-Chicago
-Mere hours after she jetted off to St. Barthelemy in the Caribbean, Brianna Galen-Ames was tracked down and fled back her to Central Illinois home, where she quickly hired a team of security and bodyguards, and locked herself in her expansive abode. The press crush wore off, but likely due to the lateness of the hour.
"The press were crushing, worse than before I left," said Galen-Ames to one reporter she authorized for a very short interview. "I should not have said on the note where I was going."
"I'll lock myself in two, three, four days if I have to, the press need to get the message that they must stop harassing me," she added. "Besides, a few days with just me and my family is exactly what I need at this point. I beg to the media to respect that. I'll come out publicly when I'm ready, which will be shortly."
Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt said he "[has] no direct control over the sit[uation]," but he added that "if Galen-Ames were contractual[ly] signed with Feast Fest, I would be at her aid immediately regarding this matter."
The news regarding Galen-Ames was released very late Wednesday.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Galen-Ames Cuts Herself Off From Culinary World
-Chicago
-Former Feast Fest chef Brianna Galen-Ames just pulled an Ian Pertovsky.
Galen-Ames, embattled by her frustrating series of appearances at Meeting & Conference Week last week and the recent news that a scouter, Daved Leineken, tried to bribe and blackmail her over the summer, has now cut herself off from the culinary world.
Reporters rushed Galen-Ames' central Illinois home Wednesday, only to find a note, reading: "I've gone to St. Barthelemy," she wrote, referring to a Caribbean island. "Press, give privacy. Do not come."
The move smacks of similarity to the time when Ian Pertovsky become embroiled in scandals when Feast Fest tried to sign him in 2009. Fed up, he fled to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean, losing contact with the culinary world for three days.
Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt says "it's understandable, given what's gone on, that she would just want a little vacation that's private and to herself."
Vanderbilt said that nobody could know how long Galen-Ames would be gone.
Vanderbilt heavily urged reporters and FF scouters not to travel to St. Barthelemy to look for the 16-year-old culinary maven, but said that "it is unlikely that those commands will be followed."
Galen-Ames is recovering from a broken ankle she suffered Thursday when she stormed out of a Conference Hall after being heckled by the crowd and slipped on a freshly waxed floor.
-Former Feast Fest chef Brianna Galen-Ames just pulled an Ian Pertovsky.
Galen-Ames, embattled by her frustrating series of appearances at Meeting & Conference Week last week and the recent news that a scouter, Daved Leineken, tried to bribe and blackmail her over the summer, has now cut herself off from the culinary world.
Reporters rushed Galen-Ames' central Illinois home Wednesday, only to find a note, reading: "I've gone to St. Barthelemy," she wrote, referring to a Caribbean island. "Press, give privacy. Do not come."
The move smacks of similarity to the time when Ian Pertovsky become embroiled in scandals when Feast Fest tried to sign him in 2009. Fed up, he fled to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean, losing contact with the culinary world for three days.
Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt says "it's understandable, given what's gone on, that she would just want a little vacation that's private and to herself."
Vanderbilt said that nobody could know how long Galen-Ames would be gone.
Vanderbilt heavily urged reporters and FF scouters not to travel to St. Barthelemy to look for the 16-year-old culinary maven, but said that "it is unlikely that those commands will be followed."
Galen-Ames is recovering from a broken ankle she suffered Thursday when she stormed out of a Conference Hall after being heckled by the crowd and slipped on a freshly waxed floor.
Zaksen to Join
-Marina del Rey, CA
-The Feast Fest Scouting Department announced midday Wednesday that they have come to preliminary contractual agreements with Roy Zaksen, an American/World master from the Mackinac Grand Resort on Mackinac Island, MI.
-The Feast Fest Scouting Department announced midday Wednesday that they have come to preliminary contractual agreements with Roy Zaksen, an American/World master from the Mackinac Grand Resort on Mackinac Island, MI.
Zaksen is expected to sign in December or January to join Feast Fest in 2012.
Meetings with Zaksen will resume after Feast Fest on November 24.
"Zaksen will make a wonderful addition to our Feast Fest family," stated Head Scouter Jim Dall.
Leineken Releases Statement
-Los Angeles
-A statement was released early Wednesday by Daved Leineken, the scouter fired for trying to bribe and blackmail former chef Brianna Galen-Ames to return in 2012.
In the statement, Leineken heavily defends his actions across seven densely printed pages, calling Brianna Galen-Ames "a chef of truly undeniable and immense talent and...one of vigor we have never seen before at Feast Fest."
Leineken did admit to the bribery and blackmail, but said in the letter that he should be hailed as a hero for the actions. "Should Galen-Ames re-sign, and Heaven Forbid she does not, my actions will have both saved this fantastical event from economic and [chef-scouter] relational disaster and elevated it to a brand new height, one neither seen nor even thought of or imagined before."
"It's just words," says Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt. "Just words without weight. We're not paying any attention to them. For this person to call himself a hero...it's disgusting. We don't want any scouter to justify their greed as a heroic action. That's simply heinous."
Brianna Galen-Ames had no comment to the statement Wednesday.
Vanderbilt assured, "I wouldn't think that someone like Brianna would agree with the statement, though. She's more humble than she's being made out to be."
Amidst the confusion regarding the Galen-Ames matter, Vanderbilt's approval rating among FF workers has fluctuated wildly, from 96% to 89% to 92% to 87% to 93% today.
-A statement was released early Wednesday by Daved Leineken, the scouter fired for trying to bribe and blackmail former chef Brianna Galen-Ames to return in 2012.
In the statement, Leineken heavily defends his actions across seven densely printed pages, calling Brianna Galen-Ames "a chef of truly undeniable and immense talent and...one of vigor we have never seen before at Feast Fest."
Leineken did admit to the bribery and blackmail, but said in the letter that he should be hailed as a hero for the actions. "Should Galen-Ames re-sign, and Heaven Forbid she does not, my actions will have both saved this fantastical event from economic and [chef-scouter] relational disaster and elevated it to a brand new height, one neither seen nor even thought of or imagined before."
"It's just words," says Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt. "Just words without weight. We're not paying any attention to them. For this person to call himself a hero...it's disgusting. We don't want any scouter to justify their greed as a heroic action. That's simply heinous."
Brianna Galen-Ames had no comment to the statement Wednesday.
Vanderbilt assured, "I wouldn't think that someone like Brianna would agree with the statement, though. She's more humble than she's being made out to be."
Amidst the confusion regarding the Galen-Ames matter, Vanderbilt's approval rating among FF workers has fluctuated wildly, from 96% to 89% to 92% to 87% to 93% today.