I cannot believe how many people took Anthony Bourdain’s side in his battle against Paula Deen. Long Live The Deen! Y’all better recognize. But many of you disagreed with my assessment that Bourdain is a surly jackass looking to pick a fight with anyone over anything, and that Paula defended herself admirably, and without having to use a stick of butter in an unnatural way. Anyway, Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio has put in his two cents about stunt-queen Bourdain:
Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio said sharp-tongued chef Anthony Bourdain won’t be attacking him the way he went after his fellow Food Network chefs Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri and Sandra Lee.
“I think he’s scared of me,” Colicchio told us at the “What’s on the table?” United Way of New York fundraiser at Susan Burden’s home in Sagaponack on Saturday.
“I like Anthony. He dishes it out, but Paula gives it right back.”
Colicchio’s pal Julianne Moore and Vanity Fair’s Graydon Carter co-hosted the event. Moore said she met the Craft founder on the street in the Upper East Side. She described preparing food for needy children at his restaurant during the holidays.
[From Page Six]
Eh. Some people love Tom Colicchio. I think he knows food, but I find him too snobby and too nit-picky about food when he’s judging on Top Chef. And I think Anthony Bourdain would talk sh-t about Tom in a heartbeat, if given an open mic and a beer.
By the way, Bourdain has a Twitter account (here). He supposedly responded to Paula Deen, writing, “My comment was actually ‘worst, most dangerous to America cook on [Food Network].” And “Resolved: Next time I’m asked (for the millionth time) who the worst cooks on Food Network are, I’ll just shut up. Who cares?” Meaning he doesn’t consider Paula the most dangerous cook in America, merely the most dangerous cook in America – ON the Food Network. He also tweeted this:
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I am Team Tony and unless he murders someone,Team Tony I will stay.
Tony Bourdain all the way (I don’t even know what this fight was about…)
I do love Tony’s bitchy ass. He’s right about Paula’s horrifically bad for you cooking, but you don’t watch to show to actually eat most of her terribly bad for you cooking (I hope not). And Rachel Ray and Sandra Lee ARE HORRIBLE cooks. I”ve watched both their shows to try them out and after 5 shows each, ugh their food is NASTY.
Oh and I saw the iron chef show with Rachel Ray. Her food was disgusting on there and the judges thought so too. Mario, her team partner, his food was divine and that’s why her team won. Mario Batali is amazing!
Well said. I recorded and watched the Rachael Ray Iron Chef and she has no chops, and I think she has admitted that. Sandra Lee is also terrible, just me watching and I have not googled their backgrounds or whatever.
What is cool about Tony is that he has noted the above, but again for whatever bad rep he has– and despite the criticism– he cuts them a break.
Tony has noted so many times in his books on how bad he thinks he is(the guy in the bar who takes him on about not being a ‘chef’– the chapter on Scott Bryan being everything he is not, etc.). Basically most of ‘Medium Raw’ is Tony explaining how he got it wrong. That is really rare.
In the book he notes that Rachael Ray sent him a fruit basket as a goofy thing to do, and he really appreciated the gesture. He also had a really insightful chapter on how the Food Network is dumbing down their shows, and the impact to the stars like Bobby Flay, Mario, and Emeril who are getting shown the door or getting their coverage cut down in favor of PD and Sandra Lee.
Same here.
How, exactly, is Tony a stunt queen? Tom is the one “stunting” here, Tony hasn’t said jack about him. Why is he putting himself in the middle of this non-controversy?
Don’t get me wrong, I love Paula too. But she & Tony are two different types of chefs in two different food worlds.
I have to agree with Bodhi here on the comment regarding Tony and why Tom C. even got in the middle of it when, amazingly enough Tony has not trashed Tom C. at all.
I have cooked for decades and I am human. I like them all and Tony has said as many have posted that he thinks Paula is a good person. It’s just the food. Read his book, “Medium Raw” and there is an entire chapter devoted to why he has trouble with bad food and he admits ‘It’s just me’ or something like that– bad food drives him crazy and he has to spill about it, even though he takes twice as many sentences on how bad his own cooking is. He expresses an opinion, but he is not full of himself. If someone says Tony’s cooking (back when he did cook) is terrible, who cares? Tony has the stones to not care. Not so much for insecure, petty Tom C. Read on.
