By Executive Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC Some like summer, but my favorite time of the year is autumn! The hot muggy days of summer are just a memory and the spectacular colors of fall begin to appear almost overnight. September’s full moon – The Harvest...
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth There is no doubt that the Family Style Chicken Dinners served by Zehnder’s today, were served first, right across the street, by the Fischer family at Fischer’s Hotel now the Bavarian Inn. But why chicken dinners?...
By Executive Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, AAC, HGT As an “old school” chef, I believe that food should be eaten in-season. With modern technologies, we now have the ability to produce and ship tomatoes, watermelons, blueberries, strawberries and vegetables...
Executive Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC Each season has its own unique fruits and vegetables. As a chef, I encourage folks to eat seasonally as nature intended us to do. In my mind, there’s something not right about eating strawberries, tomatoes and corn...
Squashtoberfest is our autumn celebration in honor of all things squash and pumpkin. Zehnder’s invited all home cooks, aspiring amateur chefs and TV network “Foodies” to enter into the day long, three-event cooking competition with three categories:...
We’ve noticed over the past few years that many of our guests are requesting hot sauce or buffalo style sauce with their fried chicken. It got us thinking! We started to play around with different styles of seasonings, taste-tested them with several tasting...
