Citi Field culinary pros

Drew Nieporent

Did you eat the food at Shea?
Oh yeah! The best things for me were the Nathan's crinkle cuts. They were terrific potatoes. And the Nathan's hot dogs aren't too shabby.

You're serving porchetta in the Acela Club. At the ballpark?
Oh yeah, you bone the entire pig and roll it. So it's almost like a pork steak, stuffed with herbs, served with sauerkraut.

Why is porchetta so damn popular?
Restaurants have to offer things that are cost efficient. Steak and fish are very costly.

On the record, is your porchetta going to be moist?
On the record, yes. It will be moist. The food is going to be delicious. The logistics, that's what I'm up against.

You mentioned that you cooked for the Rolling Stones during their concert at Shea in 1989. Did the Rolling Stones even eat in 1989?
We cooked this incredible meal from Montrache and the Stones came in at 4 p.m. and were like "looks good," and walked away, Mick Jagger's waist is as big as my thigh. But had our run of the place after that.