NYC Wine and Food Festival

This past weekend Joyce and I attended 2009 NYC Food and Wine Festival in Chelsea. We ran into a few celebrity chefs.


Chef Amanda Freitag (Next Iron Chef 2009 contestant) at Meatball Madness:

Chef Ann Burrell at Meatball Madness told Joyce (in front) to “share your balls”:

Joyce with Bob Tuschman (Next Food Network Star judge):

Me and Joyce with Alton Brown (Good Eats and Iron Chef America):

Joyce & Duff Goldman (Ace of Cakes) – super cool dude!

Joyce and Giada deLaurentiss (is there anyone on the planet who doesn’t know who she is??):

Joyce and Guy Fieri (Season 2 Next Food Network Star winner; Diners Drive-ins & Dives):

Joyce shares a joke with Guy Fieri:

Guy Fieri and Robert Irvine (Dinner Impossible):

Joyce & Jeffrey Saad (2009 Next Food Network Star runner-up):

Joyce & Rocco DiSpirito @ Meatball Madness:

Joyce gets a kiss from Mama Nicolina DiSpirito (she’s so proud of her boy!):

Joyce & Melissa d’Arabian (2009 Winner of Next Food Network Star):

Joyce & Sandra Lee (Semi-Homemade):

Joyce & Sunny Anderson (Cooking for Real):

Joyce star struck by Jacques Torres, the chocolatier! (Chocolate with Jacques Torres)

Visit his store in DUMBO (Brooklyn) – it’s fabulous!

A pensive Rachel Ray at a demo:

Joyce @ Guy Fieri’s Food Network party:

And, oh yeah, we went to the Yankee game Friday night.

We were THIS CLOSE to Kurt Russell & Kate Hudson!

Donald Trump (pink tie in middle) next to Bill O’Reilly (right of the Donald):

THE YANKEES WIN! THE YANKEES WIN! 10-9-09: