-Punta Gorda, Fla.
-We're now mere minutes away from the start if the official cooking portion here in Punta Gorda's Edelyn Cooking Arena. The official start time was pushed forward from 4pmE/1pmP to 3:50pmE/12:50pmP. All introductions and pre-ceremonies have concluded, so we are now just waiting for the bell to sound.
The 3 1/2-hour exhibition has a scheduled DigIn time of 7:30pmE/4:30pmP. So far, the stands here at Edelyn look good and full.
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The NCA Feast Fest lives here
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Final List for Edelyn Released
-Punta Gorda, Fla.
-The final list has been released for the exhibition here in Punta Gorda, which will start in about forty minutes.
The Mason Duo will again not be participating due to prior commitments--to make up for the fact that they will have missed the last two exhibitions, they have announced plans to schedule an unofficial mock exhibition with some of the Feast Fest chefs in Los Angeles "sometime in early November." Stephen Dreim also will not participate due to his continually mired negotiations with Feast Fest scouters.
We know now the names of five other chefs who will sit out the exhibition:
Cook
Okoworth
Allworth
Jurrjens
Anders
Jawroldy Jurrjens, who missed Monday's Morro Bay exhibition, will also miss this one as he continues to recover from a bout of mononucleosis.
Patti Allworth is also too sick to attend, and Peter Cook is staying behind to board up his Maryland home and establishment for the impending Hurricane Sandy.
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-The final list has been released for the exhibition here in Punta Gorda, which will start in about forty minutes.
The Mason Duo will again not be participating due to prior commitments--to make up for the fact that they will have missed the last two exhibitions, they have announced plans to schedule an unofficial mock exhibition with some of the Feast Fest chefs in Los Angeles "sometime in early November." Stephen Dreim also will not participate due to his continually mired negotiations with Feast Fest scouters.
We know now the names of five other chefs who will sit out the exhibition:
Cook
Okoworth
Allworth
Jurrjens
Anders
Jawroldy Jurrjens, who missed Monday's Morro Bay exhibition, will also miss this one as he continues to recover from a bout of mononucleosis.
Patti Allworth is also too sick to attend, and Peter Cook is staying behind to board up his Maryland home and establishment for the impending Hurricane Sandy.
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Vanderbilt-Dall-Ayeiy Arrive For Edelyn Exhibition
-Punta Gorda, CA
-The William Vanderbilt-Jim Dall-Arthur Ayeiy threesome has arrived here in Punta Gorda to take a break from their week-and-a-half-long, whirlwind recruiting and contract negotiation tour to settle back, relax, and watch the final Feast Fest exhibition.
"I'm extremely pumped for this final exhibition, one that will set the stage for the performance the chefs ram down on Thanksgiving," Vanderbilt said.
The three could be seen mingling on the floor with chefs pre-exhibition Sunday, and seemed to receive a very warm reception. Some worried about the reception Dall would receive; the Head Scouter is sometimes on iffy terms with chefs, and, during the last exhibition he attended, at Notes in April, chef Patrick Kermell told him to "buzz off" when he "pestered" him on the floor mere minutes before the start of the exhibition.
"That was a mistake," Dall admits now. "You can't be on the floor too close to the start bell, it can shake the chefs up, and I was that time."
The exhibition starts at 4 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Pacific.
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-The William Vanderbilt-Jim Dall-Arthur Ayeiy threesome has arrived here in Punta Gorda to take a break from their week-and-a-half-long, whirlwind recruiting and contract negotiation tour to settle back, relax, and watch the final Feast Fest exhibition.
"I'm extremely pumped for this final exhibition, one that will set the stage for the performance the chefs ram down on Thanksgiving," Vanderbilt said.
The three could be seen mingling on the floor with chefs pre-exhibition Sunday, and seemed to receive a very warm reception. Some worried about the reception Dall would receive; the Head Scouter is sometimes on iffy terms with chefs, and, during the last exhibition he attended, at Notes in April, chef Patrick Kermell told him to "buzz off" when he "pestered" him on the floor mere minutes before the start of the exhibition.
"That was a mistake," Dall admits now. "You can't be on the floor too close to the start bell, it can shake the chefs up, and I was that time."
The exhibition starts at 4 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Pacific.
