*Sigh* As a person who believes in God, I always feel it’s necessary to point out that it’s RELIGIOUS PEOPLE who ruin everything, not religion.

People who haven’t worked in restaurants have no idea how much sexual harassment is considered SOP in those places.

All, everyone, the costumers, some of them are really creepy, for some reason they think you talk to them because you are attracted to them not because it is your job.

Yeah, that, too.

Thanks to a family connection (sibling is an executive chef at a high end club) I know just how heinous the “jokes” can get. Racism? Yep. Sexism? Yep. Gay bashing? In spades.

I blame the garment industry. If only they’d design a zipper that stays up, I wouldn’t have to worry about fucking anything that moves.

Besh, please.

Nah, he just figured those teachings were a how-to for dudes.

Sexual harassment and assault in the restaurant industry?

Men who work at restaurants are usually horrible and pervs.

“I’m going to focus on my faaaaaaaamily”

His profound love for his Catholic faith evidently doesn’t contain any of Catholicism’s teachings on lust, infidelity, preying on those with less power, or that whole bit about coveting.

Since then I have been seeking to rebuild my marriage and come to terms with my reckless actions given the profound love I have for my wife, my boys and my Catholic faith.

There’s got to be a lot of chefs getting nervous. Sexual harassment in the restaurant industry is rampant. The only question is which excuses we’ll hear: “It was different back then” or “It’s a tough work environment and you’ve got to be able to deal with the heat.”

Everyone in NOLA idolizes that guy.

Life imitating art imitating life...

Wow. This is one I’m kind of surprised to by. John actually seemed like a decent guy. We went to his restaurant in NOLA and he was there. He came by our table and spoke to our group. I also enjoy his cooking show on PBS and I thought he did a good job as guest judge on Top Chef. I guess you never can tell what goes on…

“(...) the profound love I have for my wife, my boys and my Catholic faith.”

This had been a bombshell story in New Orleans. Besh is one of the biggest influences on the restaurant scene here post-Katrina. Everyone seems to like him, and his food isn’t half-bad. I have at least two of his cookbooks. When it broke a few weeks ago that Shaya had been fired from his namesake restaurant (so…