A former chef trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Eric Meisel of Gordon Food Service reveled in the mountain of potatoes — taller than three people standing on each other's shoulders — in the shed at Wada Farms in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
"I'm going to go back home and make a presentation to my division of about 100 salespeople," Meisel said on the tour bus between farm stops. "It will give them more education and appreciation for what they sell."
Meisel, Gordon Food Service produce culinary specialist of the greater Ohio region, was part of a group of professionals in produce, foodservice, wholesale and broadline distribution on an Idaho Potato Commission harvest tour Sept. 25-27. About 30 people from as far as Washington state to Florida toured five farms, packinghouses and storage sheds.
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