[alexander_busek]

Used to have respect for him. Then, about 2007, he remarked that if you were over the age of 35 and wanted to get into the culinary field, to forget it. According to him, after 35, your tastebuds are shot, all your creativity is gone, and you don’t have the energy to keep up. [...] Bourdain can get stuffed.

Yep, them's fightin' words!

Seriously: You don't find his vile political statements far more disgusting?

Regards,

[hoagy62]

His ‘vile political statements’ didn’t offend me on a personal level while I was attending school, trying to better myself.

The part that honked me off is...OTHER CHEFS listen to him and respect him. His words carry weight among chefs, and it could make someone not hire me. I am thankful that I found bosses who don’t think like he does.

Yeah, he’s a rotten liberal. No doubt about that. Even so, he’s a (for reasons I’ll never understand) respected chef in the culinary world. That’s a world I’m a part of. That means SOME things he says carry more weight for me than others.

[The KG9 Kid]

Nah, he’s fine. I could probably move politics to the back burner in my life if all liberals were like him.