2008 NYC Wine & Food Festival: Kick-off party

Hugh McMahon | pumpkin carver

It turns out Hugh is Chelsea Market's resident pumpkin-carver pro—now that's a job description you don't see every day. "I've been on Emeril Lagasse's program," he says. "I've done Martha Stewart—there's a Martha Stewart portrait over there in the pumpkin patch. I've done a number of foodies. I've been doing this for 30 years."