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Edelyn Seems A Big Friend to McAllister, Choi, Mettling
-Punta Gorda, Fla.
-As we approach the start bell for the final exhibition at Edelyn Cooking Arena here in Punta Gorda, it is intriguing to note the recent surges that three big name chefs have seen here.
Jim McAllister, Lisa Choi, and Daniel Settling never seem to flail here at Edelyn. McAllister's been in all but one exhibition here at Edelyn in the eleven years it's been used as an exhibitional site. Of 17 appearances here in this pyramidic cooking arena, he has placed in the top three in NCA points all but once and in the top two 14 times. He's been first in points 7 times at Edelyn and has won the Edelyn MVC five times. Choi has also benefited at Edelyn. Of 15 appearances, she's been in the top three 11 times and also has five MVCs from Punta Gorda. And Daniel Mettling, while a relatively new Feast Fest chef compared to McAllister and Choi, has had Edelyn been extremely kind to him in his five exhibitions here. He's been in the top three in points here thrice, and led in points and won the MVC here at Edelyn back in January.
Watch for these three Feast Fest chefs to have another big impact on the exhibition here today!
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-As we approach the start bell for the final exhibition at Edelyn Cooking Arena here in Punta Gorda, it is intriguing to note the recent surges that three big name chefs have seen here.
Jim McAllister, Lisa Choi, and Daniel Settling never seem to flail here at Edelyn. McAllister's been in all but one exhibition here at Edelyn in the eleven years it's been used as an exhibitional site. Of 17 appearances here in this pyramidic cooking arena, he has placed in the top three in NCA points all but once and in the top two 14 times. He's been first in points 7 times at Edelyn and has won the Edelyn MVC five times. Choi has also benefited at Edelyn. Of 15 appearances, she's been in the top three 11 times and also has five MVCs from Punta Gorda. And Daniel Mettling, while a relatively new Feast Fest chef compared to McAllister and Choi, has had Edelyn been extremely kind to him in his five exhibitions here. He's been in the top three in points here thrice, and led in points and won the MVC here at Edelyn back in January.
Watch for these three Feast Fest chefs to have another big impact on the exhibition here today!
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Pasik, Avi, Stevenson, Aiber, Other FFers Board Up for Sandy
-Boston, MA
-Feast Fest's large concentration of chefs located up and down the Eastern Seaboard is boarding up and readying to close up shop for their restaurants as Hurricane Sandy threatens to pummel the region.
The powerful cyclone is projected to make landfall Tuesday along the Delaware and New Jersey coasts and then travel westward into Pennsylvania. New York City would certainly get a big, if not direct, hit from Sandy, and Boston will most likely see adverse effects from the 800-mile-wide hurricane as well.
Alexei Aiber and Johnny Stevenson, both owners of eateries in Trenton, N.J. and Latrobe, Pa., respectively, were seen putting planks of wood across their establishments and closing Friday. Lynn Avi's midtown Manhattan will close Sunday night, once the weekend rush is over. The storm will begin coming into the area on Sunday and Monday, with the worst effects scheduled for Tuesday.
Here in Boston, Joe Pasik was wavering about what action to take when asked about his restaurant No. He originally said that No would be closed and his annual Halloween Haul feast cancelled. Now that Sandy is projected merely to graze Boston, instead of plowing headfirst into it as was expected yesterday, Pasik has some misgivings about cancelling the extremely popular annual event, especially since William Vanderbilt, Jim Dall, and Arthur Ayeiy are scheduled to be in attendance as part of their 11-day, 30-city world tour on which they are currently embarking.
But, that tour could be rerouted as well. The threesome is supposed to stop in Washington, Philly, and Chicago on Monday and in Toronto, Montreal, and Boston on Tuesday, but that itinerary could be mangled if the storm interferes.
-Feast Fest's large concentration of chefs located up and down the Eastern Seaboard is boarding up and readying to close up shop for their restaurants as Hurricane Sandy threatens to pummel the region.
The powerful cyclone is projected to make landfall Tuesday along the Delaware and New Jersey coasts and then travel westward into Pennsylvania. New York City would certainly get a big, if not direct, hit from Sandy, and Boston will most likely see adverse effects from the 800-mile-wide hurricane as well.
