A few weeks ago Condé Nast announced plans to move its headquarters from Los Angeles to New York City without longtime editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild, leaving the position up for grabs.
Gawker reports today that the new editor should be announced this week and that there are three contenders: former Cookie editor Pilar Guzman, GQ Style Editor Adam Rapoport, and Bon App deputy editor Hugh Garvey.
Also: former New York Times critic Frank Bruni "tossed his name in, though he's no longer in contention."
· Who Will Be Bon Appetit's Next Editor? [-E-]
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Epic junk food alert: Burger King has a Nacho Whopper in the Netherlands, which is topped with nacho chips, jalapenos and "Mexican sauce." The commercial below mimics Spaghetti Westerns, and is really sloppily dubbed. Which is kind of funny in that it alludes to the burger being a bad translation of Mexican food.
Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten and actor Hugh Jackman got together on Inconoclasts to talk shop. In preparation for a dinner the two cooked together at ABC Kitchen, they visit the Union Square Greenmarket in New York. Everything is very seasonal, local, and organic, until a vendor informs Jackman that kimchee is good for actors. When asked why, the flustered woman says: "Evidently, you need to stay sexy." Jackman tastes a sample and informs her, "I feel sexier already!"
A boudoir shot of Mario Batali at Del Posto. [Photo: Eater.com/ Joshua David Stein]
After many failed attempts to sit down with Chef Mario Batali, whose schedule has fewer holes than a malformed sex doll, I finally got few minutes with the man. We met shortly before the beginning of a Magic Martinis & Mario charity dinner, an event Batali was hosting at Del Posto. Something I never realized about Batali is how freckled and fair he is and also how strong his Pac West intonations are. It's almost Vancouverian.
[Batali, in trademark orange clogs, shorts and an orange duct tape tie made by his son, Leo, shakes my hand.]
Step into my boudoir.
[Batali and I take one step into a dramatically lit antechamber tucked behind the grand staircase leading to the event space at Del Posto. Sadly, it's too loud for the interview. We enter the downstairs dining room, set for the charity event and take a seat at an empty table.]
I was excited to be in your boudoir.
The girls are almost naked in there. It's starting to make me sweaty.
The Australian Iron Chefs [Photo: SRC]
Iron Chef Australia premiered last night on Channel Seven down under — the regularly-appearing Iron Chefs are Guy Grossi, Neil Perry, and Guillaume Brahimi. Perhaps the secret ingredient was kangaroo! Or maybe koalas! Anyway, here is a photograph of the Iron Chefs' uniforms, looking like something straight out of Star Trek: The Next Generation. We're working on getting video; hopefully it won't be as bad as Iron Chef UK.
· Blood, Sweat and Cheers: Inside Iron Chef Australia [SMH]
· All Iron Chef Coverage on Eater [-E-]
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