Flash in the Pan

The Associated Press reports today that a group is planning a dinner prepared before the Pyramids of Giza. It's selling 500 tickets to this meal prepared by 30 3-star Michelin rated chefs. Now for the quibbling - technically it's the restaurants that get the stars, not the chefs. Now for the next question: just what is a 3-star Michelin rated chef? Is that any chef that works at a 3-star rated spot? That would still be significant in my book, as none of these restaurants is going to have anyone on staff that is a slacker, but as there is the chef de cuisine (head of the kitchen), the sous chef (second in command), chef de poisson (the one in charge of fish), and so on, that is still a pretty loose term.

And given that the price tag per seat apparently will be in the $10,000 range, I'd say that details matter. Arranging the event is the Lebua hotel of Bangkok, which in the past hosted a $25,000 a head dinner for 40 guests and a half dozen 3-star chefs. Apparently the establishment will continue to run "Epicurean Masters of the World" dinner series. My question: do they come with doggy bags?