Jámes hopes surgery date will not hinder Feast Fest performance

-Los Angeles
-Could Jarólde Jámes become the first ever Feast Fest chef to, well, miss Feast Fest?

The possibility is slight, but still there, as the Mexican culinary maven must undergo foot surgery on "the only date the office had available," which is Mon., Nov. 21, just three days before Feast Fest.

Jámes ripped and shredded a muscle in his foot this past Wednesday in a home accident and had an ER visit. He was given a stilt, told to keep weight off the foot and book a surgery to repair the injured muscle.

The injury is not an actual threat to Jámes's health, but there are questions about whether he may be forced to sit out his debut Feast Fest if he has post-surgery foot pain that immobilizes him from the fast paced action of the Feast Fest floor.

Jámes also worries about the potential negative prospects of the event. "My contract is one-year, so if I get paid without even participating in the main Feast Fest event on Thanksgiving, that'll look bad and hinder my chances of getting re-signed for 2012," he explained. "The worst case scenario is that I never get to participate in Feast Fest on the Real Big Day. I don't want to have a one-year career just in exhibitions. What would the training of those have been for if I can't cook on Thanksgiving?"

His doctor says the operation should have him back on his injured right foot "in a few days," but was hazy about how many days "a few" signified.

"I'll see how things go," Jámes says. "If I can walk around on both feet effectively, even if it's painful, I'm doing it. Don't care what the docs say. I can't miss this, I'm too excited!"

Jámes is more or less guaranteed to miss the vital "dress rehearsal mock Feast Fest" on Tues., Nov. 22, one day after his surgery. "Hopefully, if I can participate on Thanksgiving, missing the mock runthrough on Tuesday won't take too much away from my culinary effectiveness."



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