Hey Olga’s Kitchen fans! This will be one of the best gifts you give this holiday season, because you Give AND Receive when you buy Gift Cards at any Olga’s Kitchen this holiday season.

Buy $100 worth of Olga’s Kitchen Gift Cards in ANY denomination and receive $30 in FREE Bonus Cards!! So you can buy four $25 Gift Cards or ten $10 Gift Cards and you will receive $30 FREE. Or for every $25 in any denomination you will receive $5 in FREE Bonus Cards.

Don’t have time to stop at one of our locations? Well, Olga’s Kitchen has you covered! Order your Olga’s Kitchen Gift Cards Online this holiday season and you will receive FREE SHIPPING!

Give AND Receive This Holiday!

Hey Olga’s Fans!! We have brought the contemporary look and feel of Olga’s Kitchen to the Motor City. As this is one of our newest locations, I want to give you an exclusive look at the cool new features and menu items!

Olga's Kitchen, Detroit

The Detroit Olga’s Kitchen features an airy, modern interior where the secret-recipe Olga Bread takes center stage with our open kitchen similar to our Royal Oak Olga’s Market Fresh Grille and our Olga’s Kitchen in Canton.

Olga’s Kitchen in Detroit follows the lead of our Canton location offering beer and wine to compliment the delicious bold flavors of the Premium Olga Sandwiches and the Hand-Tossed Market Fresh Salads. We have also introduced the all new house-made Sangria Blanca Especial. This Mediterranean tradition has light and refreshing tones of citrus sure to pair perfectly with any of your Olga Favorites!

Olga's Kitchen Main Floor of Compuware Building

Olga’s Kitchen in Detroit also offers Delivery and Catering!! We deliver FREE to anywhere within the Compuware Building and we also to deliver to the surrounding areas, so be sure to ask about delivery in your area!

We are located on the Main Floor of the Compuware Building in Downtown Detroit on the corner of Woodward and Monroe. We are open Monday through Saturday 10:00am – 10:00pm (313)965-3740.

Hey Olga’s Kitchen fans, there is nothing better than coming in from the cold and enjoying a nice warm bowl of soup and I have TWO new ones for you to enjoy this winter season!!
 

As always I am eager to hear your thoughts on these soups so post your comments. The Mediterranean Spinach and Feta and the Tomato Bisque will only be available until March 12, 2012, so HURRY IN!! Click here for a voucher to enjoy these new soups.

Stay Tuned for the next Executive Chef Video Blog.

Yours in the Bread,

Chef Quinn

Well, you wanted it and you got it!! We hear quite often from our Olga’s Kitchen fanatics offering suggestions and wanting new menu options, this time we decided to let you have a say on the menu! We started by asking each of you which sounded the tastiest and then we chose your top favorites to take into the Exclusive Taste Test with Executive Chef Quinn Adkins.

We chose top participants on our Facebook fan page, most avid Twitter followers and #OlgasTwivia contest winners and our blog subscribers to join Executive Chef Quinn Adkins and other Olgaholics for an evening of exciting, exclusive taste testing discussion and reflection on fond Olga’s Kitchen memories.
These chosen few were dubbed official “Olga’s Kitchen Brand Ambassadors” and had the opportunity to try these 5 new Olga sandwiches.

• Alsatian Pork Olga
• Argentinean Steak Olga
• Sicilian Vegetarian
• Montana Prime Rib
• Montego Bay Slow Pork

These brand ambassadors tapped into their most astute taste buds, brought in their Olgaholic sentiment and gave opinions on which Olgas they liked best and which ones other Olga’s fanatics would love too!!

We took those opinions along with comments from our social media followers and here are the four we will be testing at our Laurel Park Place Olga’s Kitchen starting January 17, 2012.

Brazillian Steak

Caribbean Slow Pork

Rochester Prime Rib

Tacoma Pulled Pork

Be sure to post your comments here and stop into our Laurel Park Place Olga’s Kitchen to tell us which you like the best and you could see your new favorite Olga on the menu very soon!!

Hey there all you Olga’s Kitchen fanatics the Holiday Shopping Season is upon us!! Why not give AND receive this holiday season?! Who doesn’t like a little extra bonus for their good deeds ; ) During this holiday season, when you purchase $100 in Olga’s Kitchen Gift Cards you receive $30 FREE. Or for every $25 you spend you receive $5 for yourself!! 

Give AND Receive!!!

Spread a little joy this year and give your loved ones a gift you know they will use and enjoy. Just ask your server at any Olga’s Kitchen or Market Fresh Grille location near you. Or you can even order your Olga’s Kitchen Gift Cards online too!!

 Hey Olga’s Kitchen fans we are teaming with Operation Homefront to provide emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors. If you want to help our U.S.

Bring in this flyer Nov. 21st!!!

military soldiers and their families please present the Operation Homefront fundraising flyer, to ANY of our 36 Olga’s Kitchen or Olga’s Market Fresh Grille locations on November 21, 2011 and Olga’s Kitchen will donate 20 percent of the proceeds to Operation Homefront of Michigan and other local chapters.

“We couldn’t be more proud of the efforts Operation Homefront provides and as community leaders we are excited to have such a tremendous opportunity to serve our U.S. soldiers and their families just as they all continue to serve us every day,” says Matt Carpenter, President and CEO, Olga’s Kitchen, Inc.

