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For those who already have their preparations in order for Feast Fest 2011, we remind you that tix are NOW ON SALE for Feast Fest 2012, Wednesday, November 21-Sunday, November 25, 2012, with the Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, November 22. Special early bird prices are available who book ON OR BEFORE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011. Those who book after this date may be subject to higher rates!
-CHANGES FOR 2012-
Kitchen balcony capacity will expand from 250 to 300.
Feast Fest's new all-purpose rights (APR) contract with the CDP of Marina del Rey will begin.
The appetizer plate, usually just for the mouths of patrons, will become an officially scored Feast Fest food.
Thenoø Law may leave.
Lon Akey may leave.
Brianna Galen-Ames may re-join.
The NCA Feast Fest lives here
Monday, October 17, 2011
Correction
A correction published Monday erroneously stated that Maxwell Greaves joined FF for one year only at age 10 in 2010, dropping out by 2011. Greaves' lone year was 2006, and he dropped out before 2007, Brianna Galen-Ames's, who was 12 at the time, first year.
Corrections
An entry from early Monday morning regarding the Windows on the Water exhibition gave the NCA score there as 87.4; it was 87.5.
A Monday entry regarding Brianna Galen-Ames said that she was the youngest chef ever when she joined in 2007. She was the youngest chef at the time, but not the youngest to join. The youngest ever was a 10 year old, Maxwell Greaves, who joined in 2010 but cooked for only 49 minutes. Greaves dropped out in the 2011 offseason
Galen-Ames to return?
-Marina del Rey, CA
-It was confirmed Monday that Brianna Galen-Ames will contemplate a return to the Feast Fest roster in time for Feast Fest XVIII in 2012.
Ames, 16, became the youngest FF chef ever in November 2007 when she participated at age 12. In October 2010, she announced she was leaving Feast Fest to attend culinary school in Europe and made it seem as if 2010 would be her last event.
However, the rumor mill was in full strength when it came to Galen-Ames. As early as December 2010, it was rumored that she had cancelled her plans to move to Europe in June 2011. In March 2011, Galen-Ames listed her relocation plans as delayed, and in June she stated that the culinary school she was planning to attend had closed.
On June 27, 2011, Galen-Ames announced she would remain stateside for at least a year, but made no remarks about FF until today, when she said she would consider rejoining for 2012.
Galen-Ames is expected to speak at an FF press conference Tuesday to give details of her possible return.
-It was confirmed Monday that Brianna Galen-Ames will contemplate a return to the Feast Fest roster in time for Feast Fest XVIII in 2012.
Ames, 16, became the youngest FF chef ever in November 2007 when she participated at age 12. In October 2010, she announced she was leaving Feast Fest to attend culinary school in Europe and made it seem as if 2010 would be her last event.
However, the rumor mill was in full strength when it came to Galen-Ames. As early as December 2010, it was rumored that she had cancelled her plans to move to Europe in June 2011. In March 2011, Galen-Ames listed her relocation plans as delayed, and in June she stated that the culinary school she was planning to attend had closed.
On June 27, 2011, Galen-Ames announced she would remain stateside for at least a year, but made no remarks about FF until today, when she said she would consider rejoining for 2012.
Galen-Ames is expected to speak at an FF press conference Tuesday to give details of her possible return.
FF Conference Broadcast
An FF press conference will be streamed live at feastfest.com Tuesday at 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT from the Beachview Resort in Marina del Rey. The remarks win. Be approximately one hour.
Slated appearances and topics:
William Vanderbilt, Mgr. will discuss the 2011 FF Goals List
Jim Dall, Head Scouter, will confirm the full rosters for FF '11 and confirm the line of power (LOP) arrangements
Thenoø Law, Chef, will discuss a possible leave of Feast Fest in the '11-'12 offseason
Brianna Galen-Ames, Fmr. Chef, will discuss a possible return to Feast Fest in 2012
Lindbergh Merrssff, Fmr. Chef and Current Head of the NCA Feast Fest Inspection Dept., will discuss the slated achievements of the Inspection Dept. for this year's FF.
