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Zilli Joins His Own Club Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/22/2009
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The things I do to bring you a Z cache! Aldo Zilli is the chef responsible for Zilli Cafe Brighton and a few other restaurants in the UK. I especially recommend the Panini with Artichokes.

Another in my "club" series, after Join the Club, I Want to Join the Club, Too, Qui Voudrez Adhérez au Club, X-Men Have a Club of Their Own, and You Want to Join the Club??. This one is an ammo can.

The cache is not at the posted location. The posted location is irrelevant to the cache, except that it is the location of a local club, and you will need to add some of the below offsets to this location in order to find the final.

Your mission is to join the club. Once you have joined the club, you will know how to find this cache. Based on the offsets below, you will be able to go from the posted coords to the final coords.

I expect this cache to be the most difficult of the series. Like the others in the series, I will add some more example club members from time to time to help set the difficulty just right.

Use this list of club members/non-members to deduce who qualifies for the club. Then, apply to the posted coordinates all of the offsets below that are shown for club members. This gives you the final location. Happy Hunting!

Update 4 May 2009: Well, this one has turned out to be quite difficult. In light of this, let me add an important further hint. What do all of the club members have in common, that the non-members lack? The club members all have the letter "Z." Now, you just have to figure out how that can possibly be.

Another Update: The Zilli Cafe Brighton has unfortunately closed since I placed this cache, so the link above is now permanently broken. Instead of the panini with artichokes, you might instead like to try the salad of tuna and artichokes. Here is the recipe.

And now, another update: It looks like the panini with artichokes recipe is gone now, too. Perhaps you would like to try griddled pizza with tomatoes, basil, and artichokes? And sadly, I had to use a small container instead of an ammo can.

Update 4 November 2023: I replaced the cache with a micro. Starting from the west, the cache is at the first landing, on the North side. You can reach it without going over the rail, but it will be difficult to see. You can proceed farther along and look back, that might help you spot the cache.

NOTE: I placed an ammo can at this location. I'm not convinced this location can support an ammo can without muggles stumbling upon it. PLEASE re-hide the container well.



Aldo Zilli is in the club, but Alain Ducasse is not.
Joel Robuchon is in the club, but Lorenzo Delmonico is not.
Jacques Pepin is in the club, but Alain Passard is not.
Roy Yamaguchi is in the club, but Masahiko Kobe is not.
Ainsley Harriott is in the club, but Eric Ripert is not.
Georges Auguste Escoffier is in the club, but Marie Antoine Careme is not.
Ming Tsai is in the club, but Cat Cora is not.
Thomas Keller is in the club, but Wolfgang Puck is not.
Sheila Lukins is in the club, but Julee Rosso is not.
Christopher Kimball is in the club, but Fannie Farmer is not.
Charlie Trotter is in the club, but Jeremiah Tower is not.
Chen Kenichi is in the club, but Graham Kerr is not.
Emeril Lagasse is in the club, but Daniel Boulud is not.
Ferran Adria is in the club, but Jose Andres is not.
Hiroyuki Sakai is in the club, but Jeff Smith is not.
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is in the club, but John Shields is not.
Jamie Oliver is in the club, but James Beard is not.
Lidia Bastianich is in the club, but Mario Batali is not.
Marcus Samuelsson is in the club, but Gordon Ramsay is not.
Masaharu Morimoto is in the club, but Yutaka Ishinabe is not.
Patricia Wells is in the club, but Alice Waters is not.
Prosper Montagne is in the club, but Paul Prudhomme is not.
Rachael Ray is in the club, but Ruth Reichl is not.
Rick Bayless is in the club, but Alton Brown is not.
Rokusaburo Michiba is in the club, but Sara Moulton is not.
Simone Beck is in the club, but Anne Burrell is not.
Giovan Battista Bellaso is in the club, but Leon Battista Alberti is not.
Thomas Jefferson is in the club, but Meriwether Lewis is not.
Jerusalem artichokes are in the club, but Artichokes are not.
Blaise de Vigenere is in the club, but Johannes Trithemius is not.



If this person is a club member... add to North add to West
MFK Fisher +0.162 -0.104
Rachel Klein +0.141 +0.101
Madhur Jaffrey +0.223 -0.156
Caesar Cardini +0.231 -0.242
Raffaele Esposito -0.264 +0.207
Daisy Martinez +0.098 -0.076
Marion Rombauer Becker +0.181 -0.271
Jean Joho -0.260 -0.287
Walter Scheib +0.279 +0.048
Sam Choy +0.228 +0.235
Tamasin Day Lewis -0.288 +0.055
Paula Mendez Carreras +0.091 +0.281
James Barber -0.214 -0.262
Martin Yan -0.251 +0.008
James Martin -0.086 -0.039
Jamie Kennedy -0.101 -0.216
Hanaya Yohei +0.062 -0.061
Sandra Lee +0.074 -0.019
Sanjeev Kapoor +0.094 +0.073
Fanny Cradock +0.023 +0.091
Marcel Desaulniers -0.284 -0.075
Marguerite Patten -0.049 +0.148
Mark Miller -0.094 -0.243
Paula Deen -0.138 -0.102
Harold Dieterle -0.244 -0.260
Martha Lloyd -0.264 +0.281
Martino da Como +0.278 -0.090
Gary Rhodes +0.269 +0.206
Masa Takayama -0.248 +0.266
Jason Peppler +0.243 -0.267
Sat Bains +0.258 -0.200
Marco Pierre White +0.040 +0.163
Jean Paul Bruneteau -0.154 -0.201
Paul Bertolli -0.204 -0.265
Raul Musibay +0.247 +0.014
Irma Rombauer +0.098 -0.207
David Thompson +0.183 -0.133
Isabella Gerasole +0.026 +0.243
Todd English +0.169 +0.135
Paul Rankin +0.030 -0.111
Dave Lieberman -0.292 -0.130
David Burke +0.096 -0.090
Raymond Blanc +0.231 +0.170
Ken Hom +0.055 +0.005
Julia Child -0.169 -0.089
Edouard de Pomiane +0.191 -0.177
Leah Chase -0.113 -0.041
Harold McGee +0.247 +0.056
Jean Georges Vongerichten +0.193 -0.172
Paul Bocuse -0.123 -0.207
Hector Boiardi -0.205 -0.145
Jehane Benoit -0.267 -0.297
David Halls -0.001 -0.266
Neil Perry +0.092 -0.199
Keith Floyd +0.073 +0.115
Nigella Lawson +0.151 +0.066
Keith Harris +0.139 -0.254
Delia Smith +0.065 +0.174
Helmut Thieltges -0.265 +0.247
Ken Kostick -0.283 -0.169

NOTE: Pay careful attention to the plus and minus signs when you do your math! NOTE: I placed an ammo can at this location. I'm not convinced this location can support an ammo can without muggles stumbling upon it. PLEASE re-hide the container well.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle:] Lbh zvtug abg arrq n uvag vs lbh fghql gur onpxtebhaq vzntr. Pnershyyl. [hide:] Qb abg yrnir gur fgrcf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)