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:
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