Wolfgang Puck® All-Natural Margherita Pizza Named "Best Cheese Pizza" by Everyday With Rachael Ray Magazine

Award-Winning Pizza Available At Grocery
Stores Nationwide

(MINNEAPOLIS) - Feb. 11, 2008 - Wolfgang Puck® All-Natural Margherita pizza has been named BEST CHEESE Pizza in a frozen pizza taste test conducted by Every Day With Rachael Ray, a national consumer magazine with a circulation of more than 1.7 million. In Rachael Ray's "Winners' Circle", where dozens of frozen pizzas were taste-tested, it was noted that "Spago's celeb chef...swept our cheese competition" with this restaurant-inspired pizza from Wolfgang Puck's All-Natural frozen pizza line. The award explained "Tasters raved over the 'big, pretty' tomato slices" and bold flavors of olive oil and herbs, remarking "'It tastes like fresh pesto.'" The award-winning Wolfgang Puck All-Natural Margherita pizza is featured in the March issue of Every Day With Rachael Ray which is currently on newsstands. Six varieties of Wolfgang Puck All-Natural pizzas, including the Margherita variety, are available in club stores and retail locations nationwide with a suggested retail price of $5.99.

Wolfgang Puck All-Natural pizzas are inspired by Wolfgang's hand-crafted gourmet pizzas made famous at his legendary Spago fine dining restaurants, and his Wolfgang Puck Express fast-casual restaurants. Introduced in the fall of 2006, Wolfgang Puck All-Natural pizzas are the result of an exclusive frozen food partnership between world-renown chef and restaurateur, Wolfgang Puck, through his Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. (WPW) corporation, and Schwan's Consumer Brands North America, Inc., an international leader in the frozen foods industry.

Wolfgang Puck All-Natural pizzas are a fusion of Wolfgang's culinary innovation, popular flavors and simple, unexpected ingredients using artisan quality preparation. The product raises the bar in the frozen pizza category by including premium toppings, like hand-cut tomatoes, and a pure flavor sauce with real tomato taste and texture, made without paste. All the pizzas feature Wolfgang's honey-infused crusts that are hand-stretched and brushed with olive oil before baking. The resulting crispy center and random yeast-risen edges allow for naturally-baked browning to occur.

Consumers can choose from six varieties of Wolfgang Puck All-Natural pizzas, including:

  • Margherita: Farm-fresh tomato slices, basil, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses placed atop Wolfgang's signature tomato-basil-garlic sauce, then dabbed with pesto sauce.
  • Four-Cheese: Delicious pesto sauce topped with a blend of mozzarella, Fontina, Parmesan and creamy goat cheeses, along with sliced red tomatoes and basil.
  • Barbecue Chicken: Seasoned chicken, red onions and tomatoes topped with mozzarella cheese and Wolfgang's tangy barbecue sauce.
  • Pepperoni: Wolfgang's tomato-basil-garlic sauce topped with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, pepperoni slices and more mozzarella.
  • Cheese: Wolfgang's signature tomato-basil-garlic sauce covered with a delectable trio of cheeses: mozzarella, Fontina and Parmesan, then topped with herbs.

About Wolfgang Puck

Austrian-born Wolfgang Puck opened his first restaurant, Spago, on Hollywood's Sunset Strip in 1982. Building on Spago's success, he has become one of the most influential chefs in North America, with an empire that includes a growing number of fine dining and casual restaurants, catering venues, cookbooks and products. He is dedicated to offering the freshest, highest-quality products and the most delicious, innovative tastes.

Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. encompasses Wolfgang Puck Express fast-casual restaurants; consumer products including Wolfgang Puck® branded packaged foods, beverages and cookware; book publishing; television, radio and internet programming; and other franchising, licensing, and merchandising. For additional information, visit www.wolfgangpuck.com.

About Schwan's Consumer Brands North America, Inc.

Schwan's Consumer Brands North America, Inc., a subsidiary of The Schwan Food Company, has marketed and distributed premium frozen foods since 1970. Its brands include Red Baron®, Freschetta®, and Tony's® pizzas, Asian Sensations® snacks and appetizers, and Larry's® potatoes. The business is based in Bloomington, Minn. The brands are represented in more than 50,000 retail outlets across the United States.

The Schwan Food Company ("Schwan") is the largest, privately held manufacturer and marketer of fine frozen foods in the United States and operates production and distribution facilities across the United States, Europe and in Canada to serve customers in more than 25 countries through home delivery, retail grocery and foodservice channels. Headquartered in Marshall, Minn., for more than 50 years, Schwan employs about 22,000 people. To learn more about the company, visit www.TheSchwanFoodCompany.com.