Questionable Credentials

Given that I'm a little late on my posts and trying to play catch up, some of these posts may seem dated, some not, but browsing through the backed-up reader I came across a posting on Smart Money, which brough back memories of Bourdain talking smack about the Food Network and it's "celebrity" chefs in Kitchen Confidential.

Here's point 3 on the list:

"Just because I have a cooking show doesn't mean I'm a chef."When the Food Network canceled Emeril Live in 2007, it put TV chefs with actual chef experience on the endangered list. The new food faces tend to be cookbook authors and soccer-mom cooks. The problem, says American Culinary Federation President John Kinsella, is that "people call anyone who writes a cookbook a chef. That's not what a chef is." [Smart Money]

I hear that.

Myspace for chefs!

A networking site for the culinary types!

The site offers educational video, IM between members, start clubs, post classified ads, etc. You can use the site to post your own blog and upload videos. It's basically a social networking site aimed specifically at those in or interested in the culinary world. It looks like a great way to meet other culinarians.[Slashfood]

Great, because I don't have enough things to waste time on at work or at home already.


[Master Chef]