-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-Already signed on through Feast Fest 2013, Alizone Jahswheich avoided having to sign an extension right after Thanksgiving by clearing the matter away Wednesday.
Jahswheich, already signed on for FF 2013 and slated to receive $441,237 this November, signed a two-year extension for $464,118 through FF 2014 and 2015.
The deal was confirmed around 8 p.m. Wednesday through Jahswheich's agent, and confirmed thirty minutes later by Scouter Nevin Wilson. Wilson said the contract had been inked.
Jahswheich turned down a one-year extension for the same amount last week, saying he wanted at least an additional year tacked on. "Now Mr. Jahswheich can go through Feast Fest XXI in 2015 without having to worry about re-inking a deal," the agent said.
Wilson released a statement saying, "Alizone is an eclectic and committed member of our Feast Fest team, one of our international mainstays, and we are thrilled to have secured his presence here beyond just this November." Wilson also stated how Jahswheich's contracts had been murky in the past. "Jahswheich signed all one-year deals from the time he joined in 2009. He signed subsequent one-year deals in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. And some of those negotiation processes were very argumentative. So I believe he had become disillusioned with the process and that he was very pleased to finally slam down a multi-year deal here on good terms today, for the first time in his so far illustrious Feast Fest career."
Jahswheich has racked up 204 NCA points over his four Feast Fests. In January, he won the Most Valuable Chef honor at the Edelyn Cooking Arena exhibition, his first as a Feast Fest chef.
"He ought to have been signed to a multi-year deal before now. He's brilliant," Wilson said. He added, "That was a mistake on our part."
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