-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-A team of scouters has negotiated with Italian master Armando Caccicci to come to terms on a $626,000 for two years starting 2013, with a 2015 option.
Caccicci set an offer minimum of $650,000 Oct. 20, but scouters refused to go that high, instead offering a $602,000 contract which the Rome-based culinary paragon rejected. Caccicci met in the middle Wednesday by lowering his offer minimum to $626,000, and Feast Fest, impatient with the ping-pong back-and-forth of recent negotiations, decided to jump at that offer a mere 45 minutes after it was announced. Of course, because it is not officially the offseason, the deal can't be formally inked until it begins on Mon., Dec. 3.
This does not, however, mean that the deal is wholly settled. There will be several other talking points to burrow through come the next offseason on minor issues, mainly to do with the payment of minor benefits, such as how much Feast Fest is willing to pay for transportation, how much Feast Fest will provide support for passport obtainment and lodging, and how much share Feast Fest will be responsible for in medical benefits.
"We have the meat of the deal with Mr. Caccicci agreed upon," said Head Scouter Jim Dall, speaking from Paris. "But we still have to negotiate with Mr. Caccicci on potatoes and carrots issues such as transportation tabs and medical benefits."
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