Bob Holmes forms Creation Gardens.
Ron and Mollie Turnier purchase Creation Gardens.
Jim Walker and Garden Market join the Creation Gardens team.
Creation Gardens begins operations in Lexington, Kentucky.
Creation Gardens acquires Melvin’s Produce, and Ron Zirnheld comes aboard.
Creation Gardens purchases EcoSteward paper company.
Creation Gardens begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee.
Creation Gardens begins operations in Evansville, Indiana.
Creation Gardens moves to a 60,000-square-foot facility.
Creation Gardens purchases Ernest Williams produce company in Nashville, Tennessee.
Creation Gardens purchases Murphy Produce in Nashville and Speiss Specialty Foods beginning operations in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Creation Gardens purchases Mattingly Foods to join the A. Thomas and Irish Hill meat teams.
Creation Gardens purchases ReFresh Produce in Cincinnati, OH gaining a specialized fruit and vegetable processing operation, and renames it Prep Kitchen.
Creation Gardens purchases Coe Cantazaro & Son’s Produce, Joe Lasita & Son’s Produce of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Bluefin Seafoods. Begins operations in Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio and Dayton, Ohio.
Changes name from Creation Gardens to What Chefs Want. What Chefs Want now not only serves as our company name, but our philosophy.
What Chefs Want begins operations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Prep Kitchen builds a state-of-the-art facility in Cincinnati, Ohio.
What Chefs Want purchases Mid/West Fresh Produce of Columbus, Ohio, and Roby Country Gardens Produce of Bardstown, Kentucky.
Purchases Dryden Provisions and Superior Meats of Louisville, KY.
What Chefs Want partners with Dixie Produce to expand its footprint in the Southeast.
Purchases Fresh Pack Produce of Denver, Colorado.
What Chefs Want purchases Growers Organic Produce of Denver, Colorado and partners with Central Illinois Produce to expand its footprint into most of Illinois.
What Chefs Want purchases Northeast Seafood of Denver, Colorado; The Garden of Jacksonville, FL; Revere Meat Co. of Atlanta, GA; NLAWS Foods of Savannah, GA; Ambos Seafood of Savannah, GA; and Chapman Produce of Tallahassee, FL.
What Chefs Want purchases Food Hub ATL of Atlanta, Georgia.
What Chefs Want purchases Phoenix Wholesale Foodservice of Atlanta, Georgia, becoming the largest independently owned wholesale food distributor in the South.
