Pelaccio and Richter: together in public for the first time.Photo: Josh Ozersky
Zak Pelaccio and Robbie Richter premiered tastes of their forthcoming Fatty Cue last night at Celebrate Flatiron Chefs event at Madison Square Park. The samples were excellent: a curry-cured Berkshire pork belly we couldn't get enough of and some smoked lamb ribs that were long-marinated in a mix of potent Thai spices. But the event had other things worth seeing and tasting. At the
Country table, Geoffrey Zakarian presided, visibly countering reports of his departure.
Boqueria served a piece of transporting smoked lamb belly previously confited in Ossabaw pork fat, and
Ilili made deboned lamb rib skewers with strawberry aleppo pepper marinade strawberry-scented shawarma. Gail Simmons looked tanned and rested in the
Top Chef off-season, but Ben Pollinger of
Oceana seemed nervous on the eve of his New York
Times review. We've got more photos after the jump.
Willis Loughhead and the still-present Geoffrey Zakarian of Country; Ben Pollinger keeps his fingers crossed on the eve of his Times review.Photo: Josh Ozersky
Gail Simmons forgives Josh Ozersky for all Top Chef wisecracks.Photo: Josh Ozersky
Correction: Ilili served deboned lamb rib skewers with strawberry aleppo pepper marinade. We had identified it as "strawberry-scented shawarma."
