Specialty Food Store to Open Doors in West Jordan
Posted on: Monday, 12 May 2008, 03:00 CDT
By Anonymous
Lorken Food Finery, a specialty store offering gourmet utensils, gadgets and ingredients for existing and aspiring foodies, will open in late May or early June at Gardner Village in West Jordan.
The 1,500 square foot space will include a retail area with high- end utensils, bakeware and gadgets, some not found anywhere else in Utah, and a food section with olive oils, truffles, crackers, breads and pastas, as well as cake mixes and other non-perishable items, said Tiffany Spegar, who owns Lorken Fine Foods with her husband, Marty.
The remainder of the space is currently being remodeled into a kitchen area where local chefs will offer classes ranging from Dutch oven cooking to slow food preparation to pastry and bread making instruction. The ultimate goal, Spegar said, is to offer six classes a month, ranging in price from $50 to $70. The kitchen area of the store will also offer a collection of cookbooks.
Spegar said she and her husband chose Gardner Village as the location of their first store due to the lack of similar retailers in the area. Classes taught by well-known local chefs will also set Lorken Fine Foods apart from competition in other parts of the valley, and the store will be the exclusive retailer of several products, including some bakeware, decorating sugars and a syrup and cocktail mix line not found anywhere else in the area, she said.
Lorken Fine Foods will also offer daily samples, one food item and one beverage item from the store, which will be available any time during store hours.
Copyright Enterprise Business Newspaper Inc. Apr 21, 2008
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