It is so amazing to me that another year has passed, As a matter of fact, 25 years have passed for Gayle's Sweet 'N' Sassy Foods!

It was 1984 when Gayle's Sweet 'N' Sassy Foods came to fruition. I was an actress and on the set of a commercial when I was asked to cater the rap party, because the director knew of my Dads BBQ restaurant in Watts and had heard about his well known BBQ chicken and ribs. Three weeks later I received a phone call from the director telling me that the production people who were from Texas, called to inform him that, the curly blonde in the commercial was OK, (that was me) but was really interested to know where to buy the BBQ sauce that I had brought to the set. That was the beginning of the Gayle's Sweet 'N' Sassy story.
 
In the beginning I was told that it would be virtually impossible to start a food company without enormous funding and knowledge of the grocery business. Being naïve, and rather determined, I began the journey of learning the food business... So many things have happened since 1984. I am 25 years older and wiser...(OK with the wiser, trying to deal with the older part).

In 1984 we got into our first grocery store, Gelson's. Three months later came the phone call from someone who was hired to help create a menu for a start up pizza restaurant in Beverly Hills. They had found Gayle's Sweet 'N Sassy Original BBQ sauce on the shelf in a local market. After testing 50 other bbq sauces, Gayle's Sweet 'N' Sassy Original was chosen. That start up restaurant was California Pizza Kitchen and what was to follow was nothing short of incredible. 25 years later, Gayle's Original is still used by CPK for their BBQ chicken pizza's and salads.
 
In 1995 we began to develop other BBQ sauces and created; Gayle's Extra Sassy and Gayle's Honey Sweet. Each sauce still has the same great health benefits of my Original sauce, and today these sauces can be found on retail shelves right next to the Original. 
 
For our 25th Anniversary, Gayle's is thrilled to announce our newest BBQ creation; Gayle's Apple Cider Smoke. It's sweet, then smoky and finishes with a nice spice that lingers on your tongue. We hope that all of our customers will try it and let us know what they think. We are also currently working on a Chipotle BBQ sauce to add to the Gayle's family of BBQ sauces and will have samples available in the next coming months.
 
As I look back, I am once again amazed that 25 years have passed and Gayle's is still going strong. If I had listened to people in the beginning that thought I should stick with the acting profession I was in, and not venture into the food business as I would not be taken seriously...well, had I listened to them, I wouldn't be able to look back at all of this today and wouldn't be dreaming up new BBQ sauces that we can share with you.