The staff of Massachusetts-based supplier Raw Seafoods includes all of the usual positions: company president, sales and marketing managers, CFO and the like.

It also includes six Johnson & Wales University graduate chefs, and that’s critically important for Raw Seafoods as it continues to transform itself from a single-product seafood supplier to a branded, value-added company.

Company co-founder Scott Hutchens said this chef-driven approach is key to building and expanding its J.Scott Foods brand of value-added products.

“They are just constantly working on new, on-trend flavor profiles with our customers to create the highest quality product,” he told IntraFish.

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