Ka-Boom: One of Brooklyn’s Rising Culinary Stars, Pete Entner, On His Potentially Devastating Accident
Ever since winning over even NYC’s staunchest pizza traditionalists with his purple potato-topped pies at PeteZaaz, Pete Entner’s career trajectory has been on a steady rise. In fact, the former Brooklyn mag “30 under 30” ended up expanding his reach with O.T.C (a characteristically eccentric deep dish spot) in Houston, in addition to deepening his Brooklyn roots with Boomwich, a purveyor of crispy avocado, Dr. Pepper-roasted pork butt, and Cheezit-dusted sandwiches.
But this past September, a hand-mangling incident during a lucrative hotel catering job may have irrevocably altered his career (although astoundingly, in true chef style, it didn’t prevent him from following through on the gig).
We talked with Entner about the events leading up to the accident, and—due to the loss of his dominant hand—his thoughts on what comes next.