All Tony’s books included numerous references to how much he respects other chefs and how he himself is not very good in general. As someone posted– Tony is a truth teller.
Tom C., especially if you see the youtube clip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edZ_DCof5nI
Go ahead and check it out if you haven’t already. What a self serving disgrace. Elia, who I know zero about and has a tiny percentage of Tom C’s fame and is probably still struggling, was booted in the first round and everyone was ok with that. It was not a huge controversy…until… oh she criticized the mighty Tom C.
So then, on the reunion show where it should have been about Richard Blais who IS a great chef, it was SO engineered to focus on Tom C. getting his rocks off and trying to back Elia into a corner about her comments on Tom C. not using grass fed beef and endorsing diet soda.
Elia is a tiny person in the food world– Tom C. smiled, and watch the clip bullied not only Elia, but Dale who had nothing invested but being…umm… a creative person…actually asked Tom if ‘what are you saying…nobody should ever criticize you?’ AND TOM SAID ‘YES’, in almost a threatening way. BS! Enough of you Tom.
You are sort of fake-nice, but when someone questions you and you can’t deal with it– make a reality show with your shrink. I don’t even want to watch another Top Chef with you as judge, unless Tony is on the panel. Period. This season has been horrible and the Tom C. act is getting old.
@Angi – Totally agree. And I also think he could kick Tom’s ass. I did put a business dinner together at one of Tom’s restaurants and they did a good job, so I’m not knocking him, but I tend to lose a bit of admiration for these chefs who get involved with reality TV stuff.
If you close your eyes, tom collicchio sounds exactly like patrick dempsey when he speaks.
Regardless, Team Bourdain.
Mmmm mmmm. I love me some Tom Colicchio. He can cook for me any day. Wait, what were we talking about? LOL, did PD actually put a cheeseburger between a donut? I hope that’s a joke! If AB actually did mean ‘who is worst on FN for America’ as in, if you eat their food every day….then I’d have to agree with him. He is awfully pompous though.
If any of you actually WATCHED Paula Deen’s show, you’d KNOW that the episode you speak of(the donut cheeseburger) – it was a bit of a JOKE!!! Paula, herself, thought it was OUTRAGEOUS!! And BTW, I saw the donut cheeseburger on OTHER shows, as well. I doN’T think she invented that!! She was probably encouraged to include it by her producers – because what many people doN’T understand, these shows area a BUSINESS!! It’s meant to entertain! People have to make their own CHOICES about what recipes they choose to recreate in their own home. Have ya ever seen some of the absolute CRAP Anthony Bourdain puts in HIS MOUTH?? I doN’T watch him…the promos for his shows are BAD enough(Gag!)!! But between the NASTY stuff/bugs he’s eaten, his many CIGARETTES & BOOZE – let’s just say, Paula Deen’s over-the-top donut cheeseburger begins to not look so bad. Not my ‘cup ‘o tea’; but I’m an adult & capable of making wise food choices…withOUT a boring/arrogant chef telling me what to eat & what cooking shows to watch. AB is just GREEN w/ENVY!!!!
I agree Bodhi. But you’ll recall that Bourdain was a judge on the last season of top chef all stars and was great. His blog was the bomb. his insights about the chefs and the episodes were dead on and I love his writing. His stuff about marcel was laugh out loud funny. Coliccio and Bourdain are friends, so that’s why he said this-he’s just making a joke.
team bourdain ftw!
A man with a thumb ring…..shudder…..
BINGO!! CouldN’T agree MORE!!
I’m sure she’s lovely, but from what little I’ve seen of Paula Deen her food looks gross. Maybe it’s a regional thing, but most of it doesn’t look appealing to me when I see how it’s prepared.
Team Tony by default.
I don’t think Bourdain’s afraid of anything. I haven’t watched Top Chef in a while, but I really didn’t care for Tom C. when watching it, and as a result haven’t picked his book up to read from the library or the store. Just seemed like a jerk.
I LOVE Tony. He speaks the truth, and he always does it beautifully.
Love Tony , I’m sure Deen is a nice lady but her voice and accent is so annoying( and I love southern accents) that she’s unbearable to me. She also seems phony.
