-Los Angeles
-Feast Fest has become the latest victim of the anti-alcohol-consumption group Eliminate Alcohol.
EA Court President John Mecke said that EA had made the "unanimous decision" to boycott Feast Fest because the event serves alcohol and attracts families, claiming Feast Fest subjects children to untoward exposure to alcohol.
EA voted Wednesday to print and distribute anti-Feast Fest rhetoric and to urge the public not to attend Feast Fest unless it either restricts the event to those 21 and older or eliminates alcoholic consumption altogether. EA would likely prefer the latter. "EA has nothing against Feast Fest," John Sint Wiwelsken, a longtime analyst of EA and its workings, said. "Feast Fest is merely its most recent target in a long line of family-catering institutions it has endeavored recently to have them scrap alcohol. They have no legal standing, and Feast Fest needs not to worry."
Calls to EA offices and Court President Mecke were not returned. Court Member Jimmy Rokkette, who opposed the proposal, called boycotting Feast Fest "ridiculous." "We have very clear guidelines about what constitutes a legal crossing-the-line when it comes to alcoholic consumption. Feast Fest has not even come close to crossing that line."
Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt did not bridle at the boycott, however, instead extending an olive branch to EA by way of a letter to Court President Mecke in which he acknowledged problems with alcoholic consumption at Feast Fest and pledged to curb them.
"Inebriation has become a problem at Feast Fest," Vanderbilt assured Mecke, "and I stand firm in my quest to snuff it out."
FF Wire Service
The NCA Feast Fest lives here
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Feast Fest Executive Board Invokes Right to Refuse Service in Galen-Ames Matter
-Marina del Rey, Calif.
-The Feast Fest ten-member Executive Board voted 7-3 Wednesday morning to invoke Feast Fest's Right to Refuse Service to Anyone in a matter involving Brianna Galen-Ames, the 18-year-old culinary wunderkind who was a member of Feast Fest for four years before leaving the event in a strained fashion. After serving in four Feast Fests from 2007 to 2010, she announced in October 2010 that that year's Feast Fest would be her last due to her plans to attend a prestigious European cooking school beginning in spring 2011. The school, though, was shuttered unexpectedly for multi-year renovations, so in October 2011, Galen-Ames and Feast Fest scouters began working on a deal to get her back in the event in 2012. However, it had been revealed in her absence that chefs were relieved she had left, viewing her as cocky and immature. And she showed that side of herself when she attended Feast Fest 2011 under the personal invitation of Head Scouter Jim Dall, booing the score announcement of 99.0, the highest ever for a Feast Fest.
Galen-Ames and Feast Fest broke off their talks in January 2012, and had not had contact with each other since--until Friday, when an agent for Galen-Ames ordered two tickets, not identifying who the second ticket would be for, for Feast Fest 2013 on Nov. 28.
"We feel that this agent was attempting to get Ms. Galen-Ames into the event, and with her strained relationship with Feast Fest, there is no telling what she might do. We certainly would not want a repeat of her behavior at Feast Fest 2013. Therefore, we feel it sadly necessary and prudent to invoke our right to deny service to anyone to reject Ms. Galen-Ames' agent's order form," so read the concurrent opinion.
The dissenting opinion, written by Ava van Geilsrolmed, a known Galen-Ames supporter, read in part, "With our already tarnished relations with Ms. Galen-Ames, it is felt by the minority that extending an olive branch by way of offering two tickets to her agent would be the perfect way to offer forgiveness for her actions and to welcome her warmly back into the Feast Fest microcosm. We are certain Ms. Galen-Ames would not conduct her behavior in the manner in which she did in 2011."
"It really is a ridiculous passage of legislation, to invoke the right to refuse clause," van Geilsrolmed said. "They [the Executive Board] is merely trying to respond to the petty requests of the chefs."
Executive Assistant Arthur Ayeiy, who voted with the majority, said, "Ms. Galen-Ames has become a scourge on our event. It would be unwise to have Ms. Galen-Ames become involved with the event again, even in such a way as small as having her attend Feast Fest. This event and Ms. Galen-Ames have gone separate ways. It ought to stick that way."
FF Wire Service
-The Feast Fest ten-member Executive Board voted 7-3 Wednesday morning to invoke Feast Fest's Right to Refuse Service to Anyone in a matter involving Brianna Galen-Ames, the 18-year-old culinary wunderkind who was a member of Feast Fest for four years before leaving the event in a strained fashion. After serving in four Feast Fests from 2007 to 2010, she announced in October 2010 that that year's Feast Fest would be her last due to her plans to attend a prestigious European cooking school beginning in spring 2011. The school, though, was shuttered unexpectedly for multi-year renovations, so in October 2011, Galen-Ames and Feast Fest scouters began working on a deal to get her back in the event in 2012. However, it had been revealed in her absence that chefs were relieved she had left, viewing her as cocky and immature. And she showed that side of herself when she attended Feast Fest 2011 under the personal invitation of Head Scouter Jim Dall, booing the score announcement of 99.0, the highest ever for a Feast Fest.
Galen-Ames and Feast Fest broke off their talks in January 2012, and had not had contact with each other since--until Friday, when an agent for Galen-Ames ordered two tickets, not identifying who the second ticket would be for, for Feast Fest 2013 on Nov. 28.
