Tea As a Culinary Ingredient

Speakers: Tami Halliman, Owner, Kathleen’s Tea Room and Jonathan Kliegle, Pastry Chef, Kathleen’s Tea Room

What do you offer to set yourself apart? Are you looking for great recipes and a way to add excitement to your food? Discover how to add tea to every item you serve, how to market your uniqueness, how to increase profits, and how to keep them coming back.

By the end of this session you will be able to:

Recognize how to use tea as a smoking agent, a spice or seasoning agent, and a substitute for liquids in recipes.
Make some great desserts using tea.
Develop marketing ideas on using tea as an ingredient.
Recognize how profits can increase by using tea in recipes.
Think differently with every recipe, “How can I add tea here?”

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AHEAD OF THE CURVE	SALES & MARKETING	SMALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS	TEA KNOWLEDGE	FOOD SERVICE	HEALTH & WELLNESS

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Tami Halliman
Owner, Kathleen’s Tea Room

	Kathleen's named after Tami's Great Grandmother, opened in March of 2005. After home schooling her four daughters all through their educational years, Tami was left wondering what to do with herself. A tea room seemed the perfect fit. Her love for hospitality and encouragement influences women to be "still" in an inviting warm environment. Tami now serves as Secretary for the Southern Association of Tea Businesses. The use of tea in Kathleen's recipes has allowed Tami and her staff, the honor of being featured in The Tea Experience Digest, Tea Time Magazine, and the book The Tea Experience - Favorite Recipes from Celebrated Travel Destinations. The use of tea has also set Kathleen's apart from the many other restaurant choices in the Asheville, NC area, making it a favorite stop for locals and tourist.


Jonathan Kliegle
Pastry Chef, Kathleen’s Tea Room

	Jon started his love for baking and tea at the age of eight, adding in tea to cakes and cookies just for fun. Music has always been a love of his as well bringing him all over the country as musician and cook for the bands. In between shows Jon spent his off time testing out the various tea rooms he would come across around the states. After spending five years on the road Jon decided to take a break and get a steady job, and to his likening, finding a lovely Tea Room and Girl to settle down with in the mountains of North Carolina. Now Jon is constantly trying out new ways to bake and cook with tea, adding it in as a staple ingredient at Kathleen's Tea room in Fletcher, NC.