@Angi: agree totally 🙂
also agree with Tony’s tweet that a cheeseburger between 2 doughnuts is not any kind of cooking, I love southern food. A cheeseburger between 2 doughnuts just silly, not necessarily southern
The cheeseburger/donut thing was basically a joke. Deen cooks terrific Southern food, as evidenced by her successful restauarnt, which was successful BEFORE she was on TFN.
I don’t get the comments about her accent on here and on the other thread. That is her accent. It’s like when Kellie Pickler was on AI, and folks on TWOP commented about how fake her accent was. I’m from that part of the country, and that’s how people from Albemarle, NC, speak.
Anyway, like Bourdain’s show, but he is an A-1 jerkwad, who has raved about certain Southern food that is not anywhere close to PD’s level. Don’t get it. I think he just doesn’t liek Paula Deen.
And, there are way more “dangerous” cooksa nd chefs on TFN than Paula Deen. She is actually a good cook who coks most things from scratch. She’s also an good baker, which is chemistry, not cooking.
Bourdain occasionally judges Top Chef, so to criticize Collichio for it, is a bit disingenuous. I personally can’t stand Paula Deen and her “y’all” and cackle, but Bourdain is also a self centered pain who advocates high brow food, sometimes with a high caloric and salt content (his favorite food is “pig”), so I don’t see much difference in the two of them. He trashes San Francisco food because it has too many “vegetables and salads” and fresh seafood and does not emphasize high fat meats.
I do admit that I sometimes like his travels and the local food he advocates for, but he is a food snob of the worst kind.
Team Bourdain all the way.
Team Bourdain! I’m sure Paula Dean is a “nice person” but she knows shi* about food. Let’s not even talk about her lack of knowledge when it comes to nutrition– just look at her– must eat her own food– YUK!
@Seal Team 6: glad to hear it. Southern food is top 3 favorite cuisines for me. BTW I think PD is funny on her show and her accent is cute. I just don’t have the metabolism to eat food with that much butter any more 🙂
Well, of course she’s going to be personally hurt and if she cried that night, I wouldn’t fault her and were I in her spot I’d do the same.
Night over.
Morning, seems like he took the corn and pwned it. Hot buttery death, her food dissolves personal responsibility. I’m always ready to extol the virtues of butter, but oleo-soaked lard comes from a different master…
Paula Deen’s ‘food’ is gross to me. Team Tony too.
He never said she was a horrible cook.. just that the food she cooks is not good for you, HEALTH -wise. He’s completely right about that. Not to say it’s not tasty.. but eat what she cooks up every day, and you’re going to end up needing by-pass surgery. Not for nothing.. my husband and I watched Paula Deen for quite a while, and finally decided to make one of her dishes – “Cheeseburger Meatloaf”. It was SO packed with cholesterol, that you could feel your arteries hardening as you ate it. I couldn’t even finish a tiny piece of it (made me feel sick – and I am in NO WAY a person bent on “health food”). Ever since, we’ve called her “Paula Deen, Homicidal Chef”.
I adore Bourdain.. he’s honest. And I do think he’d beat the crap out of Tom (sorry.. there is no way he’s “scared ” of that guy).
Paula Deen, herself says her recipes are NOT to be eaten EVERY DAY?? She doesN’T eat that way EVERY DAY either(she’s said that on her show & in interviews)?? Her recipes are put out there for those who want the occasional decadent dish(for special occasions/holidays/a sunday supper??). It’s a CHOICE!! Just like people who criticize Sandra Lee. NO ONE expects anyone to change their decor w/every meal?? It’s about ideas/options – & it’s a TV show, meant to entertain?? Why doN’T people GET THAT?? Last I knew, I didN’T see PD holding a gun to anyone’s head, forcing them to download/or eat any of her recipes?? As adults, MOST of us SHOULD have the ability to make healthy food choices, w/the occasional TREATS along the way(insert a PD recipe HERE!). Besides, all Anthony Bourdain’s recipes on HIS website are NOT health-conscious either!! He’s the ‘POT, CALLIN’ THE KETTLE…'(IMO)
gotta go with the bourdain.
As someone who grew up in Savannah on Southern/Low Country food, I must say that Deen’s southern fare, at the restaurant at least, is not all that. It’s southern food for folks who don’t know any better. Next time ya’ll want some good food, I will call an arsenal of grammas OR just point you out to Mrs. Wilke’s which is infinitely better.
PS. Team Tony 100%
I would like to enter into evidence a recipe Mrs. Paula Deen has on FN’s site.
