"This Chef Thing Is So Over"
Anthony Bourdain — executive chef at New York's Les Halles and "Kitchen Confidential" author — comes for chefs Rocco Dispirito and Rick Bayless with a really sharp boning knife:
"The Restaurant" was "a shark-jumping moment," said Anthony Bourdain. Although Bourdain was a guest on one "Restaurant" episode, "I felt somehow unclean afterward," he said. "And the irony is DiSpirito is easily one of the most talented chefs in New York. My fear is that show will blow it for all of us. 'Dude, this chef thing is so over.'" ... [And regarding Chicago chef and Mexican food expert Rick Bayless.] "It's like Rob Reiner coming out for the fine, smooth taste of cigarettes. He's shilling for an outfit that we see as the enemy. I think tossing motorists off the West Side Highway would be a better way to make a buck."
