NEW YORK CITY, NY - Famed chef and food connoisseur Anthony Bourdain’s massive international food market endeavor has seen a hiccup in the projected timeline.
The highly-anticipated project was originally looking to come into fruition by the end of next year, but its website has reportedly pushed the date back to 2019.
Part of the setback could be the location, New York’s Pier 57, which is currently undergoing a $350 million redevelopment, according to news source Eater.
The entire undertaking of Bourdain’s vision requires a number of official sign-offs by both the government and the community, bringing together the right paperwork for the international vendors necessary to bring the market to life.
As we reported previously, developers of the project expect 20,000 visitors a day to partake in all the cuisines Bourdain has endorsed and admired over the years, collecting about 100 New York retail and wholesale food vendors, plus a number of artisan-style offerings and at least one full-service restaurant.
In a recent interview, Bourdain told Adweek that the project is “a huge, huge, huge undertaking."
The aforementioned pier renovations that add to those hurdles only just received a loan of $225 million of the needed $350 million to get underway.
While the market could be a bit longer in the making, Bourdain is launching a new mobile app to enable visitors to learn about food partners around the world.
It is a baby step in a large project that has been otherwise kept surprisingly quiet since the culinary star was rumored to be pursuing it just over a year ago.
AndNowUKnow will continue to count down with the rest of the food-loving world, so stay tuned as we bring you the latest on this and other projects bringing fresh produce to the forefront.
