Victoria Gourmet, Inc.

Because Flavor is Everything

Victoria Taylor successfully combined her lifelong passion for flavor with her years of business experience to found Victoria Gourmet, Inc. in 1998. The company sells a line of all natural seasoning blends, sea salts, gourmet ingredients, and peppercorns.  Since its inception, the company has enjoyed steady growth and continuous distribution expansion.  Victoria has built a National Brand in the specialty food industry from the ground up.

Victoria Taylor’s Seasonings can be found at over 3,000 retail locations in North America including The Fresh Market, HomeGoods, Whole Foods, TJMaxx, Marshalls, and Central Market.

The company’s blends are also purchased in bulk by industrial and food service customers and several major restaurant chains in the United States including Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Legal Sea Foods, Urban Flats, and The Capital Grille.

The company has enjoyed much success by focusing on public relations rather than traditional advertising media.  Victoria’s products have been featured in many publications, including The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Better Homes and Gardens, Food & Wine, Fancy Food & Culinary Products, Barbecue & Beverage Magazine, Specialty Food Magazine, Boston Women’s Business Journal, Coastal Living Magazine, The Washington Post, Country Living, and Ladies Home Journal.

Victoria Gourmet is an industry leader in packaging design and product innovation.  In July 2003, Victoria Taylor’s Culinary Salts of the World Collection was named Outstanding Food Gift by the National Association for Specialty Food Trade (NASFT).  In April 2011, Victoria Taylor’s new window tin design was nominated for the Sofi (Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation) award for Outstanding Innovation in Packaging Design or Function by the NASFT.

A Key to Success

Victoria Taylor’s Seasonings are well differentiated from the competition.  All of the carefully tested products are Victoria’s formulas.  The all natural, gluten free blends are formulated with low salt and a focus on larger piece size for higher volatile oil content that translates to more flavor.  Special care and equipment is required to deliver this benefit consistently. This is a significant difference versus the finely ground (often highly salted) products commonly found in the market.

Victoria Gourmet is a nationally recognized innovator in the Specialty Food Industry.  In the 14 years since the company’s founding, Victoria has added many new products to the line and brought new concepts to the specialty seasoning marketplace.  The company is credited with the first introduction of several product concepts including The Culinary Salts of the World Collection (NASFT Gold Winner for Outstanding Food Gift 2003) and the first in its category line of Brining Blends in 2005.

Victoria Gourmet connects directly with Consumers via the website (www.vgourmet.com), Facebook (5,300 fans and counting), and Victoria’s blog (www.victoriagourmet.com/blog).  The essence of the consumer connection is easy recipes and inspiring solutions for cooking with maximum flavor every day.  The company maintains an ongoing commitment to recipe development as the foundation for connecting to consumers.