Bancroft, Wis.—RPE Inc. is continuing its delicious partnership with Chef Joey Elenterio to develop a surprise signature dish for the PMA Fresh Summit Convention and Expo on Saturday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct. 20, 2014. RPE’s specialty potato brand Tasteful Selections is also in its second year of supporting Katie’s Krops, whose founder Katie Stagliano will be at the RPE booth, number 2888, during the expo.

Chef Elenterio, who joined Wayfare Tavern as executive chef last year, received 1 Michelin Star in both 2011 and 2012 during his tenure as executive chef at Chez TJ in Mountain View, Calif. The up-and coming talent in Bay Area cuisine has also been honored in Zagat’s 30 Under 30 and with the San Francisco Chronicle’s Rising Star Chef award. Chef Elenterio worked as executive chef of Tanglewood in San Jose, Calif. before starting as sous chef at Chez TJ in 2009, where he was promoted to executive chef in 2011. Chef Elenterio will be crafting a new Tasteful Selections dish on Saturday and Sunday at RPE’s booth.

“It’s a pleasure working with a product you believe in,” said Chef Elenterio. “Tasteful Selections potatoes are so versatile, colorful and cook quickly and evenly, so I never run out of new ways to prepare them.”

Katie’s Krops founder and Chief Executive Gardener Katie Stagliano will be at the RPE booth to meet and talk with members of the produce industry. Founded in 2008, Katie’s Krops has funded 75 gardens in 27 states and continues to add more gardens each year. For her work fighting hunger, Katie Stagliano received Clinton’s Global Citizen Award in 2012 and became the award’s youngest recipient at just 14 years old. Most recently, Katie is one of three individuals followed the upcoming documentary The Starfish Throwers. Katie will be at RPE booth number 2888 Saturday from 12 to 1:30 p.m. and from 2:30 to 4 p.m., and also on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

“We’re excited to be partnering with these young leaders, Chef Joey in the culinary scene and Katie in the philanthropic world,” said Russell Wysocki, president and CEO of RPE. “Their creativity and passion for food is unparalleled. We hope their work inspires our customers and consumers as much as it has inspired us.”

At PMA Fresh Summit, Tasteful Selections is also unveiling the newest addition to its line of specialty bite-sized potatoes: organics. The Ruby Sensation, signature flavor Honey Gold, and Sunrise Medley varieties already loved by Tasteful Selections consumers are now also available in limited quantities in the brand new organic line of potatoes. Tasteful Selections’ new organic line will be featured in the New Product Showcase as well as at RPE’s booth all weekend.

Find out more about Tasteful Selection at RPE’s new product showcase and all of RPE’s product lines, including Old Oak Farms, Saturday, Oct. 18 and Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at booth number 2888. Tasteful Selections, LLC is a joint venture of RPE, CSS Farms and Plover River Farms Alliance, Inc. They are a vertically integrated grower, shipper, marketer of premium specialty potatoes with unique attributes for size and flavor.

RPE, a second generation family farm, is a category leader and key grower/shipper of year-round potatoes and onions. RPE prides itself on maintaining a high level of business integrity that includes commitments to environmental sustainability, as well as category innovation and retail solutions.

The above has been pasted verbatim from a RPE press release.