All of our products are original recipes based on the love of good food, good friends, good times and Kentucky traditions. All products are locally made in Kentucky. Be sure to visit the products page of our website to see more detailed descriptions and uses for all of our products. We have been a member of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s Kentucky Proud program with since 2003.
Future Products
I have a couple of more products in development for your enjoyment. Keep in touch to find when they will be available. I welcome new ideas from you for uses and new products, so shoot me an email from our contact page with your thoughts and comments. Any and all comments are welcome.
Remember Kentucky Specialty Sauces products are “Always a Winner!”
Enjoy our Kentucky Specialty Sauces products !
Nancy
About Kentucky Specialty Sauces
Kentucky Specialty Sauces (KSS) is owned and managed by NIWard Management Group, LLC, a woman-owned business based in Lexington, Kentucky. Nancy I. Ward, president and owner, founded KSS in 2003 after encouragement from friends and family to make her sauces available to others. Nancy’s confidence in the distinctiveness and marketability of her signature sauce, as well as her passion for cooking, convinced her to commercially produce and market her sauce. Due to customer demand, Nancy developed other multi-use condiments/sauces and continues to search for new recipes with uniquely pleasing tastes.
Bluegrass Steaks and Everything Sauce is the signature sauce produced under the Kentucky Specialty Sauces brand. As this initial product developed a customer base, more products evolved to continue the focus on unique taste, quality uses and the promotion of Kentucky as a culinary leader.
Nancy initially founded NIWard Management Group, LLC as a business/project management consultancy as a result of her technical training, certification and professional experience in project management. However, the combination of the support for her to commercially market her sauce, her relentless investigation of mass-producing the sauce and establishing a small business, she became permitted and licensed to produce Bluegrass Steaks and Everything Sauce in 2003. She initially made this sauce by hand, but has now collaborated with a licensed private label kitchen in Kentucky to more efficiently produce and market all of her products.
Nancy also continues her project management consultancy practice and is a partner in the Solarity Group, a project management training and consulting company, Midway, KY.
Nancy retired from Kentucky state government where she worked in analyst, management/project management and executive capacities mainly involving information technology in various state agencies. She is an alumnus of the University of Kentucky with a BA in Political Science and obtained a MBA from Xavier University with a concentration in Information Systems. She also is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute, the global professional organization for project management excellence.
Nancy has loved to cook since she can remember watching her Kentucky mother and grandmother prepare scrumptious meals and holiday treats. She especially loves recipes based on her Kentucky heritage. Nancy always says that one of her greatest project management challenges is a successful Thanksgiving dinner for her family and friends.
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