-Marina del Rey, Calif.
-Feast Fest finally released Saturday evening the schedule for the Feast Fest chefs once they arrive in Marina del Rey on Nov. 18. They will stay in the Marina for two weeks, a total of 14 days and 14 nights.
All times are PST
Especially important events have been CAPITALIZED.
Monday, November 18th
CHEFS ARRIVE AT THE BEACHVIEW RESORT THROUGHOUT THE DAY
8:00 p.m. -- ROLL CALL IN THE GRAND BALLROOM TO ENSURE THAT ALL 67 CHEFS HAVE ARRIVED
Tuesday, November 19th
8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. OPENING DELIBERATIONS IN THE GRAND BALLROOM
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Mock Practice #1
Wednesday, November 20th
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. -- Practice: Core Skills Runthrough
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. -- Practice: Kitchen Equipment Runthrough
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. -- Practice: Turkey Roasters Rundown
Dinner
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. -- Practice: Innovative Ideas Workshop
Thursday, November 21st
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. -- Official Pre-Event Chefs-Scouters Meeting
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. -- Practice: Kitchen Equipment Runthrough
Friday, November 22nd
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. -- Practice: Flare Skills Runthrough
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. -- Practice: Core Skills Runthrough
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. -- Practice: Innovative Ideas Workshop
Saturday, November 23rd
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. -- Practice: Flare Skills Runthrough
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. -- Tribute to Chefs Who Left During the Offseason
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. -- New Chefs Welcome and Question & Answer Session
3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. -- (New Chefs ONLY) NEW CHEF ORIENTATION SESSION, ALL CHEFS WHO JOINED ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 1, 2012 MUST BE PRESENT
Sunday, November 24th
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. -- Practice: Core Skills Runthrough
10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. -- Feast Fest Football Party, Luncheon, and Ice Cream Social
Monday, November 25th
7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. -- Practice: Kitchen Equipment Runthrough
9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. -- Practice: Flare Skills Runthrough
12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. -- Practice: Turkey Roasters Rundown
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. -- Practice: Core Skills Runthrough
Tuesday, November 26th
9:00 a.m.-12:02 p.m. -- ANNUAL MOCK "DRESS REHEARSAL" PREPFEST
12:03 p.m. - 6:56 p.m. -- ANNUAL MOCK "DRESS REHEARSAL" FEAST FEST
Wednesday, November 27th
--Day of rest for Feast Fest chefs--
Thursday, November 28th
4:30 a.m. -- Kitchen Opens to Feast Fest Chefs
7:00 a.m.-12:02 p.m. -- PREPFEST
12:02 p.m.-6:56 p.m. -- FEAST FEST XIX!!
6:56 p.m.-8:00 p.m. -- Dinner service
8:00 p.m. -- Score and MVC Announcements and Presentation
8:30 p.m. -- Chefs Go Off Duty
Friday, November 29th
--Day of rest for Feast Fest chefs--
Saturday, November 30th
9:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m. -- FEAST FEST CHEFS AFTER PARTY!! in the Grand Ballroom
Sunday, December 1st
10:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. -- Feast Fest Football Party, Luncheon, and Ice Cream Social
Monday, December 2nd
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. -- ANNUAL CLOSING MEETING AND DELIBERATIONS - ALL CHEFS MUST BE PRESENT
2:00 p.m. -- Chefs Leave Feast Fest*
*Seeing as the meeting prevents chefs from leaving until 2:00 p.m., those with longer flights or traveling days back home may choose not to leave until Tuesday, December 3rd.
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Saturday, November 9, 2013
Crellas Wins Most Diverse for 2nd Consecutive Year
-New York
-It's only been given out twice, and yet Laelech Crellas is already 2 for 2.
The multiethnic, multinational Feast Fest chef won her second consecutive NCA Most Diverse honor Saturday. The award was first given out in 2012.
"It makes sense that Laelech would win this award yet again," Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt said in a congratulatory statement, "as she is truly the world come together in one chef."
Crellas's ancestries include Hawaiian, Polynesian, Native American, German, British, Japanese, Indian, Indonesian, Irish, and Polish. This will be her eleventh Feast Fest.
Crellas called herself "in joyous tears" over the announcement Saturday. Crellas's choice was no contest, as she garnered 27.3% of the vote. FFer Jawrodly Jurrjens, himself bred of many different culinary cultures, podiumed at fourth, receiving 4.3%.
It was the first time an FF chef other than Crellas podiumed in Most Diverse. In 2012, Crellas won, but no other Feast Festers got on the board.
