-New York
-Lynn Avi told a rapidly-thinning Feast Fest chef hierarchy that she would show up for Sunday's Windows on the Water exhibition after missing Monday's due to recent pregnancy.
"I will be present for Sunday's exhibition," she tweeted Monday.
FF Wire Service
The NCA Feast Fest lives here
Monday, October 28, 2013
First Bell Rings at Edelyn
-Punta Gorda, Fla.
-In an attempt to make up a 90-minute delay, the cooking start bell has rung here at Edelyn Cooking Arena at 8:53 p.m., seven minutes earlier than the rescheduled start time of 9 p.m.
Once all chefs had declared themselves ready, Acting Head Chef Jim McAllister asked that the bell be rung "immediately."
The 3 to 3 1/2-hour exhibition, in which 124 Thanksgiving-style meals will be prepared, could end as late as 12:30 a.m. local time.
McAllister satisfied the delay-ridden crowd at ECA early, with a quadruple flip and 10 NCA points racked up in the opening minutes.
Of the 124 turkey meals, 10 are expected to be consumed by attendees and critics. The other 114 will be donated to food banks and other charities.
FF Wire Service
-In an attempt to make up a 90-minute delay, the cooking start bell has rung here at Edelyn Cooking Arena at 8:53 p.m., seven minutes earlier than the rescheduled start time of 9 p.m.
Once all chefs had declared themselves ready, Acting Head Chef Jim McAllister asked that the bell be rung "immediately."
The 3 to 3 1/2-hour exhibition, in which 124 Thanksgiving-style meals will be prepared, could end as late as 12:30 a.m. local time.
McAllister satisfied the delay-ridden crowd at ECA early, with a quadruple flip and 10 NCA points racked up in the opening minutes.
Of the 124 turkey meals, 10 are expected to be consumed by attendees and critics. The other 114 will be donated to food banks and other charities.
FF Wire Service
Edelyn Exhibition About to Commence
-Punta Gorda, Fla.
-The latest Feast Fest exhibition ever will officially commence with the ringing of the official "Start" bell here at Edelyn Cooking Arena in Punta Gorda, Fla., at 9:00 p.m. EDT.
The exhibition, originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EDT, was delayed due to an injury incident wherein an NCA critic slipped and fell on the cooking surface around 6:00 p.m. EDT, causing a chain reaction which damaged several cooking stations, which needed to be hastily repaired or replaced.
"It was a freak accident," said NCA Head Al Green. Green said that the critic did not require medical attention and would continue to critique the event. The critic was not named and so could not be reached for comment.
"As we understand it, a critic of the NCA slipped and fell, at which point his foot spasmed and kicked a cooking station, damaging it, and causing that cooking station to fall over onto two other cooking stations, and mildly damaging a third."
The Feast Fest chefs, already without their full oomph due to the absence of critical chefs such as the Mason Duo and Lynn Avi, seemed disheartened and shaken up by the delay. "But we have to maintain our focus and not turn this into another 2011 Morro Bay," Head Chef Jim McAllister said, citing an incident at the 2011 Windows on the Water exhibition wherein a water main broke and flooded the cooking floor, delaying the exhibition for 24 hours. It ended at 12:30 a.m. on a Monday morning, having been scheduled to end around 11 p.m. Saturday night.
It is likely that the exhibition could see DigIn! coming as late as 12:30 a.m., and with a final score coming as late as 1:00 a.m.
"We will work harder than ever to make up the lost time," McAllister said.
Delaying the exhibition to Tuesday was briefly discussed, but then called off. "Many of the chefs are expected to be back at work at their restaurants as soon as possible, and we would not want to delay them further," Green said.
McAllister criticized the original placement of the event at 7:30 to begin with. "No reason to schedule these things so late."
FF Wire Service
-The latest Feast Fest exhibition ever will officially commence with the ringing of the official "Start" bell here at Edelyn Cooking Arena in Punta Gorda, Fla., at 9:00 p.m. EDT.
The exhibition, originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EDT, was delayed due to an injury incident wherein an NCA critic slipped and fell on the cooking surface around 6:00 p.m. EDT, causing a chain reaction which damaged several cooking stations, which needed to be hastily repaired or replaced.
"It was a freak accident," said NCA Head Al Green. Green said that the critic did not require medical attention and would continue to critique the event. The critic was not named and so could not be reached for comment.
"As we understand it, a critic of the NCA slipped and fell, at which point his foot spasmed and kicked a cooking station, damaging it, and causing that cooking station to fall over onto two other cooking stations, and mildly damaging a third."
The Feast Fest chefs, already without their full oomph due to the absence of critical chefs such as the Mason Duo and Lynn Avi, seemed disheartened and shaken up by the delay. "But we have to maintain our focus and not turn this into another 2011 Morro Bay," Head Chef Jim McAllister said, citing an incident at the 2011 Windows on the Water exhibition wherein a water main broke and flooded the cooking floor, delaying the exhibition for 24 hours. It ended at 12:30 a.m. on a Monday morning, having been scheduled to end around 11 p.m. Saturday night.
It is likely that the exhibition could see DigIn! coming as late as 12:30 a.m., and with a final score coming as late as 1:00 a.m.
"We will work harder than ever to make up the lost time," McAllister said.
Delaying the exhibition to Tuesday was briefly discussed, but then called off. "Many of the chefs are expected to be back at work at their restaurants as soon as possible, and we would not want to delay them further," Green said.
McAllister criticized the original placement of the event at 7:30 to begin with. "No reason to schedule these things so late."
FF Wire Service
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