The Gilroy Garlic Festival is resuming this weekend with emotional significance for attendees. Pyro Chef Steve Janisch expressed the joy of returning to the festival, emphasizing strong community bonds among chefs. The festival will feature garlic-themed food and new offerings like an IPA with garlic. Attendance is expected to be significantly lower compared to peak years due to safety measures implemented after a tragic incident. Festival Association President Paul Nadeau highlighted the cathartic experience for the community, signifying a healing process through shared stories and collaboration.
"It's emotional, it's euphoric - kind of all wrapped into one," Janisch said. Pyro Chef can cook calamari in two minutes, scampi in five.
"I mean it's a blast, you know, we've got a tight knit group of guys a lot of us have cooked together for many, many years," Janisch said.
"This has been something that's been very cathartic, for us, for the community, everybody that's involved. We get stories every day, we talk to each other every day and we feel that we're healing," Nadeau said.
"We're about one seventh the size we used to be," Nadeau said.
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