Posted on 10/29/2015 4:25:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
'Every restaurant in America would shut down.'
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's strong stance on illegal immigration has already drawn serious backlash from the restaurant industry, and celebrity chefs José Andrés and Geoffrey Zakarian have pulled restaurants from Trump's new Washington, D.C., hotel. Now ex-cook and current world-traveling TV host Anthony Bourdain is getting into the mix. Bourdain made an appearance on SiriusXM's StandUP With Pete Dominick and defended America's undocumented workers.
I grew up in the restaurant business — 30 years in the restaurant business. I came out of, like a lot of other white kids, I rolled out of a prestigious culinary institute and went to work in real restaurants. I walked into restaurants and always, the person who had been there the longest, who took the time to show me how it was done, was always Mexican or Central American. The backbone of the industry - meaning most of the people in my experience cooking, preparing your food. Twenty of those years in this business I was an employer, I was a manager employer. Never, in any of those years, not once, did anyone walk into my restaurant — any American-born kid — walk into my restaurant and say I'd like a job as a night porter or a dishwasher. Even a prep cook — few and far between. Just not willing to start at the bottom like that.
Bourdain went on to say that if Trump were to win the presidency and deport 11 million illegal immigrants, "every restaurant in America would shut down," and restaurant owners share his sentiment because "they'd be up the creek. ... It is really, really getting hard to find people to do the jobs."
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It's not the first time Bourdain has commented on Trump. He previously said The Donald "offends me" and the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City is "the enemy of the human spirit." Bourdain hasn't given his coveted endorsement for the 2016 election, but he threw his support behind Barack Obama in 2012 and 2008.
I hope your taste buds are more discriminatory than your taste in people like the creepy Bourdain.
Leni
I don’t do not remember exactly what Trump said about deporting illegal immigrants in one of his recent videos, probably Reno. But the gist of it was to deport the illegal immigrants, then let them back in. But when they come back, give the US authorities the opportunity to not only limit immigration if necessary to protect job opportunities for US citizens, but also give US authorities the chance to tell troublemaker immigrants to go back where they came from. Corrections welcome.
“He’s an arrogant pr!ck.
Who— Bourdain or Trump?”
You.
Dad?
Just kidding, k.
I was a white, American born young boy who had a dishwasher/bus boy job at age 14.
Libs need to quit lying... No one wants to deport all the immigrants or stop people from immigrating to the U.S. I want all the illegals OUT and all immigrants to enter legally. That’s not too much to wish for.
To work in the restaurant industry these days, at least work in the kitchen side of it, you MUST have a grasp of the Spanish language.
Right on! Another failed CEO!
So we have 2 failed CEO’s running, Kasich & Fiorina, both whom have horrible records as CEO’s in private business. The other CEO, Donald Trump is worth about $10 Billion.
Kasich was Managing Director at Lehman Wall Street Bank. Which is same as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It is a term used in UK & Australia & former British colonies such as India.
But I will take his political advice as seriously as I do Donald Trump's cooking advice. Meaning...not at all.
Bourdain is unwatchable. He pretends to be Mr. Casual but doesn’t have a loose bone in his body.
-—and free cigarettes to dull your tastes to match your politics.
-—and free cigarettes to dull your tastes to match your politics.
I agree; and ask why we don’t have an illegal alien doing his job. It would be cheaper and draw about the same ratings. Yeah Anthony give up your gig to prove you are down with the struggle.
Bourdain was a heroin addict in his younger days. He also worked in kitchens with a lot of illegal immigrants, He is also a Bard College leftist. So what could we expect from him?
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