[John Delucie. Photos by DAVID X PRUTTING for PMc] On of our favorite chefs and interview subject, John Delucie has recently launched “The Hunger” book and is already gathering praise. The man behind that famous mac and cheese at the Waverly got toasted by friends last night at the joint that helped give him material to write about.  Ye Waverly Inn was abuzz with fans like Dan Abrams, Debbie Bancroft, Hana Soukupova, Katie Lee Joel, Nicole Miller, Nur Khan and Veronica Webb. More photos below…

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Last night, Rachelle invited me to join her and 2 others for a meal at the newly opened restaurant called “The Charles” on West 4th street.  I don’t get out much, so I totally missed out on the Waverly Inn bandwagon that Chef John DeLucie (who was a consultant at the Charles) made so hip, and figured that things would be different this time around.  I was not only going to try the Charles out, I was going to be one of its first guests.  Things were looking up for me.  So, I threw on my favorite jacket and headed down to West 4th to see what Chef John McAllister (Soho Grand) was made of.

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By now you’ve all read about that little restaurant in the west village with a tougher door policy than any nightclub this city has to offer. You know, the one with the famed truffled mac and cheese and a phone number that still doesn’t acknowledge the place as opened?  You can imagine our excitement on getting the head chef to sit down and tell us his secrets…

I’ve known John Delucie throughout the years and have always respected him first and foremost as a chef and manager. He also happens to be a very cool guy. He kicked ass at La Bottega at the Maritime Hotel and then found phenomenal success through his restaurant The Waverly Inn (Graydon Carters west village hotspot). After a generous meal there and over cocktails at The Soho House (where he was also once a guest chef), John was gracious enough to answer a few of my probing questions:

John Delucie is stealth rock star chef, and that’s why I adore him.

Food is……. ?
Life and like life we need to maintain a healthy sense of humor about it. We need to stop watching so much food TV.

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