Welcome to Chef Nick's. Our product line is a celebration of the rich culinary tradition of my Italian American community. In 1963, when I was 10, my mother (Helena) and my Zia Rosa (Aunt Rose) began teaching me to lovingly prepare our family's favorite dishes. More than 60 years later I'm still doing it, and now sharing it with you.
Please, join the ethnic and culinary melting pot that is the Italian American community and make "mangiare con la tua famiglia" (eat with your family) your new household tradition. In late summer 2024 we'll also be providing Cajun-Creole, Southern French, and Central European menus on our new website (currently going through pre-release focus group testing).
Chef Nick's is a brand and trademark of Seven Springs Farm Winery, Inc.
Buy online with home delivery from this website. In September 2024 those of you in Central Indiana can also buy via Market Wagon (marketwagon.com).
Our sauces are steeped in Italian American tradition.
Hand crafted (not made in a factory) based on recipes brought to the USA by Zia (Aunt) Rose from Northern Italy in 1909 they are the "real deal".
All our variety of sauces are made from Non-GMO ingredients.
Currently we have our Mafia Gravy (Sunday Gravy), Salsa Puttanesca, Hearty Pizza Sauce, and Salsa Picante Italiana.
Soups are a mainstay in Italian American cuisine. Most family meals start with either a "warm weather" or "cold weather" soup.
Our soups are all hand crafted (not made in a factory) from the best certified organic and/or Non-GMO ingredients available to us. We hand make the Italian sausage that goes into our soups.
Currently we have six soups: Pasta e Fagioli (pasta and bean), Cream of Artichoke and Spinach, Tomato and Peppers, and Tomato and Gorgonzola cheese, Broccoli, Spinach and Cheese soup and Asparagus, Spinach and Crab Meat soup.
Italian Americans have "game day" just like everybody else, so a good rich dip is always welcome.
Our most popular side is a four-pack of Arancini- little balls of risotto stuffed with meat and cheese or cheese only then deep fried.
Our dips take game day snacks to a new level-- they're top-shelf and extremely rich.
Currently we offer three dips: Little Italy Bean Dip, Little Italy Bean and Gorgonzola Dip and Little Italy Artichoke and Spinach dip.
Our salad line includes: Little Italy 15-bean salad, LIttle Italy Pasta salad, Little Italy Tri-color Tortolini salad.
With our entrees you will not find better in a restaurant. In fact, we want to make sure that you and your family can enjoy the hearty, flavorful main dishes that graced our Sunday table for generations.
Currently we have many entrees in our lineup: Sausage and Peppers with fettuccine, Chicken Parmesean with fettuccine, Chicken Marsala with either fettuccine or Little Italy mashed potatoes, Blackened Chicken with fettuccine, Calabrian Chicken with fettuccine, Turkey Picatta with fettuccine, Meat and Cheese Lasagna, Cheese Lasagna, Italian Flag Pasta and Stuffed Meatloaf with Little Italy mashed potatoes.
The flavor center of Italian American cuisine is the blend of herbs and spices used to flavor them.
Every region of Italy has its own unique flavor profile and they all share the "flavors of Italy". You could look up the recipes for these and make them yourself. But to do so would require a pantry with hundreds of dollars in herbs and spices-- all going stale faster than you can use them.
Look to Chef Nick's to provide you with fresh, authentic spice blends to help you create your own culinary tradition.
Our executive chef is Nicola Vincenzo Cinquegranna. A first generation Italian American he's been cooking his family's traditional recipes for 60 of his 70 years.
Chef Nick personally oversees our small commercial kitchen in Carthage, Indiana and the small staff of cooks that hand craft all of our products.
Please take a few minutes to look through our website and contact us if you have any questions.