In this first edition, “Food for Thought” talks with Kettle Cuisine Corporate Executive Chef Joseph Ascoli. Kettle Cuisine, Chelsea, Mass., is a national supplier of frozen and refrigerated soups, chili’s, chowders and stews for private label retail, restaurant and in-store deli sales. The company promoted Ascoli in February to succeed Volker Frick, who retired but remains as the company’s executive chef emeritus.