PrintSnapshots from Meatball Madness
The first Meatball Madness took place last night at the New York Wine and Food Festival, and judging from the attendance and the enthusiasm of the crowd it is fair to say that the event was a runaway success. Twenty-five of New York's top chefs competed—but when the smoke cleared Andrew Carmilini of Locanda Verde won the day, Here are some snapshots:
Judges (l-r): Frank Bruni, Jeffrey Steingarten, Gail Simmons
Michael White served the meatball from the Convivio menu.
Alex Guarnaschelli
The Little Owl's Joey Campanaro
Amanda Freitag of The Harrison
Dave Pasternack of Esca
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Michael Lomonaco, Porterhouse New York
Cesare Casella of Salumeria Rosi
Bill Telepan served his mother's meatball recipe.
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Mike Cirino and Josh Ozersky
The shy Ann Burrell.
Let's hear it for the band.
Pat LaFrieda, Lee Schrager and Mark Pastore
Meatball Madness winner Andrew Carmellini, Michael White, and Burger Bash winner Josh Capon. White shouldn't feel too left out—he won a few Michelin stars this week.
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4 Comments:
Love the photos, Nick! Seems like it was a blast!
momstheword at 11:04AM on 10/12/09
Wow, I really wish I'd been there to taste all of those.
Maggie Hoffman at 11:32AM on 10/12/09
Is the recipe for Locanda Verde meatballs published anywhere? I'd love to compare it to the ones I make.
Teachertalk at 11:52AM on 10/12/09
Thanks for the photos. With all that bun-age in the shots, it looks like several chefs whished they were in the burger competition. Too much bread! Michael Cirino of A Razor, A Shiny Knife looking sharp as always. But what happened to Josh Ozersky's noggin? Did he get into a food fight? Their meatballs had a molten veal tomato sauce suspended within the fried pork and panko shell. Super delicious (I helped make them). I posted about A Razor's dinner on Saturday night at www.demianrepucci.com
Demian Repucci at 12:27PM on 10/12/09