GRAHAM ELLIOT

Graham Elliot is a chef, restauranteur, Masterchef judge, and Lollapalooza food curator.

What was the food highlight of your year?

Opening my first restaurant (Primary Food & Drink) outside of Chicago (Greenwich, CT).  Scary and exciting at the same time.

What was the music highlight of your year?

Morrissey putting out his autobiography 

Was there a moment when food and music came together in a memorable way?

There were many; cooking for Postal Service and Mumford & Sons at Lolla, cooking/hanging out with Knapsack and Jimmy Eat World at Graham Elliot Bistro.

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MARK TROMBINO

Mark Trombino is a drummer (Drive Like Jehu) and producer (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World). He recently signed a lease in LA for the first location of his Donut Friend concept.

What was the food highlight of your year?

I guess the food highlight of my year was discovering Guisados. It has become one of my favorite places in Los Angeles, the place I turn to whenever I’m running around and want something quick, cheap, and delicious. I love that they’ve taken something that everyone in LA is super familiar with, something you can find multiple times on just about every street here, unique and special. That’s an inspiration to me. I hope to achieve the same sort of thing with Donut Friend!

What was the music highlight of your year?

The musical highlight of my year was probably seeing both The Refused and The Faint at this year’s FYF. Both bands have been super important to me and kind of represent the two sides of my musical taste. To be able to see them both at the same festival was amazing. And I hate festivals!