"We feel that this agent was attempting to get Ms. Galen-Ames into the event, and with her strained relationship with Feast Fest, there is no telling what she might do. We certainly would not want a repeat of her behavior at Feast Fest 2013. Therefore, we feel it sadly necessary and prudent to invoke our right to deny service to anyone to reject Ms. Galen-Ames' agent's order form," so read the concurrent opinion.
The dissenting opinion, written by Ava van Geilsrolmed, a known Galen-Ames supporter, read in part, "With our already tarnished relations with Ms. Galen-Ames, it is felt by the minority that extending an olive branch by way of offering two tickets to her agent would be the perfect way to offer forgiveness for her actions and to welcome her warmly back into the Feast Fest microcosm. We are certain Ms. Galen-Ames would not conduct her behavior in the manner in which she did in 2011."
"It really is a ridiculous passage of legislation, to invoke the right to refuse clause," van Geilsrolmed said. "They [the Executive Board] is merely trying to respond to the petty requests of the chefs."
Executive Assistant Arthur Ayeiy, who voted with the majority, said, "Ms. Galen-Ames has become a scourge on our event. It would be unwise to have Ms. Galen-Ames become involved with the event again, even in such a way as small as having her attend Feast Fest. This event and Ms. Galen-Ames have gone separate ways. It ought to stick that way."
FF Wire Service
NCA Releases Full List of 2013 Award Categories
-New York
-With FF chefs having already racked up wins in some of the initial categories, such as Best European, Most Determined, and Best Fresh Face, the NCA released the full list of awards it will render through Dec. 1. A few new awards have popped up, such as Best Dessert Maker and Best Russian. A number of Feast Fest chefs could contend for the former, and Andri Jones and Alexei Aiber could be shoo-one for the latter. In addition, the NCA's Best Still-Studying award, which has been won four times by Assistant Head Sous-Chef Joe Pasik, has been scrapped due to its similarity to the NCA's Most Studious award, which Pasik has cradled thrice, in 2005, 2009, and 2010.
The full list appears below:
Best (NCA Chef of the Year Award)
Fun Chef Award
Best Sous-Chef/Head-Chef Collaboration
Most Well-Rounded
Most Fiery (With a Pan)
Most Studious
Flashiest
Most Logical
Best European
Best French
Best Italian
Best Creole
Best Latin Influence
Best Chinese
Best Japanese
Best Thai
Best German, Austrian, or Polish
Best Russian (NEW)
Best Sous-Chef Camaraderie
Most Knowledgeable
"Best of the Rest" Best Underestimated/Overlooked Chef
Wisest
Most Responsible
Best "Go-for-it-All" (has been signaled for possible scrapping in 2014 due to similarity to "Most Determined")
Most Americanized
Best World
Best Under-30
Best Under-24 (NEW)
Best Under-18
Best Cordon Bleu Alumnus
Best Mikokoshi Alumnus
Best Brayton Hill Alumnus
Most Loyal to Their Restaurant
Most Intimidating In A Positive Way
"Most Patriotic" Best American Chef
Most Creative
Most Artistic
Best Presentations (NEW)
Most Joyful (NEW)
Most Electric (NEW)
Best Above-50 (NEW)
Best Above-70 (NEW)
FF Wire Service
-With FF chefs having already racked up wins in some of the initial categories, such as Best European, Most Determined, and Best Fresh Face, the NCA released the full list of awards it will render through Dec. 1. A few new awards have popped up, such as Best Dessert Maker and Best Russian. A number of Feast Fest chefs could contend for the former, and Andri Jones and Alexei Aiber could be shoo-one for the latter. In addition, the NCA's Best Still-Studying award, which has been won four times by Assistant Head Sous-Chef Joe Pasik, has been scrapped due to its similarity to the NCA's Most Studious award, which Pasik has cradled thrice, in 2005, 2009, and 2010.
The full list appears below:
Best (NCA Chef of the Year Award)
Fun Chef Award
Best Sous-Chef/Head-Chef Collaboration
Most Well-Rounded
Most Fiery (With a Pan)
Most Studious
Flashiest
Most Logical
Best European
Best French
Best Italian
Best Creole
Best Latin Influence
Best Chinese
Best Japanese
Best Thai
Best German, Austrian, or Polish
Best Russian (NEW)
Best Sous-Chef Camaraderie
Most Knowledgeable
"Best of the Rest" Best Underestimated/Overlooked Chef
Wisest
Most Responsible
Best "Go-for-it-All" (has been signaled for possible scrapping in 2014 due to similarity to "Most Determined")
Most Americanized
Best World
Best Under-30
Best Under-24 (NEW)
Best Under-18
Best Cordon Bleu Alumnus
Best Mikokoshi Alumnus
Best Brayton Hill Alumnus
Most Loyal to Their Restaurant
Most Intimidating In A Positive Way
"Most Patriotic" Best American Chef
Most Creative
Most Artistic
Best Presentations (NEW)
Most Joyful (NEW)
Most Electric (NEW)
Best Above-50 (NEW)
Best Above-70 (NEW)
FF Wire Service
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