English Peas
Ingredients:
1 stick of butter
2 cans of peas, drained
Directions:
Melt butter, add peas heat til warm
In closing I submit that I personally giggle at Paula Deen. She is a very funny lady. Reminds me of my granny.
As much in personality as her “Heart Attack on a Plate” cooking. And for that reason alone. I fully agree with Mr Bourdain and believe he should be exonerated.
I rest my case.
TC and AB are friends – he was joking.
I’d forgotten about his judging on Top Chef. I could not figure out why Tom would even chime in!
I don’t get why people harsh on PD for her accent. Some Southerners really do talk like that. My accent isn’t that thick by any means, but “Hey y’all” is one of my default expressions!
Tony clearly likes & appreciates all kinds of food, including what many people consider “Southern” cuisine. I know several people who met him when he came to my hometown (Charleston, SC) & they have nothing but good things to say about him. Although, the guy that runs the Middleton Hunt totally made fun of the way he rides a horse, lol!!
Edit: Ditto Lindsey G.! I NEVER sent people to Lady & Sons, but always to Mrs. Wilkes!
I <3 Paula. I <3 Paula’s food. Down with Bourdain.
Love Paula (she is nearly identical to my late grandmother. sassy southern women ftw!) but love Anthony more. He knows his shit. Gonna have to side with him on this one.
Also confessing my love for the Bourdain.
Paula Deen cooks these big, lumpy, greasy, stereotypical Southern-fried meals. Stereotypical, NOT typical, as I can attest because I grew up eating Southern cuisine, and not every kitchen south of the Mason-Dixon line swims in butter, bacon, and buttered bacon, but watch Deen and you’ll think so. I know differently. I remember that really complicated peas recipe, too — wow, open a can, ADD BUTTER, and heat. I’m so glad that Reece pointed it out! And yes, Deen DID do a Krispy Kreme cheeseburger … if it was a “joke,” well, she ATE THE JOKE. Can’t deny it … she is the most dangerous cook on FN. The WORST.
I can’t stand Bourdain. He seems like a cool enough guy, but he can be a snob. On the other hand, I love Tom! He’s totally awesome and he has to be picky when judging Top Chef. He’s a judge! That’s what he’s supposed to do.
Just to add about Paula. I definitely like her. She seems very nice, but she has very few recipes that I like.
apparently bourdain’s schtick is flying right over most people’s heads. yes he rags on san fran and vegetarians-its his schtick because he worships pork and it’s part of his pretend disdain for eschewing meat. and his comments about the food network people are part of that schtick and he was being hyperbolic. he’s cynical, but he isn’t a ‘snob.’ im really amazed at what a misread this whole article is, since it’s obviously one friend poking fun at another, and the whole misread of elitist bourdain (he’s not) and some idealization of paula deen as this authentic plebian food goddess (she’s not).
Tony is honest but lacking in social discourse. Paula is a sweetheart but no chef. Tom is an abusive prick and would as soon be feared as respected. I wouldn’t dare insult him either; I don’t care for knuckle sandwiches.
Co-sign Bros!
I’d honestly forgotten that Tony judged on Top Chef (I don’t watch it that often). I’m pretty surprised that so many people don’t “get” Tony. I love him & want to be him when I grow up!
um,i have no idea who this guy IS….
so he is looking for some cheap publicity.
by mentioning bourdain and getting in ont his action.
i think he was just feeling left out that AB didn’t pick on him, too.
it’s b/c he’s not as famous as the others-lol
at least to me….
I read a few of AB’s books when he moved over to travel network and did the travel food series. Is he back on FN now? I dont have t.v.
anyway, the books were good, but there’s no way I could watch him-he’s so pompous and a one note tune…..
the books got old and i only read 2; but they are enjoyable and entertaining/interesting, to be sure. He has some nice perspectives based on his background, and he is a very solid, intelligent writer-fairly successful as a funny guy, too.
But, yea, the guy thinks he’s the only person who likes real food and enjoys a rustic restaurant in vietnam.
oh, and while i do think he has to say this stuff to differentiate himself, he’s a bit too preachy about some of his views.
But i agree that he’s not a real snob, just pretentious. And, I have a feelingt his whole thing is good PR for everyone, all around…..
Team Bourdain all the way. Love this guy so much!
