200 Chefs Work at the New Meadowlands Stadium

We knew that the new Meadowlands had to have a chef in there somewhere but we never really thought about how many it takes to feed a stadium, until now. The answer? According to executive chef Eric Borgia: "For a 1 PM game, we’ll have 200 chefs onboard by 6 AM. But I mean the production starts throughout the week. Like the roast pork production starts on Tuesday, the meatball production is a constant ongoing thing. There’s a crew of about 12 people just literally hand-rolling meatballs. We did have the opportunity for a manufacturer to make them for us, and we did a tasting of them and they’re just not the same." And now you know.

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By Garth Johnston in Food on December 8, 2010 5:11 PM

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JohnnyLes

Worst Stadium EVER

Ragingsemi

Sorry double post.

JenEsss

People: the food at the new stadium is seriously delicious. You won't mind paying $8 for that meatball sandwich.

SP's Ghost

yeah, by "chef" they mean high school dropouts and ex cons deep frying frozen Sysco fries and chicken tenders.

Ragingsemi

Most of the best chefs in the world are high school dropouts. Get off your high-horse and realize that not everyone has a mommy and daddy to pay for their college tuition, and sometimes (gasp) have to work for a living doing whatever they can. THATS how most chefs get started. Do you remember anyone in high school that said "hey I'm going to go and sweat my ass off in a kitchen for 10+ hours a day to feed your elitist ass"?