The 4th place honor marks Jurrjens' first ever NCA podium. "I'm so excited I can't find words! Thanks to all who have supported me! #ncaawards #ff," Jurrjens tweeted from Amsterdam, where it was already early Sunday morning when the winners were announced.
FF Wire Service
-It's only been given out twice, and yet Laelech Crellas is already 2 for 2.
The multiethnic, multinational Feast Fest chef won her second consecutive NCA Most Diverse honor Saturday. The award was first given out in 2012.
"It makes sense that Laelech would win this award yet again," Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt said in a congratulatory statement, "as she is truly the world come together in one chef."
Crellas's ancestries include Hawaiian, Polynesian, Native American, German, British, Japanese, Indian, Indonesian, Irish, and Polish. This will be her eleventh Feast Fest.
Crellas called herself "in joyous tears" over the announcement Saturday. Crellas's choice was no contest, as she garnered 27.3% of the vote. FFer Jawrodly Jurrjens, himself bred of many different culinary cultures, podiumed at fourth, receiving 4.3%.
It was the first time an FF chef other than Crellas podiumed in Most Diverse. In 2012, Crellas won, but no other Feast Festers got on the board.
The 4th place honor marks Jurrjens' first ever NCA podium. "I'm so excited I can't find words! Thanks to all who have supported me! #ncaawards #ff," Jurrjens tweeted from Amsterdam, where it was already early Sunday morning when the winners were announced.
FF Wire Service
Scandal May Envelop Chef's Brother As Well
-Marina del Rey, Calif.
-Allan Rousswick, a Feast Fest chef and brother of fellow Feast Fest chef, Jane Rousswick, who received $122,222 in gifts from a scouter, may soon be implicated in the scandal already surrounding her sister.
An official investigation of the incident, which brought about the firing of the scouter, Peter Chilphingham, and could lead to potential disciplinary action against Jane Rousswick, found Saturday that Allan Rousswick benefited from some of the gifts provided to his sibling. It is alleged that Allan Rousswick received half of the $20,000 in cash given to Jane Rousswick, and that Allan Rousswick used those moneys to buy several other expensive personal effects, including a Cartier men's watch.
Calls to the homes of both Rousswicks in Nova Scotia, to the offices of their agents, and to Chilphingham were all unanswered Saturday. Jane Rousswick released a statement early Saturday morning claiming her brother was "more suspicious than [she]" about the source of the money, and yet still went ahead and used it anyway.
Allan Rousswick's agent released a statement claiming he had been lied to. "Mr. Rousswick believed that his sister and Mr. Chilphingham were involved in a romantic relationship," the agent said. "While suspicious about the money, Mr. Rousswick believed that its sources were legitimate. Now that he is aware that the money was pilfered from Feast Fest's official budget, he is working to return all of the money, along with his sister Jane."
The two will both be interrogated when the chefs arrive for a ten-day Feast Fest preparatory session on Nov. 18. One or both could be benched from Feast Fest 2013 on Nov. 28 over the matter.
FF Wire Service
-Allan Rousswick, a Feast Fest chef and brother of fellow Feast Fest chef, Jane Rousswick, who received $122,222 in gifts from a scouter, may soon be implicated in the scandal already surrounding her sister.
An official investigation of the incident, which brought about the firing of the scouter, Peter Chilphingham, and could lead to potential disciplinary action against Jane Rousswick, found Saturday that Allan Rousswick benefited from some of the gifts provided to his sibling. It is alleged that Allan Rousswick received half of the $20,000 in cash given to Jane Rousswick, and that Allan Rousswick used those moneys to buy several other expensive personal effects, including a Cartier men's watch.
Calls to the homes of both Rousswicks in Nova Scotia, to the offices of their agents, and to Chilphingham were all unanswered Saturday. Jane Rousswick released a statement early Saturday morning claiming her brother was "more suspicious than [she]" about the source of the money, and yet still went ahead and used it anyway.
Allan Rousswick's agent released a statement claiming he had been lied to. "Mr. Rousswick believed that his sister and Mr. Chilphingham were involved in a romantic relationship," the agent said. "While suspicious about the money, Mr. Rousswick believed that its sources were legitimate. Now that he is aware that the money was pilfered from Feast Fest's official budget, he is working to return all of the money, along with his sister Jane."
The two will both be interrogated when the chefs arrive for a ten-day Feast Fest preparatory session on Nov. 18. One or both could be benched from Feast Fest 2013 on Nov. 28 over the matter.
FF Wire Service