The Toffee Kids on Food Network's Chefs vs. City.
Friday July 23rd.
Go here to see when it airs in your area.
Food Network Chefs Aaron Sanchez and Chris Cosentino go head to head against Palm Springs Chefs Tony DiLembo & Thomas Hogan at the Brandini Toffee shop. Brandon and Leah scrutinize their work and give the final word when their tasks have been completed successfully. Don't miss it, the drama is hilarious!
The Brandini………..The Toffee Popped Corn was amazing! Thank-you!
- Tatiana S.
We’re excited to announce that Brandini Toffee has just received the keys to a new manufacturing facility in Rancho Mirage, CA. Centrally located in the Coachella Valley, this 5,200 sq. ft. building will allow us to expand production and develop new products. With great visibility on Highway 111, this location is ideal for a retail storefront scheduled to open sometime before the holidays. So if you’re in the Palm Springs area, look us up!
Our new home is at:
42560 Bob Hope Dr.
Rancho Mirage, CA
92270
Brandini Toffee founders Leah Post and Brandon “Brandini” Weimer have graduated from La Quinta High School and are headed for business school. Brandon will be attending the University of Arizona and Leah Post, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Brandini Toffee founders Leah Post and Brandon “Brandini” Weimer are honored recipients of the McKelvey Foundation Entrepreneurial Scholarship. They will receive $10,000 per year to attend any 4-year college. They will also attend the foundation’s 3 day e-Venture program in St. Louis, MO. The foundation was established by Monster.com founder Andrew McKelvey. >>More
Brandon will be attending the Eller School of Management at University of Arizona. Leah will be attending the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
McKevley Foundation’s 2008 e-Venture from Andrew Napier on Vimeo.
Thank you to all who voted Brandini Toffee “Best Chocolate Shop” in Desert Magazine’s 2009 Best of the Valley. This was an important milestone for us to be recognized by our community.
”This fantastic toffee is absolutely delicious and utterly addictive.”
Oprah is one of those special people with an eye for quality and a taste for the good things. We are honored to be included with 22 others on Oprah’s ‘O’ List at Oprah.com
Brandini Toffee wins the Gold Sofi™ Award in the category of “Outstanding Chocolate”. Founders Leah and Brandon are the youngest recipients of the award. Selected from 2,091 across 32 categories, a panel of specialty food experts selected 150 Silver Finalists before the Summer Show. Noted Chef Jacques Pepin announced the sofi™ Gold Awards, as well as honors for NASFT’s Outstanding Retailers of 2008, during the keynote event at 5:30 p.m. today at the Javits Center in New York City.
Pics from the trip
See Brandon and Leah in the new Fancy Foods promo video.
Brandini Toffee has been selected as a Silver Finalist in Part 1 of the 2008 SoFi Awards Competition (Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation). The finalists will be showcased at the Global Food & Style Expo in Chicago. Nearly 1,200 products in 31 categories were judged on numerous attributes, including quality, innovation, packaging, ingredient profile and pricing.
The final judging to select Gold winners will take place at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City. The winners will be announced on June 30.
Watch online. Look to the right of the video where it says “Appliqued Onesies” and you’ll see the ‘Next’ button at the bottom. Click it to skip ahead to the Brandini Toffee video.
Below are pictures of our trip, pretty much in order. It’s a little like watching home movies so if you want to fast forward, cursor over the slideshow for controls.
We’re going to New York! Leah and Brandon will be taping a live show with Martha Stewart on Feb. 26th.
PLEASE NOTE: The show is now scheduled to air the same day! Check your local listings.
How do I find out which station “The Martha Stewart Show” airs on in my area?
To find where the program is airing in your area, please visit marthastewart.com/martha
Click on the “Television & Video” tab at the top of the screen.
A new page will load. Click on “The Martha Stewart Show” on the left-hand side of the screen. Scroll down. Further down on the left-hand side of the screen, there is a white box. Enter your zip code in the box to find show times in your area. Click on “Go.”
A new page will load with the name(s) of the programs airing in your area, as well as the time(s) and station(s) on which the program airs.
We just returned from a successful 2 days at the Chocolate Affair in Glendale Arizona. The Super Bowl fans were great and loved our toffee!
San Diego, CA. Jan. 13-15th
See pictures of Leah and Brandon with the big dogs at the Brandini Toffee booth!
Chuck Howard and Gary Guittard from Guittard Chocolate
John Melin, coo Brown & Haley
Hermond Goelitz Rowland. Sr. chairman of the board from Jelly Belly
Jamee Enstrom Simons from Enstrom’s Almond Toffee
Brandini Toffee is handmade with only four ingredients: butter, sugar, dark chocolate, and roasted almonds.
See Leah and Brandon Make a Batch
