Chef for you

If you've eaten at a fine restaurant recently, a company in Bonita Springs called Innovative Food Holdings likely had something to do with your meal.

About 40,000 chefs use more than 7,000 products ranging from French cheeses to exotic fruits and game meats that Innovative Food distributes to them daily. The company hires its own chefs to man the phones and to suggest different ways customers can serve the products it distributes.

Some foodies already use the company's ForTheGourmet.com consumer-oriented website, too. No fancy boxes here: consumers receive food wrapped in butcher paper just like the chefs do.