AlwaysInformed: Meatball Madness Preview

Arthur Bovino — October 08, 2009

Meatball Sliders at The Little Owl.

It’s finally here this weekend: New York City Wine & Food Festival’s Meatball Madness hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. The GutterGourmet has been waiting for this moment for months. He’ll be at the event covering it for us on Sunday. To bone up:

-To learn about participants, visit relevant sites and AlwaysHungryNY.com’s restaurant pages below.
-For great meatball pictures, revisit our Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs roundup.
-For who else it might have been interesting to see compete and in which categories, read the Meatball Madness preview that GutterGourmet wrote after Meatball Melee of the Boroughs.

The event includes 29 participating restaurants and chefs, including some formidable meatball maestros:

1. Abe & Arthur’s: Franklin Becker
2. Alta Strada: Michael Schlow (related articles)
3. Anne Burrell: Food Network’s ‘Secrets of a Restaurant Chef’
4. Bar Stuzzichini: Paul Di Bari
5. Bello Giardino: Nicky “Meatballs”
6. Butter: Alex Guarnaschelli
7. Café Martorano: Steve Martorano
8. Ciao Bella Gelato
9. Mr. Cutlets (AHNY Video: Burgers in the Boardroom)
10. Convivio: Michael White (AHNY Video: Just a Drizzle of Oil and Lemon)
11. eater.com Contest Winner: Michael Sullivan
12. Esca: David Pasternack
13. Grandaisy Bakery: Cristóbal Julio Guarchaj
14. Felidia: Fortunato Nicotra
15. Ferrara Bakery & Café: Ernest Lepore
16. Fornelletto Cucina Italiana at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa: Stephen Kalt
17. Frankie’s Spuntino: Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo
18. Hearth: Marco Canora
19. Locanda Verde: Andrew Carmellini
20. Mama DiSpirito and Rocco DiSpirito
21. Perilla: Harold Dieterle
22. Porter House New York: Michael Lomonaco (AHNY Video: A Lesson in Beef)
23. Pulino’s Bar and Pizzeria: Nate Appleman
24. Salumeria Rosi: Cesare Casella
25. SD26: Odette Fada
26. Telepan: Bill Telepan
27. The Harrison: Amanda Freitag
28. The Little Owl: Joey Campanaro
29. The Waverly Inn: John DeLucie

Credit www.esquire.com for image of Giada De Laurentiis.