Tom C was kidding clearly. He and Bourdain are buddies-AB has been a great judge on Top Chef a couple of times. I can’t remember where but I remember reading their kids play together as well.
I think the two of them would take the mickey out of each other for fun like old drinking buddies do.
I think he’s being a bit harsh on Paula Deen, though she does have some awful corporate ties. No one ever said that her food is for daily consumption, but I do agree that her food is unnecessarily stereotypically “Southern”. My Louisiana-born grandmother made a lot of healthy food–black eyed peas, greens without the fat back, baked chicken. Southern is not synonymous with fatty.
While some or RR food is gross, she does a good job teaching easy recipes and techniques to people afraid to cook. That is a good thing. Sandra Lee, on the other hand, is a drunken menace. She seems like a nice lady, and the semi-homemade idea is kind of good, but she always picks the grossest possible ingredients and does even more gross things to them. I seriously retched at her Kwanzaa cake and “cheesecake balls”.
I could care less about Paula or Tony, but I will take me some Chef Colicchio.
I just read Bourdain’s book. He can go feck himself.
MaiGirl, OMG- Kwanzaa Cake! It grosses me out and makes me giggle all at the same time.
For those of you that wonder why people don’t like the food network, please watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2iWTJqo98
What Bros said, again.
I enjoy both Bourdain and Deen, but I do have to agree with what Anthony says.
I’m currently on a Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations marathon on Netflix and I enjoy his grumpy ass to no end.
Regardless, I’ll still watch them both.
Now Rachel Ray and/or Sandra Lee, I would love for them both to just disappear off of my television screen forever.
I have to take Bourdin’s side on this subject; he doesn’t exactly exude sunshine and fuzzy-ness, but seriously, who could possibly take pride in promoting doughnut hamburgers??? That’s wrong (and I’d even say vulgar) on myriad levels! I get that it’s Southern cooking, but “Southern hospitality” does not mean that you send consumers of Southern food to the hospital!
It isn’t Southern cooking… its turning Southern cooking into a freakshow
Team Bourdain all the way.
I like Paula Deen, though. Check out her fried chicken recipe. The best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR0pQcp5jYg&feature=related
Food for Thought May 14, 2009
THIS is why I love Anthony Bourdain. He’s absolutely, brutally honest, whether or not you like his opinion.
The video clip is where he’s praising Mario Batali and insulting Sandra Lee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEYSHYsL0cs&NR=1&feature=fvwp
TIME Interviews Anthony Bourdain Oct 31 2007
Here he speaks about Rachel Ray.
DidN’T ya ever wonder why he ‘praises’ the MALE chefs & criticizes the FEMALES?? It’s NOT like Mario has never made a decadent dish?? Nor does his body type exude tremendous fitness??(I LOVE Mario, though!)
It’s just quite interesting that AB NEVER says much about any MALE chefs?? In my opinion, he’s either BLANK or he doesN’T want to get his scrawny, pompous butt kicked?? Although I’d pay GOOD MONEY to see that!!
I loves me some Bourdain. He slays me with his commentary & shenanigans on his show.
Bourdain is delicious and I would like to lick him. <3
I have dined in TC restaurants. They are ok. I know some that are better.
Mario Batali is a dream. He can cook for me any day. Jean George Von Reichen is also my fav (I also worked at one of his restaurants) To say that food is my passion is an understatement.
I love southern food as well since I attended a southern university. When done right, it’s incredible but what Paula Deen cooks and serves on her show isn’t true southern to me.
As for AB’s resume. If you look at where he’s worked and what he has done. I am surprised that anyone would think he doesn’t have the food accolade that he deserves.
True, he has moved on to doing other things than cooking in an actual kitchen, but he does have an extensive training as a chef and worked as a chef before he became a writer/traveler/producer.
I do think there’s a difference between eating at a Michelin star restuaurant and cooking at home. The aim is completely different. Not to say that one is better than the other.
