Last week, 15-year-old chef Greg Grossman served a five-course dinner at pop-up restaurant The Feast, and critics were unimpressed, to say the least. Normally when we have 15-year-olds who desperately need a haircut cook for us it's a symphony of the senses, but apparently Grossman hasn't yet mastered the art of molecular gastronomy. Time to run him out of town on a rail!
The Daily News reports that Grossman's first course, a frozen orange orb of carrot juice and cardamom, "had diners thinking 'bib' not 'Bieber.'" And here they were expecting every dish to be the culinary equivalent of Justin Bieber's pop masterpieces! Many diners sent the dish back, but Grossman's mom claims that her son was used to working with "adult professionals," not amateur caterers who apparently couldn't figure out the ice system. Nice try, kiddo, but you can't hide behind your mom forever! Show yourself and apologize for this disaster!
Blackbook Mag also says the meal was full of "hits and misses," "interesting concepts," and "good ideas," and the News concedes that a strip steak course "had diners cleaning their plates." But the mixed reviews, combined with nixed plans for a Grossman reality show, means his career is pretty much dead in the water—at this point he'd be lucky to get a gig apprenticing for Gary Busey on Celebrity Apprentice . Oh well, it was fun while it lasted; now we're ready for some more fresh meat. Who will be the next talented young dreamer chewed up and spat out by the media Internet hype machine?
