Monterey Gourmet Foods Inc.

Eric C. Eddings, Mr. Eddings was appointed by the Board of Directors as President and Chief Executive Officer of Monterey Gourmet Foods in September 2006. Prior to his appointment, he was the President of the Natural Foods Division of Monterey Gourmet Foods. Previously Mr. Eddings was the Chief Operating Officer and minority shareholder of CIBO Naturals, LLC which he and his associates purchased in June, 2002. CIBO Naturals was acquired by Monterey Gourmet Foods in January 2004 and later became part of the Natural Foods Division of Monterey Gourmet Foods. Prior to his employment with CIBO Naturals, Mr. Eddings was the Vice President of Wholesale/Plant Operations of Tully’s Coffee Corporation in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Eddings also has previously worked for Dreyers Grand Ice Cream, Haagen – Dazs Company and Frito Lay, Inc. Mr. Eddings has a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Redlands and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business Administration from California State University at Fullerton.

Van Tunstall. Mr. Tunstall was elected to the Board of Directors in February 1997. Since 1997, he has served as President of the Central Coast Group, a strategic consulting and business services firm. Mr. Tunstall has been an independent consultant with a variety of companies since 1997. Mr. Tunstall was a senior executive with Gilroy Foods, Inc., an international manufacturer of various food product ingredients, from 1977 to 1995. He served as President and Chairman of the Board of Gilroy Foods, Inc. from 1991 through 1995. Previously, Mr. Tunstall held several executive positions with McCormick & Company, Inc. Mr. Tunstall has also served on the boards of other food companies such as Rudi's Organic Bakery, Inc., Wildwood Natural Foods, Inc, Kalsec, Inc, and Cascade Specialties, Inc.

Charles B. Bonner. Mr. Bonner served as a Director of the Company from 1993 through January 1995, and was reappointed as a Director effective September 1995. Mr. Bonner is Principal and Founder of Pacific Resources, Inc., a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, a position he has held since September 1989. From 1975 to 1988 he was president of Bonner Packing Co., an $80MM dried fruit processing and marketing company which was sold to Dole Food Company in 1988.

John H. McGarvey. Mr. McGarvey was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2006. He served from 1990 to 2007 as an associate and/or partner of Cybus Capital Markets, LLC, an investment bank specializing in capital placement and formation services for middle market companies in the food and agribusiness areas. Mr. McGarvey is an owner and director of McGarvey & Affiliates, Inc, a financial consulting firm. Currently, Mr. McGarvey serves on the board of Dominex LLC. Mr. McGarvey is a law graduate of Creighton University, received a Masters degree in Taxation from New York University, and has earned continuing education credit in finance from the Wharton Business School.

Mark C. Frandsen. Mr. Frandsen was elected to the Board of Directors in 2008. Since 1994, Mr. Frandsen has served as president and CEO of New Season Foods, Inc. in Forest Grove, Oregon. Mr. Frandsen also owns and operates the Grove Commerce Center, an industrial park for food processing and technology-related companies as well 4 as regional manufacturing and service businesses. He has served as chairman of the Northwest Food Processors Association and as a director of the American Frozen Food Institute. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Association for Corporate Growth, the board of trustees for Pacific University, and as vice chairman of TOC Management Services. Mr. Frandsen earned a bachelor of science in finance and international business from the University of Oregon and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He also graduated from Nyenrode Business Universiteit in The Netherlands.

Tammy G. Katz. Ms. Katz was elected to the Board of Directors as of January 1, 2009. Ms. Katz is CEO and founder of Katz Marketing Solutions, a marketing and brand management consulting firm specializing in food and consumer products, in Columbus, Ohio. She is an experienced food marketing and innovation executive and has led marketing of major brands at Frito-Lay, Miller Brewing Company, Mead-Johnson Nutritionals, Borden, and The Scotts Company. Ms. Katz is also Adjunct Instructor of Brand Management at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business MBA Program and serves on several central Ohio philanthropic boards. Ms. Katz earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from The Ohio State University and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from The Ohio State University.

Viji Sampath. Mr. Sampath was elected to the Board of Directors as of January 1, 2008. He has over 25 years corporate and management consulting experience in corporate development, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and international business development. His industry experience includes senior Corporate Planning and Development positions at ConAgra Foods, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream, Basic American Foods, and Hunt-Wesson Foods. As a senior manager at Price Waterhouse, Mr. Sampath led manufacturing strategy, financial and general management consulting engagements for clients in food processing and quick service restaurant industries. Mr. Sampath has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Madras, India and Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.

Walter L. Henning. Mr. Henning was elected to the Board of Directors in December 1999 and elected as Vice-Chairman in 2006. He has over 35 years experience in the production and distribution of a multitude of food products, including spices, extracts, seasoning mixes, and dehydrated onion, garlic and capsicums. He has held the position of Vice-President Operations for Divisions of Rykoff-Sexton, Burns-Philp, ConAgra Foods, and McCormick & Co, Inc. He also served as Chairman of the State of Iowa's Manufacturing Council from 1990 - 1995. His responsibilities with both McCormick and ConAgra included managing an extensive farming operation as well as multiple onion/garlic dehydration facilities. Mr. Henning has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Food Science and Technology from the University of California, and currently holds an APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management. He retired from McCormick and Co. in January, 2007 and now teaches upper division courses in Operations Management in the School of Business at California State University- Monterey Bay.