Bourdain Says Beard Foundation Is Clueless
Already not a fan of the James Beard Foundation, Anthony Bourdain is pissed off at the plans they've made for this year's awards:
This year, it has been decided that in favor of bigger and swankier accommodations for the self-congratulatory nearly all-white attendees, that the cooks can take it in their collective poop-chute. At the new venue, Avery Fisher Hall, only hot boxes, induction tops, and propane burners are allowed. Reheats only! Out of town chefs with ambitions to actually cook at some point in the prep process are invited to bunk with the locals, jamming their food and staff into New York's already too-small, too crowded kitchens. It's a breathtakingly tone-deaf, dismissive move—one that will only cement the unspoken wisdom that the clueless Beardies are "outsiders"—not "one of us" at all—and completely uninterested and uncomprehending of the real world of cooks and restaurants.
The "equally horrifying episode" he goes on to describe after that is quite the doozy, so try not to read it while you've got something in your mouth that could potentially end up sprayed on your monitor.
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