A new year and a new start – Veganuary is the perfect opportunity for food service outlets to add new vegan-friendly items to their menus.

Tipiak’s Vegan Cocktail Selection features a stunning collection of plant-based flavours which are ideal accompaniments to drinks and cocktails this New Year’s Eve. They’re also great as part of a delicious buffet…. And sure to go down just as well with non-vegan guests, as those with dietary requirements.

The Tipiak Vegan Cocktail Selection couldn’t be more convenient – simply thaw and serve for a delightful snack during New Year’s Eve celebrations and Happy Hour occasions as the year progresses.

Marie-Emmanuelle Chessé, international development project manager at Tipiak, which supplies frozen, authentic French sweet and savoury pâtisserie to the hospitality sector in the UK, said: “The Tipiak Vegan Cocktail Selection offers a delightful range of bite-sized pieces. It complements our range of savoury canapés available to the UK food service sector just perfectly.

“Every year, Veganuary becomes more popular, and Veganuary 2022 looks set to be the biggest ever showcase of vegan food. We’re delighted to be showcasing our Vegan Cocktail Selection – operators should start the year as they mean to go on; serve our new selection at New Year’s Eve celebrations to really get the 2022 vegan party started!”

Veganuary 2022

The Tipiak Vegan Cocktail Selection features 36 individual morsels across seven different flavours and has something to suit all tastes this Veganuary. Serve as part of afternoon tea, on sharing platters or as tapas – or make them a key ingredient of any buffet, wedding reception or function.

The unique assortment includes almond cream and edamame bean on pea and mint muffins, carrot, lemon and ginger mousseline mini tarts, sesame hummus and courgette tagliatelle on courgette and pine nut shortbread, sun-dried cherry tomato and olive tapenade on curry polenta cubes, guacamole and almond on walnut crackers, piquillo and sweet pepper tomato tarts, and falafel bites topped with sesame seeds.

Available in the UK via frozen food distributor Central Foods, the Vegan Cocktail Selection is part of a wide range of exquisitely French ‘thaw and serve’ pâtisserie supplied by Tipiak for the food service and catering sector. Browse the selection here

 

Have a cracking Easter with Tipiak

With hospitality restrictions likely to be in place at Easter, venues can still make the most of the occasion by offering takeout afternoon tea or meal kits.

Tipiak offers an exquisitely French range of thaw and serve authentic pâtisserie which is guaranteed to brighten up any Easter afternoon tea or picnic.

Options include superb eye-catching pop éclairs and delicious gluten-free macarons and pop macarons. All bring delightful flavours to the table.

Tipiak also offers an excellent selection of savoury canapés. They’re ideal for starters, accompaniments to drinks, or afternoon tea.

Thaw and serve

Just like all the frozen, pre-prepared pâtisserie from Tipiak, simply thaw and serve for an authentic taste of France.

Takeaway options offer friends and families the chance to get together outside – sharing some much-needed companionship and fun.

Choose Tipiak thaw and serve pre-prepared pâtisserie to ensure your customers enjoy some treats this Easter.

Take a look at the Tipiak range here.

Add a little French chic to Mother’s Day afternoon tea takeouts or meal kits

Whilst customers are not able to visit hospitality venues just yet, operators can still capitalise on this much-treasured celebration by offering takeout and delivery afternoon teas and meal kits for the perfect Mother’s Day treat. And we have just the ingredients to help caterers add a little French chic to proceedings to create a tempting and delicious affair.

Tipiak offers a superb range of ‘thaw and serve’ sweet and savoury pâtisserie products that are ideal for the occasion.

Choose from a range of eye-catching authentic savoury canapés. Perfect for afternoon tea, they also make amazing starters!

When it comes to sweet treats, try the award-winning Tipiak pop éclairs and the delightful gluten-free French or pop macarons. These exquisitely French fancies will add more than a touch of sophistication to your offering!

Thaw and serve

All Tipiak products are supplied frozen and simply need thawing before serving.

A hamper, afternoon tea in-a-box or meal kit featuring Tipiak’s perfect pâtisserie is sure to go down well on Mothering Sunday.

If you’re a food service operator looking to offer Mother’s Day takeout treats, get in touch for details of stockists. Tipiak’s products are available nationwide via frozen food wholesalers, including Brakes and Bidfood.

Take a look at the Tipiak range here