Dall Flying Home

-Montpelier, Vt.
-Head Scouter Jim Dall is aboard a private jet, flying back to Feast Fest headquarters in Los Angeles after a four-day, four-state newcomer chef contract verification swing. Here's a rundown of what the Feast Fest Scouting Department Head accomplished during his East Coast travels:

--- Visited Bonita Springs, Fla., home of newcomer chef Patti Anriyyi, and negotiated contract extensions with her. Anriyyi wished for a multiple-year contract but only received a one-year contract. Anriyyi ultimately agreed to a two-year, $298,457-per-year deal, with a 2014 option.
--- Visited Oxford, N.C. Tuesday to negotiate contract amounts with newcomer chef Alan Johns. Johns accepted a $323,451 one-year deal, up from an original $316,454 two-year deal. Dall also visited the Jenkins family of Feast Fest Official Culinary Provider L.A. Wild at their family farm in Ingleside, N.C., Tuesday and Wednesday, where (see separate article) Jan Jenkins, while giving Dall a tour of the farm, lost control of his pickup truck and drove it into the side of a barn. All three aboard, Jan, wife Suzy, and Dall, were uninjured.
--- Visited Stroudsburg, Penn. Wednesday to try to quell a newcomer chef, Brent Bruskins, who wished for a $310,000 contract raise from his original $345,000 offer, as well as a fourth-line-of-power spot instead of the sixth-line-of-power slot he was originally offered. Dall and Bruskins compromised on a $453,177 deal and a fifth-line-of-power spot.
--- Visited Tunbridge, Vt. Thursday (see separate article) and gave Tony Ruscoso a $231,000 deal, up from an original $91,234 offering.



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