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NYC Wine & Food Festival: Bruni Unveiled
This weekend’s NYC Wine & Food Festival reflected the current state of the food industry: corporate sponsors mixed with independent chefs, TV cameras were everywhere, and the competition was fierce. One of the kickoff events was a particularly good interview of Frank Bruni by Eater cofounder Ben Leventhal, who, after some initial palling around, leveled some tough questions at the former Times restaurant critic. Let’s hope the interview cleared up some questions about whether or not a “blogger” can be a “journalist.”
Bruni recounted some memorable times he was recognized at restaurants, discussed the evolving NYT star system, bristled at some feedback by restauranteurs, and chose what he would eat if stranded on a desert island. Some key excerpts from the evening, after the jump.
Dis This: Bruni Takes on Celebrity Chefs
The lede in Bruni’s review of Locanda Verde last week was particularly intriguing:
“Renown in the restaurant world can dawn so suddenly and grow so quickly that many chefs get ahead of themselves, winding up a half-dozen paces beyond where they rightfully belong.”
Which automatically begs the question, who? There are so many options in NYC, but Bruni must have been referring to at least one chef in particular. The answer becomes clear in this week’s review:
“[Table 8] marks the New York debut of Govind Armstrong, one of those supremely telegenic chefs whose celebrity seems to outpace his accomplishments….”
Slap! Score one for Bruni.
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