World renowned chef, Anthony Bourdain, expresses his dismay over the election when Donald Trump won the 45th presidency. And it seems like his distaste over some chefs who open a restaurant in Trump's Hotels has spread.
In an interview with Eater, the Bourdain said: "I will never eat in his restaurant. I have utter contempt for him, utter and complete contempt," when asked of chef Alessandro Borgognone in managing the upcoming sushi restaurant, Nakazama, at Trump's D.C. hotel.
Earlier this month, Borgognone has been criticized over his remarks on New York's food scene. Grub interviewed Borgognone and who said, "With D.C., I had reached a point where I saw so much bad that I was actually looking for the good. I couldn't find it."
However, he took back his words and tried making amends. Reported by the Washingtonian, Borgognone said, "The story, unfortunately, was depicted in the wrong way," he started. "I'm the first one to apologize... I love DC, and that's why I'm opening a restaurant here."
Another chef Bourdain clamored is David Burke after being appointed as head of Trump's restaurant BLT Prime. It was supposed to be managed by two celebrity chefs José Andrés and Geoffrey Zakarian.
However, Andrés and Zakarian backed out of the project after hearing statements made by the president about illegal immigrants and Mexicans. A lawsuit was filed, and Trump would have to be ousted in his legal battle against the chefs.
After the incident, Bourdain did not hesitate to articulate his displeasure. "I never had the highest opinion of him in the first place, but I guess he's the last person in this life I should look to for principles." He continued to say that Burke tried poaching Andrés' staff after the latter reached out to welcome Burke.
"So Burke's a steaming loaf of shit, as far as I'm concerned, and feel free to quote me," Bourdain said. And as for Trump? "I don't think he's a good person," Bourdain said. He recalled what happened in Central Park Five and what Trump did.
"I've seen how he's treated employees. I saw what he did to Atlantic City. I saw what he did to the west side of this town. It's fuckin' ugly. He's going to make the whole world look like the back of Rick James' van," he mustered.
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