Move up your dinner reservations and attend a food event that’s the first of it’s kind: NYC’s top-dog food critic and former New York Times restaurant critic, Frank Bruni will dish on  food criticism, the restaurant biz and reveal a bit about his private self as well in a conversation with eater.com’s Ben Leventhal at next week’s NYC Food and Wine Festival.  See details below and click on image for additional information.

From NYC Food & Wine Festival website:

Whether or not one agrees with his reviews, everyone recognizes the power wielded by former New York Times’ restaurant critic Frank Bruni. By offering praise or withholding it, he could forever change, with just a few keystrokes, the future of a struggling eatery or a once-honored dining establishment. Despite the controversies he sparked during his five years with the paper-or perhaps because of them-he has greatly influenced our collective expectations of dining out. In his first appearance since leaving the critic’s post, on October 8, Bruni will share something of the exacting standards to which he holds those whose work he critiques. He will also regale us with stories from the field, offer thoughts about the future of the restaurant industry, discuss his most talked-about reviews and even sign his surprising memoir, “Born Round,” in which he divulges some fascinating background about his history and relationship with food. Bruni Unveiled – Frank Bruni Conversation with Ben Leventhal, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Friday, October 9.

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