Alexei Aiber and Johnny Stevenson, both owners of eateries in Trenton, N.J. and Latrobe, Pa., respectively, were seen putting planks of wood across their establishments and closing Friday. Lynn Avi's midtown Manhattan will close Sunday night, once the weekend rush is over. The storm will begin coming into the area on Sunday and Monday, with the worst effects scheduled for Tuesday.
Here in Boston, Joe Pasik was wavering about what action to take when asked about his restaurant No. He originally said that No would be closed and his annual Halloween Haul feast cancelled. Now that Sandy is projected merely to graze Boston, instead of plowing headfirst into it as was expected yesterday, Pasik has some misgivings about cancelling the extremely popular annual event, especially since William Vanderbilt, Jim Dall, and Arthur Ayeiy are scheduled to be in attendance as part of their 11-day, 30-city world tour on which they are currently embarking.
But, that tour could be rerouted as well. The threesome is supposed to stop in Washington, Philly, and Chicago on Monday and in Toronto, Montreal, and Boston on Tuesday, but that itinerary could be mangled if the storm interferes.
WiFF: The Week in Feast Fest: Saturday, October 27, 2012 - Friday, November 2, 2012
Important Feast Fest dates this week:
Saturday, 10/27 - No unique activities scheduled.
Sunday, 10/28 - The final Feast Fest exhibition before the real thing will begin at 4 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Pacific at Edelyn Cooking Arena in Punta Gorda, Fla., with an expected DigIn time of 7:30 p.m. Eastern/4:30 p.m. Pacific. The score of this last exhibition is usually a reliable predictor of the score the FF chefs drive home on Thanksgiving, so it'd better be a high one this year!
Monday, 10/29 - Jim McAllister, Ivan Peterman, and Jan Stephan are guest chefs at the Floridian Feast, Weston, Fla. This event will be graced by Feast Fest chefs for the first time due to its proximity both on the map and the calendar to the final exhibition in Punta Gorda the day before.
Tuesday, 10/30 - Joe Pasik is scheduled to host his annual Halloween Haul cooking event at his Boston, Mass. restaurant with William Vanderbilt, Jim Dall, and Arthur Ayeiy in attendance, but with Hurricane Sandy scheduled to pummel the region on this day, these plans are likely to be cancelled or rescheduled.
Wednesday, 10/31 - *Happy Halloween!* Vanderbilt, Dall, and Ayeiy will be in Paris to meet with Claudien Ainenl to sort out contractual disagreements.
Thursday, 11/1 - No unique activities scheduled.
Friday, 11/2 - No unique activities scheduled.
Birthdays!
10/30 - Alga Ross (scouter)
11/2 - Jarolde James (chef), Alue-Charlote Ste-Germaine Melling (chef)
Saturday, 10/27 - No unique activities scheduled.
Sunday, 10/28 - The final Feast Fest exhibition before the real thing will begin at 4 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Pacific at Edelyn Cooking Arena in Punta Gorda, Fla., with an expected DigIn time of 7:30 p.m. Eastern/4:30 p.m. Pacific. The score of this last exhibition is usually a reliable predictor of the score the FF chefs drive home on Thanksgiving, so it'd better be a high one this year!
Monday, 10/29 - Jim McAllister, Ivan Peterman, and Jan Stephan are guest chefs at the Floridian Feast, Weston, Fla. This event will be graced by Feast Fest chefs for the first time due to its proximity both on the map and the calendar to the final exhibition in Punta Gorda the day before.
Tuesday, 10/30 - Joe Pasik is scheduled to host his annual Halloween Haul cooking event at his Boston, Mass. restaurant with William Vanderbilt, Jim Dall, and Arthur Ayeiy in attendance, but with Hurricane Sandy scheduled to pummel the region on this day, these plans are likely to be cancelled or rescheduled.
Wednesday, 10/31 - *Happy Halloween!* Vanderbilt, Dall, and Ayeiy will be in Paris to meet with Claudien Ainenl to sort out contractual disagreements.
Thursday, 11/1 - No unique activities scheduled.
Friday, 11/2 - No unique activities scheduled.
Birthdays!
10/30 - Alga Ross (scouter)
11/2 - Jarolde James (chef), Alue-Charlote Ste-Germaine Melling (chef)
Apologies - Error
Due to a technical error, entries intended to be posted Friday failed to be published. Some of these entries will be posted Saturday.
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