Shirley J was recently named one of the top startup ventures in Utah Valley by Utah Valley Business Q. You can find the Best of UV Business list in the Summer 2010 issue. So head on out right now and go buy your copy, it’s a great publication full of informative content about business in our valley.
You can find the Best of UV Business list on pages 26 and 27.
Be sure to pick up your Summer 2010 copy of Utah Valley Business Q.
Shirley J Executive Chef, Brian Richter was on Utah’s popular morning show, Good Things Utah earlier this week. Chef Brian made a delicious and fragrant Shrimp Fettuccine in Butter Sauce and a classic spaghetti sauce you can make any day of the week–both using Shirley J Pizza and Pasta Seasoning Mix.
Watch the cooking segment below to learn all about Shirley J Pizza and Pasta Seasoning. It’s great for all things Italian and then some! You’ll see it’s great for sauces, vinaigrettes, pizzas, breads…anything you can think of that is begging for our exclusive blend of herbs.
Get the recipes here:
Shrimp Fettuccine in Butter Sauce
Spaghetti Sauce
Vinaigrette
Don’t forget our Memorial Day Special Bundle Pack!
You can get a great deal on our Pizza and Pasta Seasoning!
Mark your calendars and set your DVRs for Monday, May 24 at 10 am on ABC4.
Chef Brian will be teaching the hosts of Good Things Utah all about our Pizza and Pasta Seasoning.
You won’t want to miss it! He’ll be making and talking about spaghetti sauces, vinaigrettes, pizzas, Italian breads and more.
Chef Brian and Nicea Degering at our last cooking demonstration on Good Things Utah in February.
Shirley J owner and president, Kelly Olsen will be on KSL’s “Speaking on Business” radio show tomorrow. Hope you can tune in…if not, we’ll give you a recap and post a link where you can listen to it online!
Weekday Broadcast Schedule
Wasatch Front – KSL 102.7 FM, 1160 AM (7:23 a.m., 11:47 a.m., 5:23 p.m.)
Logan – KVNU 610 AM (7:43 a.m., 5:28 p.m.)
Manti – KMTI 650 AM (8:15 a.m. and 5:25 p.m.)
Moab – KCYN 97.1 FM (7:40 a.m., 5:20 p.m.)
Monticello – KAAJ 103.5 FM (7:50 a.m., 5:10 p.m.)
Richfield – KSVC 980 AM (8:20 a.m., 5:22 p.m.)
Price – KOAL 750 AM (7:30 a.m., 5:18 p.m.)
St. George – KDXU 890 AM (7:25 a.m., 5:25 p.m.)
Vernal – KVEL 920 AM (7:45 a.m., 5:15 p.m.)
About Speaking on Business
Zions Bank presents “Speaking on Business“, a radio program highlighting the diverse businesses of both Idaho and Utah. Business expert Fred Ball hosts the program and discusses the intriguing stories behind everything from homegrown startups to large corporations.
Shirley J was recently featured in the January/February 2010 issue of Wasatch Woman Magazine as part of the Editor’s Picks. We are delighted to be featured as we think this is a great publication for women locally. If you’ve never picked up a copy, let us recommend it to you!
Here’s what Wasatch Woman editor and publisher, Pam Baumeister had to say about Shirley J:
“Meals made simple: What’s for dinner? Whether you’ve had time to shop or not, having a Shirley J mix and some fresh ingredients on hand will save you the hassle of whipping up a white sauce or soup from scratch. Locally owned Shirley J has a large array of versatile, easy-to-use, just-add-water mixes. Use Shirley J Universal Sauce in place of butter, flour and milk or cream in any recipe–like Alfredo sauce, enchiladas, Thai curry and any typ of creamy soup. Stock up with a 48-ounce container of Universal Sauce for just $24.95. Order any one of dozens of mixes online at www.shirleyj.com or call 801-225-5073.”
It’s been an exciting day over here at Shirley J! This morning Chef Brian made three quick, easy and delicious meals on Good Things Utah! All three dishes began with our best-selling product, Shirley J Universal Sauce. And what’s even more unique about our cooking segment: all three dishes were made in less than five minutes! Here’s a little run-through of our morning via pictures.
