-Tunbridge, Vt.
-Feast Fest newcomer Tony Ruscoso was able to slam down a $231,000 deal Thursday following intense negotiations with Head Scouter Jim Dall.
The Vermont-based Italian-American chef at a 4-star Vermont mountain resort had signed with FF in June, but received a notoriously low $91,234 at signing for a seventh-line-of-power slot. The Scouting Department originally said that they gave him a very low offer because "[Ruscoso] is likely to be a one-year chef." They came to this conclusion due to a gaffe Ruscoso made, saying he was "looking forward" to "experimenting" with his culinary career by joining Feast Fest, the word "experimenting" making scouters think Ruscoso did not plan to become a fixture with the event. Thus, they offered him $91,234 at signing, the lowest entry-level offer in six years, with $114,233 for a 2013 extension and $189,534 for a 2014 extension. "Tis is a year-by-year, take-it-as-we-go contract, to conform with Ruscoso's wishes for 'experimentation'," so said Scouter Mike Meeckley Jun. 28.
Dall swung through Vermont Thursday to visit Ruscoso, where Ruscoco claimed that the "experimentation" remark was a "badly chosen, out-of-thin-air term that was not meant to display the message that I would be a come-and-go chef." Rather, "I have been following Feast Fest for years and wish to become a fixture within it," Ruscoso clarified.
Thus, Dall and Ruscoso came to terms with a three-year, $231,000 deal, with an option for 2015 which could deal Ruscoso anywhere from $209,000 to $272,000 per year, depending on his performance at the event.
Still, even with the major raise, Ruscoso will still harbor the second-lowest chef contract for 2012; only Jane Jockell, set to cradle $227,450 this November, will rake in less. (The Mason Duo have the highest contracts: $924,332 each this Thanksgiving.)
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