I have tested the latest release and I don't see a "slow" startup. The EG pod starts in 10-15 seconds:

$ kubectl logs deploy/envoy-gateway -n envoy-gateway-system -f
2022-12-12T18:57:14.772Z	INFO	runner/runner.go:41	Using provider	{"runner": "provider", "type": "Kubernetes"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.880Z	INFO	kubernetes/controller.go:74	created gatewayapi controller	{"runner": "provider"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.880Z	INFO	kubernetes/controller.go:737	status subscriber shutting down	{"runner": "provider"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.880Z	INFO	kubernetes/controller.go:159	watching gatewayAPI related objects	{"runner": "provider"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.880Z	INFO	runner/runner.go:43	started	{"runner": "gateway-api"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.880Z	INFO	runner/runner.go:39	started	{"runner": "xds-translator"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.881Z	INFO	manager/internal.go:362	Starting server	{"runner": "provider", "kind": "health probe", "addr": "[::]:8081"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.881Z	INFO	manager/internal.go:362	Starting server	{"runner": "provider", "path": "/metrics", "kind": "metrics", "addr": "[::]:8080"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.983Z	INFO	runner/runner.go:44	started	{"runner": "infrastructure"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.983Z	INFO	runner/runner.go:75	started	{"runner": "xds-server"}
2022-12-12T18:57:14.984Z	INFO	runner/runner.go:173	loaded TLS certificate and key	{"runner": "xds-server"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	status/status.go:107	started status update handler	{"runner": "provider"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1beta1.GatewayClass"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1beta1.Gateway"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1beta1.HTTPRoute"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1alpha2.TLSRoute"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1.Service"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1.Secret"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1alpha2.ReferenceGrant"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:185	Starting EventSource	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi", "source": "kind source: *v1.Deployment"}
2022-12-12T18:57:15.081Z	INFO	controller/controller.go:193	Starting Controller	{"runner": "provider", "controller": "gatewayapi"}

EG goes through the standard process of starting controllers, runners, etc.

very slow startup, large amount of repeated processing #789

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