Winn Meat Company appoints Jamie Samford as Corporate Chef and Product Development Manager

Premier Purveyor for Texas’ Fine Dining and Hospitality Establishments Will Showcase Product Offerings, Recipes, Service Through Samford’s Leadership

Jamie Samford, one of the Southwest’s leading chefs, has joined Winn Meat Company, a leading provider of fine meat products, to head the company’s expanded outreach to the continually growing upscale restaurant, country club and hotel business in Texas and neighboring states.

Along with directing the company’s product development kitchen, Samford will be responsible for Winn Meat Company’s new marketing initiatives. His vast experience in the fine dining and retail markets in Texas will allow many creative approaches to informing and educating current and new customers about the broad range of high-quality products and service solutions available at Winn Meat Company.

“We are delighted to welcome Jamie to the Winn team,” said Walter Wilkerson, President of Winn Meat Company. “We are known for our impeccable product offering and unmatched attention to service and details most important to our customers. Jamie’s culinary talents and knowledge of the marketplace will help us extend our reach in Texas’ major markets and beyond.”

Winn Meat Company has five-star restaurants and hospitality brands throughout Texas’ major markets on its customer roster. Winn is also the exclusive supplier in the region of Sterling Silver® Premium Meats, a prestigious line of superior-quality beef, pork and deli meats.

Samford comes to Winn Meat Company having served as Executive Chef for famous fresh-market concept Central Market’s Dallas location, where he led a 80-member culinary team in cooking restaurant-quality food in Café on the Run for the store’s enormous North Texas customer base. Samford also helped develop recipes for Central Market and was an expert commentator for television and print news reports.

“I am truly honored and pleased to be joining Winn Meat Company,” said Samford. “As a former customer, I know, first-hand, what a great company Winn is, and I am enthusiastic about our programs to expand our service in the marketplace.”

Chef Samford’s illustrious 17-year career also includes such leadership positions as Executive Chef of Lola, The Restaurant, a five-star concept which Samford helped found. He has also been Food and Beverage director for various Bristol Hotels and Resorts properties in North Texas.

Samford also brings experience to Winn Meat Company from his work at such legendary brands as Rosewood Hotels’ The Mansion on Turtle Creek and The Crescent, as well as Fort Worth’s Angeluna and Stephan Pyles’ history making concept, Baby Routh. Samford is a graduate of the acclaimed culinary school at El Centro College.

About Winn Meat Company

Winn Meat Company has been providing food service customers with top-quality meat products and services for over 100 years. The company was originally founded as Bunting’s Wholesale Market in 1902. Robert Winn bought the company in 1974. Today, Mr. Winn’s son Todd and son-in-law Walter Wilkerson continue the family tradition of service excellence that is now the hallmark of Winn Meat Company.

From specialty cuts to custom orders, Winn Meat Company is dedicated to giving customers not only high-quality products and services, but value. Capabilities range from sourcing unique products to in-house development of products to meet customer specifications. Winn Meat Company is proud of many longstanding relationships built on a commitment to quality and service. Winn Meat Company offers a broad range of products, from true dry-aged beef to fresh foie gras. For more background, please visit www.winnmeat.com.