backyardchef

Thank you. I will never go there. Not that I was going to, anyway.

I think this should be in the "gee, I like Sietsema" thread..... I mean, "Eater Sucks but I always read it" thread.

Gabba Gabba

It all reminds me of Adam Perry Lang being Epstein's personal chef and saying he "never saw" anything out of the ordinary.

I enjoyed that very much although it did not answer my question.

So, not Sietsema fans? I can't tell.

Source ?

And also to be clear I didn't portray the situation, Eater did. I think the whole situation is hysterical and actually embarrassing for literally all invested. Sietsema included.

https://ny.eater.com/2010/1/15/6746859/reminders-paul-grieco-still-pissed-at-robert-sietsema

I didn't know you felt this way.

I've met Sietsema. He is a nice fella. I have seen Wells sipping coffee. He is a nice fella. Both wrote nice things about my food. I am grateful. I am also glad to be out of the industry.

Except I can conceive of it and I have seen him unapologetically praise the work of people who didn't do the cooking and bought their recipes and techniques from consultants. A little research and fact checking goes a long way. Then you can fawn over the excellent consultants. But, nope. Credit to the person that's never setting foot in the kitchen. This is not like praising the restaurateur for hiring a good chef, it's giving credit to people for work they didn't do. I get it, that doesn't bother anyone else, but don't expect me to put him on a pedestal for that. I find it just as insulting as Sietsema refusing to be challenged. I'm happy to discuss privately, but sorry I can't just blindly agree.

Wells talked about ignoring the replies he got to the Fieri restaurant review and how it was one of the few times he didn't reply to people about his review because he didn't want to. And then he said "And now, boy, everything's just become so serious. And you sit at the counter and the chef comes out and tells you what he did to the Brussels sprouts leaves and no, there's not a lot of dancing."

Oddly, I can conceive of it.

32 years old...from an overdose per Dana Carvey's social media. Heartbreaking.