BottleRock: Stephen Curry, Bradley Cooper, José Andrés sling cheesesteaks, bourbon
Golden State Warriors icon Stephen Curry met up with a couple other legends in their respective fields at BottleRock Napa Valley on Saturday: Film and TV star Bradley Cooper and chef/humanitarian José Andrés.
The three met at the Williams Sonoma Culinary stage, where Cooper was shilling Philadelphia cheesesteaks he’d franchised in New York, and Curry had talked about his Gentleman’s Cut Bourbon. Andrés was the main entertainer on stage, joking with the thousands who’d packed into the relatively tiny viewing area at the stage, throwing out slices of ham attached to frisbees, sandwiches and other snacks, and also made his own fancy version of a cheesesteak — which was quickly dwarfed in size by the one made by Philly-based Angelo’s Pizzeria.
Cooper even brought out Angelo’s owner Danny DiGiampietro out to assist, and explained that DiGiampietro had prepared the cheesesteaks locally using his recipe, thanks to a Napa bakery.
Curry signed shoes that were thrown onto the stage by a fan, and it seemed like more shoes were about to be thrown up before Andrés put a stop to that. The chef also poured drinks for everyone on stage, took a long swig to the delight of attendees, and revealed that Curry had just become a dad for the fourth time, as his wife, Ayesha Curry, had given birth four days earlier.
José Andrés has been in the headlines for several months for his work distributing food in war zones in Ukraine and, more recently, Gaza with his World Central Kitchen. Seven aid workers working for the nonprofit were killed in an Israeli air strike this year.
While the topic was not broached in detail at BottleRock, Williams Sonoma stage host Liam Mayclem began the set with a seven-second moment of silence; one for each aid worker.
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