Having a brother recently retired after almost 23 years serving in the U.S. Airforce, two nephews currently enlisted in the U.S. Airforce and her only child, Army Spc. Patrick Ryan Taylor, 23, currently on his third tour overseas, Colleen McHenry the Assistant Manager at our Olga’s Kitchen in Oakland Mall, has been working closely with Kimberly McKenzie, Director of Development, Operation Homefront of Michigan, in a joint effort to let everyone know how they can help out our U.S. soldiers and their families.

Support Operation Homefront

The Olga’s Kitchen “Raise More Gain More” fundraising program has donated over $83,000 since inception in 2009 to local community organizations, schools, churches, and charitable organizations, just like Operation Homefront.

Click here for more information about the Olga’s Kitchen “Raise More Gain More” fundraising program or call your local Olga’s Kitchen to schedule your fundraiser today!!

Hey Olga’s fanatics!! Winter is almost here, can you believe it?! Yeaaahhh!! Olga’s Kitchen is bringing you delectable holiday desserts and specialty drinks sure to keep you warm this holiday season!!  =) 

Winter Warmers

One of the key hallmarks of the cold and flurry season is hot cocoa. Well, we have taken that snowy symbol and made it special just for you!! So when you stop into any Olga’s Kitchen this holiday season, be sure to order one of our three different Winter Warmers.  Try the Coconut Macaroon, made with toasted coconuts and luscious vanilla, Buttered Toffee, mixed with English toffee bits, or our Hazelnut Crème Caramel, made with hazelnut and salted caramel syrup. mmmhmmmm YAHTZEE!!!

Sweet Temptations

We also have our Seasonal Sensations for just $2.99!! Enjoy some of our Cinnamon Sugar Snackers served with a cream cheese frosting or our Olga Bread Pudding made from our secret-recipe Olga bread baked in a rich custard cream with a touch of cinnamon and brown sugar, topped with a creamy vanilla sauce. We offer different flavors, so be sure to ask your Olga’s Kitchen server about today’s featured flavor!!

Hey Olga’s Kitchen fans! It is getting close to that time when we can expect to see snowflakes falling, snowmen being built and snowballs lovingly tossed back and forth.  Soup is classic cold-weather comfort food and one of my favorite things to do is grab a piping hot bowl of soup and watch Michigan’s winter wonderland take shape outside. 

Well, as promised I am giving you an exclusive sneak peek at some of my thoughts for some delicious new soups to be offered THIS winter season!!  I am early on in the decision process so tell me which of these mouth-watering soups you would most like to see on our menu this winter.

• Olga’s Rotisserie Chicken & Dumplings
• Mediterranean Spinach & Feta
• Baja Chicken Enchilada
• New Mexican Roasted Corn Chowder
• Sicilian Roasted Tomato & Garlic
• Tuscan Roasted Vegetable with Meatballs
• New England Roasted Corn & Potato Chowder
• Rotisserie Tuscan Chicken
• Creamy Italian Chicken & Tortellini
• Rustic Steak & Ale Chowder
• Roasted Butternut & Apple Chowder

Leave a comment letting me know which of these sounds the tastiest and I just might invite you to the Olga’s Test Kitchen for an exclusive Taste Test with me!!

Hey Olga’s Kitchen fans, I wanted you all to be the FIRST to know we recently partnered with St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Clinton Township, MI in effort to raise money for the Honey Do Ministries and this fundraiser broke the company record for the amount donated to any organization!!

Hard work from the St. Michael’s Catholic Church parish, a little guidance from the Olga’s Kitchen fundraising team, an extra little push from a fundraising bonus of a 25% donation and $652.27 was donated by Olga’s Kitchen to help fund the Honey Do Ministries!! “The combined efforts resulted in the highest contribution from our “Raise More Gain More” fundraising program since inception in 2009 and I am proud it will be to an organization that is putting our Michigan families back to work,” says Matt Carpenter, President and CEO, Olga’s Kitchen, Inc.

So, our “Raise More Gain More” fundraising program is completely different from most other fundraising programs out there. Which is GREAT NEWS!! Olga’s Kitchen has uniquely designed it to increase contribution from us based upon the organizations efforts, include a bonus incentive program AND it does not cap the donation amount at any time.

So what other organizations participate in our fundraising program you ask… Well, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Susan G. Komen, Alzheimer’s Association, animal shelters, local schools, churches and community organizations all take advantage of our fundraising program because it is unique in that we provide additional leveraging tools and the most important part is the building of strong relationships with each organization to aid in the success of each fundraiser,” says Carpenter.

Click here for more information about the Olga’s Kitchen “Raise More Gain More” fundraising program or call your local Olga’s Kitchen to schedule your fundraiser today!

Hey there Olga’s Kitchen Fans!! Check out this culinary tour of the Caribbean…

Have you had the opportunity to experience The Calypso Salad yet…?! I am VERY eager to hear your thoughts of this Caribbean inspired salad, so post some comments for me and remember these and the other two Olga’s Kitchen Summer Salads are only available until September 5, 2011. So HURRY IN!! Click here for a voucher to enjoy these summer favorites.

Stay tuned for the next Executive Chef Blog post.

Yours in the bread,

Chef Quinn