What Fort Price Chef Tim Love Cooks for Musicians Bonnaroo and Austin Metropolis Limits

Tim Love isn’t making an attempt to vary the world, he simply desires to feed it scrumptious meals. We checked in with the person, the parable, the huge music fan forward of one in every of his greater gigs of the 12 months at Austin Metropolis Limits in October, and he shared images from his summer season cooking for rock stars.

April — Two Step Inn in Spherical Rock, Texas

“This was the primary pageant of the 12 months, and we did artist catering, platinum ticket catering, and fed the producers/promoters of the present. I created a brand new approach to feed the artists — we arrange a meals courtroom. Artist catering at this pageant is a smaller job, and that gave me an opportunity to do this thought. It went so nicely that we are going to launch it at Austin Metropolis Limits.

“Artists need meals that’s easy, filling, and tastes good. However you even have to present them many choices: vegetarian, shellfish, stuff for finicky eaters. It turns right into a tough activity. Most corporations, together with myself, attempt to design a buffet that covers each dietary restriction. I despise buffets. So, at this pageant, we took our first foray into creating 5 totally different cubicles that served totally different meals and addressed dietary restrictions.

“Within the morning, we opened two cubicles. One was espresso with all of the choices, together with cappuccinos, lattes, matcha, and a contemporary juice bar. We had one other sales space with breakfast tacos and omelets. And there was a rotating build-you-own choice: avocado toast, the subsequent day an acai bowl. We have now to handle orders when the artist desires meals to go, and it must be quick, and that lets them order 18 tacos and get down the street.

“We had 4 cubicles open at lunch and dinner, with totally different options day by day, like a build-a-burrito Chipotle-style, which was superior if you happen to’re in a rush. We did a birria taco station with goat, beef, and duck plus a number of choices so as to add on. We all the time have a nasty ass cheeseburger and a hen sandwich wrapped up and able to go. As you’ll be able to inform by the best way I’m continuous speaking, loads goes into it. We constructed a whole kitchen to do that, and had one other kitchen that did platinum ticket holder meals for round 785 individuals.”

Tim’s Assessment: “The headliners, Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers have been nice. Zach had most likely one of many higher encores of the summer season, he had 25 band members on stage enjoying a model of “Revival” that lasted most likely half-hour.”

June — Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee

“It was my seventh 12 months working with Bonnaroo. It was a banner 12 months for the epic climate, and since my son was there — he’s doing an internship at LiveNation. He was digging ditches, hanging fences — not a lot with music [laughs].

“I cooked for the producers/promoters, six individuals. I cooked on a type of little $65 Walmart Weber grills, and my son and his cronies joined us a number of nights, so we had 9. You will get about 4 steaks on these, and that’s all [laughs]. I additionally used my new trailer with a two-burner range. These dinners have been entertaining. A few of the finest meals got here from them, truthfully.

“We additionally did platinum catering, the place it’s like a cocktail party at your home. We did Mexican, with birra tacos, hen and cheese enchiladas, grilled fajitas, contemporary tortillas, a number of salsas, and tres leches cake. After that, we did Italian with crispy pores and skin branzino, rigatoni alla vodka, vegan sausage bolognese, pizzas, crudo, and extra. Then, a New Orleans evening with a seafood boil. On Sundays, we all the time do a fried hen basket to eat within the discipline for lunch.

“On Saturday mornings I prefer to get 150 breakfast tacos, bottles of vodka and tequila, and orange juice after which drive my buggy to the furthest campsites, which may be two miles away. I wake individuals as much as give away tacos and a screwdriver they usually freak out.”

Tim’s Assessment: “The shocker was Sheryl Crow. Her present was actually good. Additionally Shaq’s DJ set took me abruptly. He went on at 2:30 a.m. I made myself see what it was all about, and it was insane. I additionally preferred Portugal. The Man and Noah Kahan. He’ll be headlining festivals in two years. And Tyler Childers, who got here out with a 24-piece band — I’m an enormous fan of bringing massive bands again.”

August — Hinterland in Saint Charles, Iowa

“It’s in the course of nowhere in a pure amphitheater with one stage and fast changeover. At this pageant, we cook dinner for ‘the saints,’ their model of platinum, all of the artist catering, and the crew and employees — anybody who goes on stage or works there. So we mix the employees and band meals areas, which is uncommon however works nicely.

“We additionally do themed meals right here, and on Saturday evening, we do a cocktail party for the producers/promoters. This 12 months’s dinner was an Italian-forward theme of fra diavolo (a spicy tomato sauce) over poached lobsters, tomahawk steaks, and confit potatoes. I’d simply eaten them in London and did a poached model you slice and layer in a pan like a lasagna with salt, creme fraiche, and duck fats, and it’s crispy all over.

“And we had a Mexican lunch with a bunch of salads: elotes, a Mexican melon salad with chiles and corn chips, pickled watermelon salad with Tajin — all enjoyable meals.”

Tim’s Assessment: “I met Wildrado, who’re going to play at Tannahill’s this fall. I believe loads of artists at this pageant will play there, we riff off the expertise they guide.”