Readying for WotW

-Morro Bay, Ca.
-Kicking off a huge week for Feast Fest, chefs have arrived here at Windows on the Water in San Luis Obispo County's Morro Bay, for the seventh of eight Feast Fest offswasin exhibitions. Less than a week from today, on Sunday, Feast Festers engage in the final exhibition before Feast Fest 2012 at Edelyn Cooking Arena in Punta Gorda, Fla.

But for now the focus is on WotW. Chefs want to avoid a repeat of a tarnished performance here in The Town by the Rock after scoring 87.5 overall and garnering a 79.0 turkey individual score. That exhibition was delayed twice due to water main breaks under the kitchen floor, and most of the exhibition--intended for a Saturday afternoon--took place late on a Sunday night.

FFers also wish to improve on their performance at their last exhibition, at Kitchen Stadium Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 16, which saw a lukewarm 90.9 overall score and a disappointing 85.7 turkey rating, primarily due to exceptionally dry birds that saddled Feast Fest's lone overseas exhibition for the second time in three tries (the 2010 Tokyo birds had those in attendance given samples of the turkey asking, "This is their traditional feast?").

The schedule for the evening is for the Official Cooking Portion, which is about half as long as that of the actual Feast Fest, to commence at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET and for DigIn to (hopefully) take place around 9:30 p.m. PT/12:30 a.m. ET.

Of this year's 66 chefs, 57 will be present. The Mason Duo will not be present due to a prior commitment. Because they will be gone, Jim McAllister will serve as sole head chef.




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