It all started in 1986. Herman Roobroeck and Pasca Smet – qualified chefs with the necessary experience in the hotel and restaurant sector and faithful supporters of the homemade character of food – decided to start up a catering business in the heart of Ostend. In the beginning they offered a broad range of homemade dishes, including a number of desserts. After a while the local supermarket UNIC asked whether it was possible to deliver fresh chocolate mousse. At the end of 1988 Herman and Pasca were the suppliers of no less than around fifteen UNIC supermarkets in the Ostend region. In 1989 Delhaize became a customer as well and after that, the product range was substantially developed. During the nineties the number of points of sale kept on growing steadily. The product selection was extended according to the trends of that time: white chocolate mousse, coffee mousse, tiramisu, caramelised biscuit mousse,...