Michael Stember --- 2000 Olympic Semi-Finalist and Stanford Grad (YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE HIM)

YO Diggity wrote:

Pretty cool, actually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFv5AJtEyVM

I ran against this guy for the better part of a decade. I have never respected him as much as I do right now.

I thought it was pretty cool. I always thought of Stember as a happy blond haired dude. Apparently he has a red headed hipster side. I also thought he'd stay fat. Wasn't there a thread on here not too long ago about fat Michael stember running a 5k?

Harambe wrote:

I cannot figure out what he is actually doing?

Does he have a restaurant now? Or just hosting parties.

I know he and his partners were set to open a place LES NYC on The Bowery near Prince Street at the start of the year but had State Liquor Authority problems that hungover from the previous tenant at that address. I'm unaware of the outcome

There is a part of todays restaurant culture called pop-ups. Think of it as guest chefs typically preparing food different from a restaurants normal fare.

Another part of todays business model is for chefs to cook for private parties. A trendy chef, and Stember is one of them, can command upwards of $150 a seat at his table with even higher prices that include specially selected wines. Think of it as a catered dinner party in your house where your guest pitch in on the cost of the catering.

$80-100,000 a year is realistic for an in demand pop-up chef with no roof to call his own.

wineturtle wrote:

$80-100,000 a year is realistic for an in demand pop-up chef with no roof to call his own.

That's a ridiculous range! So between $6.67 and $8,333.33 a month!

That move @ 1000 meters is all-time ballsy! Bravo.

The Dirty Duck wrote:

Phlogiston Cowboy wrote:

Awesome dude. When he ran 4:04 indoors in High School, that was the little splash that was the beginning of the modern tidal upsurge in American distance running.

Nice story, but this couldn't be farther from the truth. Stember's reign marked one of the low points in American distance running -- by no fault of his. His only role in the upsurge was to taunt the guy who started it after beating him in a heat.

Perhaps a low point at the elite level, there was Bob Kennedy and he was about all there was. However, Cowboy is correct, the upswing started in the late 90s with Michael Stember, Michael Granville, The Torres', Don Sage, Rohatinsky, Jonathon Riley, Andy Powell, Sharif Karie, Gabe Jennings and Franklyn Sanchez, etc. Even Hall, Webb and Ritz, who are identified with the early 2000s, were making noise as underclassmen in the late 90s. Obviously Hall, Webb and Ritz kicked it into high gear, but the upswing at the H.S definitely started in the late 90s and Michael Stember was a part of that.

Mick Foley wrote:

wineturtle wrote:

$80-100,000 a year is realistic for an in demand pop-up chef with no roof to call his own.

That's a ridiculous range! So between $6.67 and $8,333.33 a month!

I guess it's a feast or famine industry .

His USATF profile says his coach was Phil lundin. Anybody know the connection there?

Harambe wrote:

I cannot figure out what he is actually doing?

Does he have a restaurant now? Or just hosting parties.

You can't figure out what he's doing? Google man, Google. He's hosting popup sushi parties for people with a hell of a lot more money than you. Just his gigs at the Hamptons during the Summer would make him enough to live well for a year. He has a great reputation and is in demand.

Thanks for sharing!

Spotter of Dumb Dumb wrote:

Han Solo wrote:

You really believe that sushi is cooked?

Sushi: raw fish and other ingredients, wrapped in a roll of rice or seaweed (usually).

Sashimi: thin slices of just raw fish. Sometimes garnished with something else but no wrap.

You've been spotted!

Sushi includes a wide variety of things, both cooked and uncooked. So yes, sushi can most certainly be cooked. Try and educate yourself before you look even more foolish.

Also, sashimi is not only raw fish. More ignorance on your part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi

True , but in this case it seems Stember is ALL about the raw fish. He probably can't afford a heat source to cook with.

Sushi Semantics wrote:

Spotter of Dumb Dumb wrote:

You've been spotted!

Sushi includes a wide variety of things, both cooked and uncooked. So yes, sushi can most certainly be cooked. Try and educate yourself before you look even more foolish.

Also, sashimi is not only raw fish. More ignorance on your part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi

True , but in this case it seems Stember is ALL about the raw fish. He probably can't afford a heat source to cook with.

Afford ?

Strikes me as a trustafarian .

Had to show California / NYC areas to highlight his want to open up a restaurant ?

There 's nothing tween NY and LA ?

Spotter of Dumb Dumb wrote:

Han Solo wrote:

You really believe that sushi is cooked?

Sushi: raw fish and other ingredients, wrapped in a roll of rice or seaweed (usually).

Sashimi: thin slices of just raw fish. Sometimes garnished with something else but no wrap.

You've been spotted!

Sushi includes a wide variety of things, both cooked and uncooked. So yes, sushi can most certainly be cooked. Try and educate yourself before you look even more foolish.

Also, sashimi is not only raw fish. More ignorance on your part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi

The question wasn't whether sushi contains cooked items. The claim that started this discussion was that sushi is cooked. While you might put cooked items into sushi, you do not cook the sushi itself.

Similarly, I might put a baked item into an ice cream sundae, but you would think I was a moron if I told you that I was "baking a sundae" when I assembled the thing. Same applies to saying that someone is "cooking sushi."

No one controls balding you ahole! I bet we could all judge you by things that you don't control either...ahole!

lafferman wrote:

Balding with the compensating beard. #sad

pacific rim blue fin tuna as the working man's food, huh? might as well be caviar. and sustainably sourced? whole thing's a farce.

even the solar brokers don't have a clue as to what they're talking about with this whole feel good green thing.

Han Solo wrote:

Spotter of Dumb Dumb wrote:

You seem to have confused sushi with sashimi.

You really believe that sushi is cooked?

Sushi: raw fish and other ingredients, wrapped in a roll of rice or seaweed (usually).

Sashimi: thin slices of just raw fish. Sometimes garnished with something else but no wrap.

In fact some sushi is cooked -- unagi and anago, in particular. And "sushi" actually refers to the rice -- sushi meshi.

To be fair, it is legitimately cool that he's doing what he loves, but I can't imagine having a good time at one of those shindigs. That might make me a plebe/simpleton in the eyes of some, but whatever. It would also be interesting to hear how this and his solar energy ventures were funded (and yes I know the Stanford degree might explain a lot).

moving the goalposts wrote:

The question wasn't whether sushi contains cooked items. The claim that started this discussion was that sushi is cooked. While you might put cooked items into sushi, you do not cook the sushi itself.

Similarly, I might put a baked item into an ice cream sundae, but you would think I was a moron if I told you that I was "baking a sundae" when I assembled the thing. Same applies to saying that someone is "cooking sushi."

As noted previously, you are entirely incorrect and your stupid analogy is wrong. Many types of sushi dishes are fully cooked after being assembled. Just because you haven't encountered it in your very limited culinary experience doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

You probably think you're eating real wasabi at the local sushi joint too.

Lord help us all...

That was moving and inspiring! Thanks for posting. Good words from an accomplished AND entertaining runner who has moved into rewarding work.

sushi elite wrote:

Han Solo wrote:

You really believe that sushi is cooked?

Sushi: raw fish and other ingredients, wrapped in a roll of rice or seaweed (usually).

Sashimi: thin slices of just raw fish. Sometimes garnished with something else but no wrap.

In fact some sushi is cooked -- unagi and anago, in particular. And "sushi" actually refers to the rice -- sushi meshi.