Time Out New York publishes the second in their multi-part series about New York non-professional-chef Michael Cirino (the mastermind behind A Razor, A Shiny Knife) doing a mini-stage in the Alinea kitchen. In part one, he showed up and was awed. In the second part, he tries to help out, but fate intervenes —
We had picked up two orders of sea bass and I was delicately placing a sheet of chamomile sauce on the fish when Dave Beran, the chef de cuisine, tapped my shoulder and explained that I was no longer needed in the kitchen. A table was being prepared for me in the dining room and I needed to go make myself presentable. I was in shock, having never expected such a gift, but amazingly grateful, as I had no idea how I was going to sneak a taste of the sauces or gels without risking ruining a dish or a plating.
Lucky duck! So now we know — the secret to landing a gratis, no-reservations-required meal at Alinea is simply to mount a massively ambitious recreation of a multi-thousand-dollar meal that takes places in multiple cities with equipment of varying reliability. We’re on it.
Inside Alinea: Part Two [The Feed/TONY]
Michael Cirino Stages in the Alinea Kitchen [previously]
Alinea [MenuPages]
Alinea [Official Site]
[Photo: Alinea/Official Site]
