Celebrity Chef Report

The Celebrity Chef Video Game?

 

Wow, I've seen it all. Check it out, you can get a Iron Chef America game on the Wii. As most of my friends know, I'm still rocking the Atari 2600. Happy virtual chopping!

Jamie's Twist

Enterprising youth in the UK are skirting healthier food in their schools via a black market for junk foods.  Jamie Oliver spearheaded a campaign to overhaul the school menus' nutritional content.

 

“It has happened to us. Kids with motorbikes buying McDonald’s burgers in bulk and flogging them in the playground. We are a business and enterprise school in Essex so I guess I should not be surprised,” one said. “When challenged, the boy at the centre said he was just being enterprising.”

Culinary Destruction for Dessert

According to the Fair Investment Company, inspired and aspiring home cooks have served up £5 billion in damages to their own homes in the UK alone.

Here's a tip, don't be one of the "25 per cent admit to leaving their kitchens unattended as they rush to the lounge to watch the next cooking stage."

Emeril's shut down in Atlanta

Emeril Lagasse's Atlanta outpost of "Emeril's" never got off to a good start, and is shutting down. Check out the bad reviews. I guess you can't BAM! your way to success every time.

Simply Gordon

Great article on Gordon Ramsay, with a new cookbook, Healthy Appetite.

Dump Your Sex Life

  Jamie Oliver claims that the German peoples love of heavy foods, including dumplings, is disastrous to their sex lives.

I'm Back, in an Upstate New York Groove!

Apparently Buffalo is a finalist city in a Travel Channel competition to be featured in Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations".  Check out the cool video clip.

New Food Network Shows

For those of you that are interested, The Food Network has announced a slate of new shows.

War is cheap

Leading UK supermarkets are in a pricing war after Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's teamed up on an ad campaign for cheap meals.

Catching a Falling Flay

Interesting piece on ten up and coming chefs, which also happens to mention that Flay's Mesa Grill lost one star from the New York Times.  As previously posted in "Report", Flay might be stretching himself a bit thin.  More time in the kitchen perhaps, less on the "Throwdown"?