Vanderbilt, Dall, Ayeiy, Shady Trip Schedules Released

-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-Feast Fest Events, Inc. has released the official schedules for the lengthy scouting and contract negotiation trips to be taken by Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt, Head Scouter Jim Dall, and Executive Assistants Arthur Ayeiy and Beryl Shady. All four will embark on separate trips, departing and arriving all on separate dates, but some of the trips will coincide at different points; for example, both Dall and Vanderbilt will meet perennial contractual contender Claudien Ainenl in Paris, and Shady and Ayeiy will both attend a meeting with a chef in Chicago. Ayeiy and Vanderbilt will coordinate a visit to Montreal. All four executives' trips will coincide in Tokyo on August 31, where all four will attend the Kitchen Stadium Tokyo exhibition there.

Vanderbilt's schedule:
Aug. 15 Depart Los Angeles - San Diego
Aug. 16 San Francisco
Aug. 17 Denver
Aug. 18 Dallas
Aug. 19 Houston - Nashville - Chicago
Aug. 20 Chicago - Indianapolis - St. Louis
Aug. 21 Minneapolis - Miami
Aug. 22 Miami
Aug. 23 Tampa - Orlando
Aug. 24 Jacksonville - Raleigh
Aug. 25 Washington, D.C. - Philadelphia
Aug. 26 Pittsburgh - New York City
Aug. 27 New York City
Aug. 28 New York City
Aug. 29 London
Aug. 30 Travel to Tokyo
Aug. 31 Tokyo
Sept. 1 Yokohama
Sept. 2 Manila
Sept. 3 Beijing
Sept. 4 Travel to Paris
Sept. 5 Paris
Sept. 6 Zurich
Sept. 7 Rome
Sept. 8 Boston
Sept. 9 Boston
Sept. 10 Seattle
Sept. 11 Portland
Sept. 12 Los Angeles

Dall's schedule
Aug. 29 Depart Los Angeles - Honolulu
Aug. 30 Honolulu
Aug. 31 Tokyo
Sept. 1 Sydney
Sept. 2 Travel to Athens
Sept. 2 Athens
Sept. 3 Copenhagen
Sept. 4 Rome
Sept. 5 Paris
Sept. 6 London
Sept. 7 Montreal - Ottawa - Toronto
Sept. 8 Toronto - Chicago
Sept. 9 Boston
Sept. 10 New York City
Sept. 11 Oklahoma City
Sept. 12 Vancouver
Sept. 13 San Francisco
Sept. 14 Los Angeles

Ayeiy's schedule
TRIP 1
Aug. 11 Depart Los Angeles - Phoenix
Aug. 12 Salt Lake City - Denver
Aug. 13 Dallas - St. Louis
Aug. 14 Chicago - Philadelphia
Aug. 15 Miami
Aug. 16 New York City
Aug. 17 Boston
Aug. 18 New York City
Aug. 19 London
Aug. 20 Los Angeles

TRIP 2
Aug. 27 Los Angeles - Sydney
Aug. 28 Sydney
Aug. 29 Beijing
Aug. 30 Tokyo
Aug. 31 Tokyo

TRIP 3
Sept. 8 Chicago

Logo to come shortly

-The official Feast Fest XIX 2013 logo has been released to the public and should be appearing at the top of the page shortly. 

Vanderbilt, Dall, Ayeiy, and Shady Trips All To Be Announced

-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt, Head Scouter Jim Dall, Executive Assistant Arthur Ayeiy, and Executive Assistant Beryl Shady all will embark on four separate-but-at-times-conjoined trips later this month and into September for purposes of scouting, contract negotiation, and other matters. All four will stop by for the next Feast Fest exhibition, on Saturday, August 31, at Kitchen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Full schedules for the four are expected later today, but it is known that the trips will take them across as many as seventeen countries on five continents.

Feast Fest XIX Logo to be Released

-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-Feast Fest Logo Designer Remunne Tchaikov is slated to officially release the Feast Fest XIX (2013) logo later today. Executive Assistant Beryl Shady confirmed that Tchaikov had completed the logo and had sent it to Feast Fest, where it was scheduled for release sometime Tuesday.

"Mr. Tchaikov did a spectacular job of designing our wondrous 2012 logo, and I am certain his creation will only further capture the spirit of the event here in 2013," Shady said in a press release.

Tchaikov took over the job of Logo Designer in 2012 from Andris Petrys, who designed the event's logos from 1999 to 2011.

Although officials loved Tchaikov's logo in 2012, others were not so thrilled. Art critics gave Tchaikov's 2012 logo a 6.4 on a 10 point scale, following critic scores of 7.2, 8.4, and 7.9, respectively, in 2011, 2010, and 2009. The best rated FF logo by art critics was Petrys's masterpiece in 2004.

Shelstinnia Leaving Again

-Bradford, U.K.
-Feast Fest chef Rina Shelstinnia is leaving Feast Fest after contractual negotiations flamed out Tuesday.

Shelstinnia (4/25/76) brought her World talents to Feast Fests XII (2006) and XVIII (2012). Shelstinnia was fired in December 2006 due to punctuality failure at FF XII, but got and fulfilled a second chance at FF XVIII. "Ms. Shelstinnia had a spectacular 2012 performance, and her struggles in 2006 did not factor into this decision," assured Head Scouter Jim Dall.

Rather, Dall said that Shelstinnia's hop across the pond to a restaurant in England had made it difficult for her to travel to the event and its exhibitions. She hasn't even been able to attend any exhibitions because her contract has been in limbo since January.

In hopes of putting the long case to an end, Dall and other scouters attempted to lure Shelstinnia with a $457,288, staggered 3-year deal through Feast Fest 2015, with an opt-out option after Feast Fest 2013 if she felt the travel arrangements weren't working. The offer followed a Jul. 1 offer for $422,246 per year over two years, with a opt-out option, and a Mar. 3 offer for $412,443 per year for one year.

Shelstinnia officially rejected the third offer Tuesday, and scouters then announced that they would cease negotiations with Shelstinnia. Rina Shelstinnia said she was "saddened" that an agreement could not be reached, but she hoped that Feast Fest would "keep a seat warm for [her] for a possible 2014 return."

Expert commentator Mike Vilshire said that the Scouting Department's unwillingness to pursue the matter further showed that "they think of Shelstinnia as a low-tiered, expendable chef whom they can replace easily."

Shelstinnia racked up 24 NCA points at Feast Fest 2012, and 6 in 2006.