OS Successful in Filibuster of 2014 Expansion Measure, But Easy Breathing Not Guaranteed

-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-The Feast Fest Organization Senate was unable to pass a proposal to expand to a two-Feast Fest, 14-hour Thanksgiving event in 2014 on Monday as purists successfully filibustered the event.

Pete Wilco, Lois Jenks, Dana Rethaulia, and Mike Leary discussed Tuesday's Obama-Romney election, California Proposition 30, turkey recipes, baseball, reality television, weather, fishing trips with Leary's sons, the Christmas cards Jim McAllister sends to all the OS members, and other such irrelevant topics in the successful all-day attempt.

But they might have to do it all over again Tuesday and Wednesday.

Jana Vaarhas, head of the movement in favor of the expansion proposal, said he would attempt to bring the proposal back to the floor Tuesday, and, if unsuccessful, Wednesday. On Wednesday, the OS will adjourn and will not reconvene until Feb. 4.

"We're glad we got this filibuster slammed down today," Leary said, "but by no means are we totally out of the woods quite yet."






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OS Members Plan to Filibuster Another Expansion Measure

-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-They just won't go away, will they?

Yet another in a string of ridiculous, logistically unwieldy proposals to add a second Feast Fest event to Thanksgiving Day, making for a Thanksgiving for FF chefs that would have them cooking for nearly fourteen consecutive hours and which would approximately have the official score come at midnight, is planned to be filibustered by event purists when it comes to a vote Monday.

Mike Leary, Lois Jenks, Pete Wilco, and Dana Retheaulia will spearhead the filibustering efforts. Jenks was part of a filibuster effort for an extremely similar proposal in November 2011, which was successful. That proposal would have had the change made in 2013; if this one passes, the expansion will come in 2014.

Although recent polling showed opposition to the proposal to be holding a slight lead, that's not enough for the purists filibustering it. "This is too close of a call," Wilco said. "We can't risk it going to a vote. We must take action now.". Wilco, however, seemed to be ignoring the fact that even should it pass the 50-member, Organization Senate, it would then have to clear the 10-member Executive Board, and while support is more or less split among the Organization Senate, the EB is much more likely than the OS to vote against the proposal.

"We need to send a message," Wilco said. "A strong message saying we need to get rid of these sorts of proposals."






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Wholehreh Wins NCA's Best All-American

-New York
-Keith Wholehreh has won his first NCA's Best All-Americsn Award.

Wholehreh claimed first with 23% of the vote. Fellow Feast Fest chef Johnny Stevenson, who has a long record with this honor, having won it six times, including in 2011, was relegated to third. But he wasn't holding any grudges: "Knowing and working with Keith, I am ecstatic to see the torch of this award passed down to him," Stevenson said.

In 2011, the two chefs' placements were reversed: Stevenson won, with Wholehreh at third. Wholehreh placed fourth in 2010 and did not podium in 2009.

Wholehreh's win Saturday was an upset. It was predicted that Stevenson would win his seventh, with Wholehreh being the runner-up at second.

Stevenson got 12% of the vote.






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Mansfield, Avi Have Power

-New York
-As the recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy continued, two Big Apple-based FF chefs had power restored Saturday. Michelle Mansfield, FF chef since 2008, had power restored to her Tribeca eatery Saturday, as did Feast Fest tigress Lynn Avi to her Lower East Side restaurant.

"We just want to get back on our feet, get back to making good food," Avi said. "The best way to heal will be to return to our normal returns.

Avi plans to reopen her restaurant Sunday; Mansfield's is slated to reopen Monday.






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Moore Wins Flashiest

-New York
-FF chef Ashton Moore has cradled his fourth NCA Flashiest Award.

Moore won this honor in 2005, 2008, and 2011. "I feel absolutely thrilled to have won 'Flashiest' for a third time," Moore said in an email.

Another Feast Fest chef podiumed: Lynn Avi came in third.






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Executive Board Passes Resolution for 2013 to Have Chefs Prepare Ham

-Marina del Rey, Ca.
-"It would be exclusive to not have America's secondary Thanksgiving entree at Feast Fest."

So read the concurrent opinion passed by the Feast Fest Executive Board Friday in approving a measure to have the chefs prepare a ham, widely considered to be the second most-consumed meat-based food on Thanksgiving.

Beginning in 2013, one ham will be prepared. Feast Fest guests will have an option to bid to be served the ham; if nobody bids, as is possible, the ham will go to a local homeless shelter. The ham will be a symbolic FF food and will not be NCA scored.







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