Alex Shannon, managing director or Gastronomy Plus, said: “With the growing popularity of sous vide cooking in mainland Europe, coupled with the fact that we are now manufacturing Kasai grills and Bertha charcoal ovens in the UK for export to Europe and beyond now is the perfect time for Gastronomy Plus to have its own distribution centre on the continent.
“From there we will also be able to distribute a full range of sous vide equipment including pouches, water baths, and vacuum packing machines.”
Riezebos, who will be based at the new Dutch facility, has nearly 15 years’ experience in catering equipment sales within the Ali Group.
He added: “With the acquisition of the Bertha brand and the growing reputation of the SousVideTools brand this is a really exciting time to be taking on this newly created role within the business and a great opportunity for me to actively search for distributors right across Europe.”