Wednesday, February 15, 2006
HELP! MY KNEE! MY FINGER! by Nicholas in Turino
In Torino, the Unaccredited Media Center has proven to be THE place to get incredible information. In line to borrow a pen on Sunday, I noticed the person at the front of the information booth line was a producer from Entertainment Tonight. On Monday, we pitched her a visit to Casa Barilla (a special restaurant created as a hospitality house for the U.S. and Europe's No. 1 pasta manufacturer, an Edelman client) to meet Barilla Executive Chef Roberto Bassi and talk Italian cuisine. You can imagine we were surprised to learn that Nancy "My Kneeeeeee! Why? Why?" Kerrigan was later assigned to visit us to cook in Roberto's kitchen -- TODAY!
For those in our office who were still in elementary school in 1994, Kerrigan was a party to the pre-Olympic figure skating drama that unfolded when U.S. teammate Tanya Harding hired someone to bash Kerrigan's leg. Kerrigan went on to win a medal in Lillehammer, Norway, but she is still more famous for her on camera screams in the moment of the attack.
Kerrigan was great as a correspondent for the Games and for ET. She is mostly easy to work with (as were the LA-based producers), but a little bit of a whiner with all the steam and activity in the kitchen. Entertainment Tonight brought a small bus full of lighting and their crew transformed Casa Barilla's kitchen into a working studio for two hours. Last week I was charged with hiring a Milan food stylist to come to Torino for two days (if we need a food stylist in ATL, I will hire this woman as she was incredible!), and she helped dress the ET "set" we selected by the massive stoves where huge copper kettles are constantly simmering with sauces and fresh ingredients. It was so cool! AND Kerrigan even did a good job preparing her assigned recipe (we all tasted it off camera and it was very tasty).
We all had a moment of drama when Nancy thought she cut her finger with one of Bassi's large kitchen knives. I thought I heard Kerrigan say "My finger! Why?" but that may have just been the buzz of third Casa Barilla cuppucinno talking.
Tune in to Entertainment Tonight this evening (Feb. 15) to find out whether Kerrigan's finger made it into the spaghetti.
Coming soon: Tom Green and The Tonight Show visit B.C. Canada Place! We will be serving more Kraft Dinner!
Ciao!
Nicholas
For those in our office who were still in elementary school in 1994, Kerrigan was a party to the pre-Olympic figure skating drama that unfolded when U.S. teammate Tanya Harding hired someone to bash Kerrigan's leg. Kerrigan went on to win a medal in Lillehammer, Norway, but she is still more famous for her on camera screams in the moment of the attack.
Kerrigan was great as a correspondent for the Games and for ET. She is mostly easy to work with (as were the LA-based producers), but a little bit of a whiner with all the steam and activity in the kitchen. Entertainment Tonight brought a small bus full of lighting and their crew transformed Casa Barilla's kitchen into a working studio for two hours. Last week I was charged with hiring a Milan food stylist to come to Torino for two days (if we need a food stylist in ATL, I will hire this woman as she was incredible!), and she helped dress the ET "set" we selected by the massive stoves where huge copper kettles are constantly simmering with sauces and fresh ingredients. It was so cool! AND Kerrigan even did a good job preparing her assigned recipe (we all tasted it off camera and it was very tasty).
We all had a moment of drama when Nancy thought she cut her finger with one of Bassi's large kitchen knives. I thought I heard Kerrigan say "My finger! Why?" but that may have just been the buzz of third Casa Barilla cuppucinno talking.
Tune in to Entertainment Tonight this evening (Feb. 15) to find out whether Kerrigan's finger made it into the spaghetti.
Coming soon: Tom Green and The Tonight Show visit B.C. Canada Place! We will be serving more Kraft Dinner!
Ciao!
Nicholas
# posted by Carol M @ 1:25 PM 
