WME Commissary - H 2014
This story first appeared in the June 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Perfect Father’s Day timing: WME’s sleek lobby commissary Jack & Ben’s officially opened the day after, June 16, and is named after the dads of co-CEOs Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel, respectively.
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The menu offers wraps, clubs and salads, including the “McCarth,” a knockoff of the Beverly Hills Hotel’s McCarthy salad. It’s also brimming with gluten-free and vegan options, like the spaghetti with meatballs that can be made with Gardein meatless meat (which, duly noted, is a WME client). Prices are kept low to make it affordable for assistants and there’s an app to order up to the offices.
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Chef Spencer Gray got the gig after cooking for Emanuel while working as a private chef for producer Joel Silver. “I got to know [Emanuel’s] taste buds really well,” says Gray.
