- Marina del Rey, Calif.
- Feast Fest officials revealed Monday that Lindbergh Merrssff will yet again be honored with the Ceremonial Turkey, the first turkey placed into the ovens by the Head Chefs at the beginning of the Official Cooking Portion.
The love just doesn't run out for the septuagenarian Merrssff, a Feast Fest chef from its 1995 beginnings to 2008. Merrssff received the Ceremonial in 2011 and 2012; last year, Suzy and Jan Jenkins, the L.A. Wild owners, got the honorable bird.
Toward the middle and end of the 2000s, the Ceremonial was usually handed out to prominent celebrities, but in recent years has returned to its earlier form of being bestowed upon past Feast Fest dignitaries.
Merrssff, who would have been present at Feast Fest anyway as he has since taken on the less demanding job of critiquing Feast Fest, released this statement:
"For the third time in the last four years, I am exceedingly honored and humbled to receive the Ceremonial Turkey. Sometimes you wonder if you will begin to lose relevancy, if newer chefs won't remember you the way older ones do. After all, this Thanksgiving will be my sixth since I left the event due to aging in 2008. But I am made so glad to witness that Feast Fest has again chosen me. Countless other chefs and dignitaries are equally eligible to have this gracious honor bestowed upon them, and I can only step aside and issue the most profound of thank yous for the fact that I have again been chosen as the Ceremonial Turkey recipient."
An anonymous Feast Fest official said that there had been no other contenders giving Merrssff a run for the honor. "We knew for a long time that Lindbergh was going to receive the Ceremonial this year," said the official, speaking anonymously because she was unauthorized to speak publicly. "He deserves it more than anybody else. He is legendary."
FF Wire Service
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