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With Batali admitting to sexual harassment claims
Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:29 pm
I wonder when we will hear about Giada and any harassment?
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Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:29 pm to nicholastiger
:metoo:
Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:32 pm to nicholastiger
Posted on 12/11/17 at 1:07 pm to nicholastiger
Is this the second iron chef to be implicated?
Posted on 12/11/17 at 1:10 pm to TypoKnig
Posted on 12/11/17 at 1:45 pm to KosmoCramer
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Is this the second iron chef to be implicated?
I'm sure this guys not too far behind
Posted on 12/11/17 at 2:02 pm to 91TIGER
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I'm sure this guys not too far behind
The restraint it's taking me not to make an OT comment about that picture right this second almost hurts.
This post was edited on 12/11/17 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 12/11/17 at 2:05 pm to nicholastiger
Read the book Heat about a writer who works in his restaurant and Batali himself talks the whole book about groping women. He’s a slob.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 2:08 pm to Martini
If you were as ugly as Mario , you'd have to grope for satisfaction too.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 2:32 pm to nicholastiger
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I wonder when we will hear about Giada and any harassment?
as soon as Jerry Rice gets tired of her.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 6:24 pm to Martini
Martini, I read this book. I’ll admit it’s been a while, but I don’t recall any groping stories about Mario. Lots of getting drunk stories.
Disappointing day about one of my favorite chefs.
Disappointing day about one of my favorite chefs.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 6:42 pm to Martini
Is it possible you’re thinking of Restaurant Man by Joe Bastianich?
Posted on 12/11/17 at 6:57 pm to nicholastiger
I've never been a big fan of Mario as a TV host. His personality on Molto Mario was always a little too douchey/snobby to me.
I also wondered, based on a certain swishiness he has, if he might be a closeted gay. I guess not. No news yet of that sort of harassment.
I also wondered, based on a certain swishiness he has, if he might be a closeted gay. I guess not. No news yet of that sort of harassment.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 7:18 pm to Radler_the_weinerdog
Heat by Bill Buford definitely peeled back a bit of the mystic behind Batali. IIRC, the two had a falling out after the book was published.
Again, and this is not to diminish the claims or excuse the behavior, the Buford book came out while chefs were still transitioning from macho, swaggering pirates (as portrayed by Bourdain) to international heads of business empires. We craved chefs, and stories about them, who were “not normal” and played by a different set of rules and decorum. Passages in Heat made it clear that Batali did what he wanted and no one stopped him. Of course, a lot of that romantic, initial portrayal of a cook’s life all stems from Marco Pierre White and the publication of White Heat, who incidentally Mario worked for.
Again, and this is not to diminish the claims or excuse the behavior, the Buford book came out while chefs were still transitioning from macho, swaggering pirates (as portrayed by Bourdain) to international heads of business empires. We craved chefs, and stories about them, who were “not normal” and played by a different set of rules and decorum. Passages in Heat made it clear that Batali did what he wanted and no one stopped him. Of course, a lot of that romantic, initial portrayal of a cook’s life all stems from Marco Pierre White and the publication of White Heat, who incidentally Mario worked for.
This post was edited on 12/11/17 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:02 pm to Radler_the_weinerdog
No it was Heat. In Restaurant Man it was drinking and being “a cheap frick” as Joe Bastianich said about 5000 times.
I listened to Restaurant Man and Joe was the narrator as well and that took a bit. I enjoyed the book but he’s very full of himself and everything is someone else’s fault and he says frick every other sentence which shows me nothing.
I have Marco Pierre White’s “The Devil in the Kitchen.” Downloaded and am about ready to listen to it.
And Bill Buford, who wrote Heat was born in Baton Rouge. Just a fun fact.
I listened to Restaurant Man and Joe was the narrator as well and that took a bit. I enjoyed the book but he’s very full of himself and everything is someone else’s fault and he says frick every other sentence which shows me nothing.
I have Marco Pierre White’s “The Devil in the Kitchen.” Downloaded and am about ready to listen to it.
And Bill Buford, who wrote Heat was born in Baton Rouge. Just a fun fact.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:46 pm to Martini
Martini, what you weighing these days? Haven't seen puttadaforkdown in a while
Posted on 12/12/17 at 7:20 am to Martini
I "met" Bill Buford in Lyon, France and he could not have been more of a prick. I put met in quotations because I saw him at the Quai Saint-Antoine market one day and approached him to introduce myself and tell him I was a fan/thank him for his article in the Guardian describing the best places to eat in Lyon... he literally would not look me in the eye or acknowledge me. frick that guy.
Posted on 12/12/17 at 8:09 am to MrBigStuff
Martini is bout tree fiddy.
Posted on 12/12/17 at 11:07 am to tigersfirst
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I "met" Bill Buford in Lyon, France and he could not have been more of a prick. I put met in quotations because I saw him at the Quai Saint-Antoine market one day and approached him to introduce myself and tell him I was a fan/thank him for his article in the Guardian describing the best places to eat in Lyon... he literally would not look me in the eye or acknowledge me. frick that guy.
If you have never worked in a restaurant, this is how about 75% of Chef's are. I worked with 10-15 Chef's through HS and college. They work long crappy hours and its a crappy job usually, I think it weeds out most of the good people.
I'd say 75% are complete pricks, 10-15% are really great, and 10-15% are somewhere in the middle.
Posted on 12/12/17 at 11:21 am to baldona
Not bad statistics but Buford isnt a chef. He was a writer. And close to 90% of all writers are complete pricks.
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