Are Fat Chefs Going the Way of the Dodo?
According to both the British Culinary Federation and the Master Chefs of Britain, chefs in the UK are becoming thinner—there's apparently been a 75 percent drop in chef obesity over the past 20 years!
Gordon Ramsay thinks he knows why: "Running a kitchen is like running a marathon," he says. "It demands stamina and the ability to pace yourself. Being on your feet for 18 hours a day requires a level of fitness and strength that doesn't work well with excess weight. Most chefs rarely sit down for a square meal: you don't want to start service weighed down by a heavy dinner." Fat or skinny, I don't really care—just make me something delicious to eat! (Oh, and please pass the lardo...) [via The Food Section]
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3 Comments:
do you think also it has anything to do with the rise in screen-celebrity chefs? they seem to be on TV and in print more and more often than ever these days.
j at 10:55AM on 05/01/07
Notice now that Mario is getting less screen time he is ballooning up to impressive proportions.
Or is the less screen time in part because is ballooning up so much?
peekpoke at 10:12AM on 05/02/07
That first paragraph about chefs' weight loss ... how can I access that information? Not finding it easily accessible on either website (BCF or MCB) ... can anyone help me to access the original source material?
socialmaven at 5:14PM on 02/14/08