Comments on: Together in Pasta Salad: the Integrity of the Team http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team Food Stories from Laurine Wickett - Chef/Owner of Left Coast Catering Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:46:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mscarlato http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-37 mscarlato Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:56:45 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-37 I read on your site that you have Italian roots. What part of Italy is your family from? I am rooting for you! I read on your site that you have Italian roots. What part of Italy is your family from? I am rooting for you!

]]> By: angelalynne http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-27 angelalynne Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:23:14 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-27 How cool to see you on Top Chef - I used to work at Dolby and adored Left Coast! I still dream about the Niman ranch burger (BEST burger I've ever had) with extra pickles (I could eat a bucket of them), the quesadillas, the summer corn salad, the beets, the cookies, and I could go on... It's refreshing to see someone on one of these shows with so much integrity and who is so down to earth. I wish you the best of luck. I'll be rooting hard for you! P.S. Don't forget it's a competition - you deserve to win! How cool to see you on Top Chef – I used to work at Dolby and adored Left Coast! I still dream about the Niman ranch burger (BEST burger I’ve ever had) with extra pickles (I could eat a bucket of them), the quesadillas, the summer corn salad, the beets, the cookies, and I could go on… It’s refreshing to see someone on one of these shows with so much integrity and who is so down to earth. I wish you the best of luck. I’ll be rooting hard for you!

P.S. Don’t forget it’s a competition – you deserve to win!

]]> By: jsac1727 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-26 jsac1727 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:08:47 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-26 Your pasta salad looked way better than that other dude's 'Greek' salad. What's with the elimination of three women in a row??? Your soldarity, I fear, doesn't sit well with Cesaer Colicchio and his iron, meat loving fists! Viva la revolucion! Laurine, how much is the fine if you reveal who wins? Your pasta salad looked way better than that other dude’s ‘Greek’ salad.
What’s with the elimination of three women in a row???
Your soldarity, I fear, doesn’t sit well with Cesaer Colicchio and his iron, meat loving fists! Viva la revolucion!
Laurine, how much is the fine if you reveal who wins?

]]> By: rahchachow http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-24 rahchachow Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:50:51 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-24 Of course the guys who cooked the whole slab of bacon would win. Not a fair challenge at all. Glad you weren't cut. Of course the guys who cooked the whole slab of bacon would win. Not a fair challenge at all. Glad you weren’t cut.

]]> By: hutty http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-23 hutty Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:35:25 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-23 I agree with the above comments~ they are looking for DRAMA and CUT THROAT behavior because it will make for good TV, not for what mattered in the BIG PICTURE... Teamwork to serve the the US Airmen... I totally respect your loyalty to Preeti. You go girl! I agree with the above comments~ they are looking for DRAMA and CUT THROAT behavior because it will make for good TV, not for what mattered in the BIG PICTURE… Teamwork to serve the the US Airmen… I totally respect your loyalty to Preeti. You go girl!

]]> By: Elliott http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Elliott Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:13:13 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-22 Laurine is officially voted person I'd most prefer to be sent to the principal's office with! Laurine is officially voted person I’d most prefer to be sent to the principal’s office with!

]]> By: Kathy http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Kathy Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:56:07 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-21 Another well-thought-out and well-written blog article, Laurine! Hang onto that integrity, Laurine....it will get you further in what really matters in life than a fancy, chamancy pork belly!!! Another well-thought-out and well-written blog article, Laurine! Hang onto that integrity, Laurine….it will get you further in what really matters in life than a fancy, chamancy pork belly!!!

]]> By: mrduckfat http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/2009/09/together-in-pasta-salad-the-integrity-of-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-19 mrduckfat Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:45:40 +0000 http://www.leftcoastcatering.com/blog/?p=93#comment-19 That challenge just goes to prove what that show is all about. Every season, that show has grown increasingly arrogant. Those judges are, quite frankly, complete assholes. Talk about EGO!!!! My god, I would never survive doing that. I wanted to deck Collicchio, he's a complete jerk. The fact that you went on camera and said you felt overwhelmed or intimidated just goes to show you are not an ego-driven persona. You cook from your heart, to make people happy, obviously not a prerequisite to be on that show. If being a rock star chef means cooking just to show the world how good you are, I'll have no part of it. You made those soldiers happy, which is what our profession is all about. This business has gone in a new direction, and I don't like it. When did cooking become about celebrity instead of making people happy? I've grown to hate this business. Here in Philly, it's bad. If you're not in that little 'private club' of ego-centric gastronomes, you're nothing. My - our - passion comes from within, and such a quality cannot be shown on the cover of a magazine or on a tv screen. Let them go for fame - don't ever stop cooking from your heart. The sad thing is shows like this act as a stimulus for young chefs looking for direction in their lives. It's very sad to see such talented people cook for fame rather than the guest. If you need your ego fed to such an extreme, you have inner issues far greater than the sum of your talent. You don't - and THAT is what makes you such an awesome chef, Laurine! That challenge just goes to prove what that show is all about. Every season, that show has grown increasingly arrogant. Those judges are, quite frankly, complete assholes. Talk about EGO!!!! My god, I would never survive doing that. I wanted to deck Collicchio, he’s a complete jerk. The fact that you went on camera and said you felt overwhelmed or intimidated just goes to show you are not an ego-driven persona. You cook from your heart, to make people happy, obviously not a prerequisite to be on that show. If being a rock star chef means cooking just to show the world how good you are, I’ll have no part of it. You made those soldiers happy, which is what our profession is all about. This business has gone in a new direction, and I don’t like it. When did cooking become about celebrity instead of making people happy? I’ve grown to hate this business. Here in Philly, it’s bad. If you’re not in that little ‘private club’ of ego-centric gastronomes, you’re nothing. My – our – passion comes from within, and such a quality cannot be shown on the cover of a magazine or on a tv screen. Let them go for fame – don’t ever stop cooking from your heart. The sad thing is shows like this act as a stimulus for young chefs looking for direction in their lives. It’s very sad to see such talented people cook for fame rather than the guest. If you need your ego fed to such an extreme, you have inner issues far greater than the sum of your talent. You don’t – and THAT is what makes you such an awesome chef, Laurine!

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