Bala Kironde
President/CEO

Running Preferred Meats offers me incredible personal satisfaction.   I was raised on a farm in Uganda, and continued to raise game birds after coming to the U.S., so animal husbandry has long been a part of my life.  This experience, together with working with chefs like Mark Miller, Jeremiah Tower and the late Jean-Louis Palladin during the early 80's gave me the opportunity to learn first-hand the quality of products that chefs look for to set them apart.  Therefore, when securing our producer relationships, we prefer to support smaller farms, where we know they can more closely manage their operations, and cater to the desires of Preferred's loyal customers. 
 

John Paul Khoury, ACF/CCC
Corporate Chef

Part of why I'm in this industry is a love for quality, craftsmanship, creativity, and to make people happy. I love serving our Chef clients. When I'm doing research and writing the newsletters plus working on the Website I try to keep the Chefs in mind and what they would be interested in. I truly enjoy working with our exceptional products, developing recipes and applying techniques that I feel would be helpful to our clients. And I love that we're small enough to really stand by our philosophy of quality and service. That's why I love working for Preferred!
 

I love working for Preferred Meats because we are truly committed to sourcing the best products from around the world.  Farm to Table cuisine has become such a powerful force in the culinary universe, and I am proud to say that we work directly with small farms and help bring their food directly to the tables of some of the greatest restaurants in the world.  Napa Valley chefs are a demanding bunch, and I enjoy the challenge of helping find them exceptional ingredients that they are excited to work with.  I take pride in the fact that we at Preferred are the bridge from the farm to the restaurant's table, and I take personal pleasure in helping my chef clients source the best product I can to help turn their culinary dishes into masterpieces.

Call Preferred Meats at 1.800.397-6328