Slated appearances and topics:
William Vanderbilt, Mgr. will discuss the 2011 FF Goals List
Jim Dall, Head Scouter, will confirm the full rosters for FF '11 and confirm the line of power (LOP) arrangements
Thenoø Law, Chef, will discuss a possible leave of Feast Fest in the '11-'12 offseason
Brianna Galen-Ames, Fmr. Chef, will discuss a possible return to Feast Fest in 2012
Lindbergh Merrssff, Fmr. Chef and Current Head of the NCA Feast Fest Inspection Dept., will discuss the slated achievements of the Inspection Dept. for this year's FF.
Notice
The FF ticketing hotline will be closed on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, from 6 am to 1 pm PDT (9 am to 4 pm EDT), due to technical maintenance. The line will again operate beginning at 1 pm PDT (4 pm EDT) until the normal ticket office closing hour of 6 pm PDT (9 pm EDT). We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.
87.4 at WotW
--Morro Bay, CA (Feast Fest)
--It has been confirmed that the Feast Fest exhibition at Windows on the Water in Morro Bay has finally come to a complete end after its Saturday postponement.
Saturday saw only seven minutes of cooking until a water main broke, flooding the kitchen and suspending the activities for the remainder of the night.
Resumption came at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, but the water main broke twice more, leading to a cumulative delay of five and a half hours that saw the DigIn bell sounding at 10:01, twenty-seven hours and one minute after the exhibition started Saturday.
The exhibition's constant delays flustered FF chefs, and the projected NCA score dipped as low as 76.2 at one point in the early evening. The turkeys' seemingly unassailable 98-and-up streak was shattered, as their bone-dry texture led to them receiving an abysmal 79.0 score.
"The turkeys were '03-level," said Jim McAllister, likening the birds to the parched 2003 Feast Fest turkeys that tarnished that year's official NCA score.
The chefs will not meet again until the next and final Feast Fest exhibition, at Edelyn Cooking Arena in Punta Gorda, Fla. on Tuesday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Jim McAllister: "We have to step things up for Punta Gorda. A change of scene would be nice; Morro Bay's usually one of my favorite places to have exhibitions, but everything went wrong from every angle and on every front and in every way this time around."
And Lynn Avi commented, "The big day's only a little over a month away. We can't be seeing scores of this nature when we're trying to get that coveted 100 mark!"
But at WotW over the weekend, thoughts of the 100 score were sparse. "Let's just get this over with," was the call of most chefs. They didn't bother with dreams of 100; today, they knew that they were in Morro Bay and that a score of 100 was on Mars.
--It has been confirmed that the Feast Fest exhibition at Windows on the Water in Morro Bay has finally come to a complete end after its Saturday postponement.
Saturday saw only seven minutes of cooking until a water main broke, flooding the kitchen and suspending the activities for the remainder of the night.
Resumption came at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, but the water main broke twice more, leading to a cumulative delay of five and a half hours that saw the DigIn bell sounding at 10:01, twenty-seven hours and one minute after the exhibition started Saturday.
The exhibition's constant delays flustered FF chefs, and the projected NCA score dipped as low as 76.2 at one point in the early evening. The turkeys' seemingly unassailable 98-and-up streak was shattered, as their bone-dry texture led to them receiving an abysmal 79.0 score.
"The turkeys were '03-level," said Jim McAllister, likening the birds to the parched 2003 Feast Fest turkeys that tarnished that year's official NCA score.
The chefs will not meet again until the next and final Feast Fest exhibition, at Edelyn Cooking Arena in Punta Gorda, Fla. on Tuesday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Jim McAllister: "We have to step things up for Punta Gorda. A change of scene would be nice; Morro Bay's usually one of my favorite places to have exhibitions, but everything went wrong from every angle and on every front and in every way this time around."
And Lynn Avi commented, "The big day's only a little over a month away. We can't be seeing scores of this nature when we're trying to get that coveted 100 mark!"
But at WotW over the weekend, thoughts of the 100 score were sparse. "Let's just get this over with," was the call of most chefs. They didn't bother with dreams of 100; today, they knew that they were in Morro Bay and that a score of 100 was on Mars.
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