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We do noodles right.

Made in USA

No MSG

Free of TBHQ

Our Products

CHEF WOO

RAMEN EXPRESS

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Vegetarian

Kosher Certified

World-Class Production Facility

We live the philosophy of constant, continual improvement.

FDA

BRC

HACCP

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Kosher

Kosher

People

Our executives are all experienced leaders with shared values and complementary skillsets whose intellectual capital underpins our success as a company.
Our management team delivers a combination of financial intelligence, operational proficiency and cultural understanding. 

Chairman of Board of Directors     
• Former VP, Global Head of M

Barthelemy Helg

Chairman of Board of Directors • Former VP, Global Head of M&A Nestle • Former Managing Partner Lombard Odier & Co, Geneva • Former FIG Banker, Goldman Sachs & Co. • Attorney at law Geneva & New York • MBA Harvard, LL.M. NYU, M.L. Univ. of Geneva
CEO

Reza Soltanzadeh

CEO & President • 22 yrs Private Equity experience in Food Processing and Production industry • Led $1.3B in turnarounds and consolidations internationally • Former M&A Banker, Lehman Brothers • MD Manipal Univ., MBA Anderson/UCLA
COO

Paul West

COO & Executive Vice President • Former VP Parmalat Canada • Former Plant Manager, Unilever Canada • Former Plant Manager, Griffith Foods • B.A.Sc. Mech. Eng. Univ. Waterloo
Chief Strategy Officer
• Former Board Member, Nissin Foods USA
• Former VP of Sales

Matt Talle

Chief Strategy Officer • Former Board Member, Nissin Foods USA • Former VP of Sales & Marketing at Nissin Foods USA (29 Yrs) • BA Economics, Agri Bus. Cal Poly Univ.
Advisory Board
• Former Executive Vice-President,
Asia, Oceania, Africa Nestle
• Former Global CEO for Nestle
Nutrition
• Over 33 years of global
experience in FMCG
• Professor at London Business
School

Nandu Nandkishore

Advisory Board • Former Executive Vice-President, Asia, Oceania, Africa Nestle • Former Global CEO for Nestle Nutrition • Over 33 years of global experience in FMCG • Professor at London Business School
Director

Pouneh Rahimi

Director & Chief Legal Counsel • 25+ years experience as Legal Counsel • Former Nixon Peabody Associate • Former Ass. Gen. Counsel at MRO Software (Nasdaq: MROI)
Director, Public Relations

John Fox

Director, Public Relations & Government Affairs
Director, Nutritional Science
• 17 yrs experience as Clinical Nutritionist
• 10 yrs research on Nutritional
Bioavailability
• Fellow research scientist Chalmers
University of Technology, Sweden
• Ph.D. in Nutrition Sciences

Soodeh Shockravi,Ph.D

Director, Nutritional Science • 17 yrs experience as Clinical Nutritionist • 10 yrs research on Nutritional Bioavailability • Fellow research scientist Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden • Ph.D. in Nutrition Sciences
Finance Manager
• Former Senior – KPMG India, Deal Advisory
• Former Consultant – EY India, Regulatory
Services
• MBA, University of Edinburgh Business
School
• Chartered Accountant, ICAI

Rakshit Mehta

Finance Manager • Former Senior – KPMG India, Deal Advisory • Former Consultant – EY India, Regulatory Services • MBA, University of Edinburgh Business School • Chartered Accountant, ICAI
Finance Project Manager
Over 10 years of experience in private equity, corporate development and leverage financing
Former director of M

Susie Shi

Finance Project Manager Over 10 years of experience in private equity, corporate development and leverage financing Former director of M&A Financing and Global Syndications, ICBC

Contact Us

Palmetto Gourmet Foods

782 Columbia Highway, Saluda,

SC 29138, United States

+1.864.445.6000
info@palmettogf.com