What the Stars Eat — Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert (left, as though that was not clear) with Chris Eanes | Courtesy Chris Eanes
Welcome to the first in our series What the Stars Eat. Chris Eanes, also known as the bassist for local jamband Funk Punch, cooks for Ovations Food Services, which does the chow at Roanoke Civic Center. He has cooked for most every big name that has rolled through the civic center, including most recently, Miranda Lambert. I saw a photo he posted on facebook today of himself and Lambert, and I immediately wondered what he cooked for her. Here is his response:
“I fixed a few things I found on the interweb that she likes…. Her mom’s meatloaf recipe, flourless crunchy peanut-butter cookies, and a dish she makes for Blake’s birthday every year called corn & macaroni casserole… all 3 were great!!”
We’ll follow up next week with what Zac Brown Band ate — assuming that Brown doesn’t bring his own chow, as he has been known to do. UPDATE 4:01 p.m. 1.22.13: Brown will definitely have his own caterer, but look for posts about Carrie Underwood, Brantley Gilbert, The Avett Brothers and more in the coming weeks and months.
January 22, 2013 - 3:36 PM
Oh please don’t start doing this.
Thanks for the encouragement. I have definitely started doing this, and will continue doing this.
Thanks for covering Chris Eanes. As a friend of his mother’s Patti Esperti), I have been very aware of this young man’s quest to please the enertainers who visit our city. He is a hard working employee who seeks to make these visitors to our city feel “at home”. He researches, as with Amanda Lambert; he follows guidelines/requests of those who are more regimented or he treats them to some of his creative, delicious recipes.
They leave our fair Star City impressed with Chris’ efforts to please; which, in turn, also speaks well for this food ambassador!Ovations Food Services has a gem of an employee who is not only a talented chef, but a person who goes beyond the call of duty to to make Roanoke a memorable spot on their tours.
Go Chris! It is not always easy, huh? Good job!
Donna Sue, I should have written about this when Chris made Grace Potter those fancy grilled cheese sandwiches!
Chris has been so “behind the scenes”..time for a little spotlight! Thanks for your interest in this outstanding individual!I look forward to your next post!
Chris is an incredibly talented chef, Ovations and Chris catered my wedding..amazing! Looking forward to more blogs on this! But get Chris to snag some photos of the food!
What did Dierks eat?
Good question? Chris Eanes, what *did* Bentley eat?
Dierks had his own people cooking for him that night. They were working beside me in the kitchen though. I know he had pork chops, but that’s about all I saw them doing.
Thanks for the info, Chef!