Chef Brian prepping for the segment. The Good Things Utah kitchen is a nice one!
The teaser shot of the three Shirley J dishes. Left to right: Chessy Asparagus and Rice, Farfalle Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomato and Peas and Butternut Squash and Apple Soup. Of course, the shot wouldn’t be complete without a bag of Shirley J Universal Sauce behind it. We love how all three dishes started out with this one product! It truly is universal.
Chef Brian and Good Things Utah host, Nicea Degering on the cooking segment set. Doesn’t Nicea look like she was meant to wear that Shirley J apron? We think so!
Here’s Chef Brian, the hosts of Good Things Utah and the real Shirley J on set.
We were very lucky to have the real Shirley J, Shirley Jensen Smith on the set with us. Shirley is the namesake of our company and the wife of the original owner and creator of Shirley J, Don Smith. She is nothing but a joy and we feel so blessed as a company to have such a great relationship with her. Thanks, Shirley!
If you missed our cooking segment, you can watch it on the Good Things Utah Web site, here or below.
Click on the links below to get the recipes!
Cheesy Asparagus and Rice
Farfalle Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Peas
Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
Catch Chef Brian on Utah’s popular morning show, Good Things Utah on Monday, February 1! He’ll be making three delicious meals using Shirley J Universal Sauce!
Good Things Utah – ABC Channel 4
Monday, February 1, 2010
10 a.m. MST
The cooking segment will also be recorded and posted on the Good Things Utah Web site later that day. We’ll keep you posted when it is online!
Check out this article in the Deseret News about Shirley J! Valerie Phillips the DesNews food editor included us in her column this week. She talked about two Utah food companies that are expanding their lines and wanting to get reacquainted with the public. I’ll paste the part about Shirley J below, but don’t be shy to visit desnews.com and comment on the story!
by Valerie Phillips, Deseret News
Two longtime Utah food companies are making some changes and want to get better acquainted with the public…
Another company, Shirley J, has been making soup base and seasoning products since 1978, selling them mostly to restaurants, cafeterias and other food institutions. Shirley J was founded by food scientist Don Smith and named after his wife. In January, it was sold to Kelly Olsen, founder of Tahitian Noni International, certified executive chef Mike Olsen and Shon Whitney, former vice president of marketing for Tahitian Noni International, according to a company press release.
The company is hosting a public open house at its new headquarters, 15 E. 400 South, Orem, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. March 30-April 3, and again April 6-11. There will be cooking demonstrations at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on April 2, 7 and 11, where Mike Olsen and Margie Guest, a home economist, will demonstrate budget-stretching recipes. Shirley J’s major product is a “universal” powdered white-sauce base that can be used to make creamy soups, gravy, casseroles and sauces. In other words, all those things that cream of mushroom soup is often used for! There’s also a cheese soup/sauce base, a dough enhancer for bread-baking, pizza/pasta seasoning, all-purpose seasoning and bouillon mixes. The company’s goal is to expand from restaurants and institutional use to home cooks. In the next few weeks, it plans to roll out a “home chef” program to distribute the products, with information on its new Web site, www.shirleyj.com. As company spokesman Becky Olsen said, “We’re ready to flood the world with cream sauce!” E-mail: vphillips@desnews.com
Once of the coolest things about Shirley J is the company’s history. Each day we are finding old customers who have been using our products for years, each of them telling us how they use our products. We’re also meeting new customers who are discovering that cooking really is made easy when using Shirley J products, we chat for a while, swap recipes and build new friendships. We’re even finding friends of Don and Shirley J! Every once in a while we fall upon a little gem like this article from the Deseret News circa 1983.
The article is all about Shirley J’s Natural Dough Enhancer. It was written by Kristen Rogers and was published April 20-21, 1983 and even includes a whole wheat bread recipe! We’re hoping we can find an actual newspaper copy, but for now this xeroxed version will do.
Happy Cooking and Happy Weekend!
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