Last Wednesday I drove over to The Grove for some Top Cheffage...Stefan Richter (most recent season (5) of Top Chef) was cooking against Betty Fraser (Season Two) and the entire debacle was hosted by Merrill Shindler from Zagat. I had no idea who Betty was (or Merrill for that matter), but apparently she owns a resto called Grub (which just opened for din din so I am going to have to go and check it out) in Hollywood and a catering biz called As You Like It that features Cali-Country cuisine.
Stefan, who most know from the last season of Top Chef, is a total character both on tv and in person, and he is slated to open his own resto (undisclosed name) in Santa Monica in about a month. While the competition was fun to watch, Stefan totally stole the show...he is HYSTERICAL.
About every 5 minutes he would either say, "thanks buddy" to anyone and everyone, and volunteered to help Better cook about 100 times. When asked what type of food he will be serving at his new abode, his obvious response was..."sexy food" (duh).
Stefan also proceeded to jump into the audience and toss red carnations out to all the women, and also tossed out undies, tank tops, and thongs baring the logos "Shitstick" and "Cock," all made by his clothing line Cocky Chef Clothing (cockychefclothing.com).
Other interesting facts about Stefan include his fav resto is "In N Out" and he claimed to be rolling "commando." Stefan really stole and show and ended up winning the competition with seared steak over mashed potatoes.
Grub
911 Seward St.
Hollywood
323-461-FOOD
grub-la.com
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Just ran across your article and I had to ask you a question.
Are we supposed to believe that you worked at Bon Appetit for the past two years, are a self-proclaimed food publication freelancer yet you DON'T KNOW WHO MERRILL SHINDLER IS???
I'm not sure if you're joking or not. Anyone with even the slightest interest in food knows who Merrill Shindler is.
Either you're just throwing a barb at him or perhaps you really don't know. If it's the latter, you may want to consider pulling that line otherwise any credibility you've achieved has been instantly negated.
Thanks.
Thanks much for all your comments. I do know the Merrill is an editor at Zagat and a reputed foodie, but I can also assure you that after working at BA for over two years, not once did anyone ever utter his name.
I'll follow up my statement with an apology. I thought you had written that you didn't know who Merril Shindler was. I guess you really did. Perhaps I misunderstood.
Well, if anything I guess it speaks to how out of touch Bon Appetit is. And while I have no affiliation with Merrill Shindler I would beg to differ with your 'reputed foodie" comment. Perhaps a quick Google search on his body of work will confirm that.
I think of a 'foodie' as someone who offers up an opinion about something they enjoy...kind of like bloggers. I think of people that get paid well for their opinion, produce books, radio shows and food guides on a local and national level as experts.
But I guess with your professional background you would know better than I. Best of luck with the site.
betty was an earlier contestant on top chef
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