But if one is seeking a healthy and nutrious food to cook at home. You are not really going to appreciate AB nor are you looking at Rachael Ray for five star dining experience. They both have their place. But at the end of the day. If it taste good and fill an empty stomach. I think that’s all that matters. 😉
@Mourning the Death of Music: thanks for posting, love him more after seeing those clips lol on the Kwanza cake recipe causing your head to explode.
tony bourdain is an old school chef. read his books and you’ll understand him and why he says the things he says. he respects colicchio so he would never say anything derogatory about him. i used to like paula deen but she has gotten so full of herself and just so nauseating, i cannot tolerate her show, even for a moment. riding around on robert irvine’s back at the south beach food and wine fest was just gross. and she’s a spokesperson for smithfield hams – a company who is actively trying to breed the fat out of a pig. WTF?!!? THAT’S BLASPHEMY! TEAM TONY!
Team Tony. Bourdain isn’t going to challenge Colicchio. He is an actual chef, an I bet Tony respects him. Tony is a truth teller and some of the FN stars aren’t good chefs. They’re on the network to relate to “normal” Americans. Personality before actual cooking talent. These normal Americans are overweight, stressed, and eat out of a box and survive on processed shait. Why is it we celebrate people that appeal to our lazy nature? Hate the man that calls a chef to be an actual chef. We as a nation are failing if we believe a hamburger between a donut is actual food. We deserve to be fat and mocked if you cook like the Paula Deans of the world.
Some of the WORST meals I’ve ever eaten were made by ‘actual’ chefs. Two years & $50,000 @Culinary School + a set of over-priced books, does NOT a good chef make!!
Give me a good ‘cook’ any day of the week!! I’m NOT a food SNOB like many on here!!
Please. Shut. Up.
– Signed,
The World
Yes, Kaiser! I totally agree.
FN’s programming is mostly a bunch of fabricated, pre-programmed bullshit, and Paula Deen sells her face to just about any meat product out there. But Bourdain just seems like such a smug asshole. He seems so forever-aware of his own credibility and how inherently “cool” he is. Like one poster mentioned, he seems to think he must be all the more cool for wanting to live in Vietnam in the middle of nowhere. He’s like the aging version of a hipster chef.
I remember some episode of Top Chef. One of the contestants was going to make laksa, and he warned them, “I know a good laksa.” Like, ugh. He’s just so full of himself.
I don’t think he’s a snob, personally. I just think he’s obnoxious.
Bourdain and Colicchio have been good friends for YEARS!
Bourdain rules my world.
Rachaeael Ray and Paula Deen are the Kardashians of food TV.
That is all.
More JEALOUSY of WOMEN w/Cooking EMPIRES & adoring fans(IMO). Most people doN’T even know who AB is. He’s certainly NOT a household name. Many doN’T enjoy watching someone DRINK till he’s completely polluted, while SMOKING several packs of cigarettes ON CAMERA. Then he strutts around like he’s all that…making self-righteous commentary along the way. It makes MANY lose their once-healthy appetites!!
Hrm…I like both of them however Drunks shouldn’t throw stones at glass houses….he isn’t the best for America either. I can say that because I watch No Reservations and during the last show he basically drank his way across the southwest eating greasy food to recover in the morning.
Thank you…exactly my point!! Where does Anthony Bourdain get off thinking he has any ROOM TO TALK – or CRITICIZE!! He’s certainly NOT the epitome of health?? I also believe AB’s comments are SEXIST, as well. Notice who he targets?? DoN’T see him saying anything to Mario Batali or Emeril…BOTH are overweight & have also been guilty of making decadent recipes. Where’s his criticism of them?? But, of course they’re males. Hmmmm…apparently AB’s PREFERENCE!!
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For all of you who are lovin’on Azzhole(Tony), try defending his French Fries & Cheddar/BLT burger, listed on HIS official website?? Now there’s a HEALTHY combo, right?? NOT!! And a guy who SMOKES & DRINKS a TON(on HIS shows), is ‘calling out’ Paula Deen for not exhibiting tremendous health on her show?? What incredible HYPOCRISY!! In addition, I doN’T see him making critical comments about his good-buddy Mario B?? In as much as I adore Mario, he’s no picture of health either. AB’s comments just reveal how insanely JEALOUS he is of Paula Deen & many other Food Network chefs. AB’s shows are soooo very BORING…I would only tune in if I needed to fall asleep QUICKLY!!
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sdw sounds like some Paula Deen-stan, and cannot take the fact that some people like Bourdain over her/his food crush. Let it go! No one said Bourdain was perfect; Paula Deen isn’t either. Just shut up about it if you don’t have anything intelligent to say.
Either that, or go join the Beyonce stans.