talk about being sent from the frying
pan into the fire
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrity chef scandals if you like this
video then you’ll love the original
content over at our sister channel ms
mojo your source for all things pop
culture celebrity and entertainment for
this list we’re ranking the most
high-profile or otherwise troubling
scandals involving celebrity chefs for
the record we’re not casting judgment
with these entries but rather commenting
on how these allegations negatively
impacted each chefs public persona
number 10
ina Garten heartless Contessa it takes a
certain kind of person to turn down a
request from the make-a-wish Foundation
but fans of Ina Garten also known as the
Barefoot Contessa probably never thought
this celebrity chef would fall into that
category that’s exactly what occurred
however when it was revealed that Garten
had turned down a meeting with
six-year-old enzo parada not once but
twice the reasons behind the situation
apparently ranged from Garten being busy
with a book tour to the requests
actually not reaching Garten personally
but by this point the damage to her
reputation had already been done not
even a last-minute due over from Garten
saved her from being skewered by the
internet number 9 Gordon Ramsay’s
daddy-in-law issues no one likes airing
their dirty laundry in a public forum
especially when that person lives as a
celebrity under public scrutiny Gordon
Ramsay was front and center in just such
a spectacle in 2017 when a very
high-profile feud with his father-in-law
took the celebrity chef all the way to
court Kris Hutchison was sentenced to 6
months in prison for hacking Ramsay’s
computer alongside his two sons Adam and
Kris jr. the elder Hutchison had been
business partners with Ramsay and used
information gained in the hack to
publicly embarrass the Hell’s Kitchen
star after he’d been sacked by Ramsay in
2010 number 8 Bobby Flay and his Kray
divorce okay we’ve heard of messy
divorces but this one’s ridiculous the
split between celebrity chef Bobby Flay
and Law & Order SVU actress Stephanie
March was acrimonious to say the least
with accusations of infidelity leveled
at Flay and March trying her best to
beat a prenup agreement agreed upon by
the pair in court oh and did we mention
that there was also a mysterious plane
flying a banner which red cheater during
Flay’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
and that Bobby allegedly had romantic
ties to madman star January Jones no I
mean no way other people see honestly
we’re getting anxious just thinking
about this level of cray number seven
Nigella Lawson’s drug use accusations
and troubled marriage the next scandal
on our list is a twofer of sorts as well
as another example of an extremely
troubled marriage Nigella Lawson was
accused of abusing various drugs but
particularly cocaine by her exact
ex-husband Charles Saatchi as well as
the couple’s former Italian assistants
Saachi even angrily referred to Nigella
in an e-mail as hi jelluh Nigella for
her part admitted to using cocaine but
balked at accusations that she was a
drug addict instead pointing to Saachi
as someone who was in her wards
committing quote intimate terrorism
within their relationship the pair
officially split in 2013
number six Robert Irvine’s stretches the
truth
celebrity chef Robert Irvine boasted a
laundry list of impressive
accomplishments on his resume but Irvine
admitted in a 2008 interview with the
st. Petersburg Times newspaper that he
quote felt pressure to keep up with the
Joneses by embellishing information for
his biography some of these dubious
claims include Irvine owning a Scottish
castle and being knighted by the Queen
Irvine later pushed back against some of
the allegations in the papers article
and other parts of his biographical
information possessed some truth such as
his role in preparing a cake for Royals
Charles and Diana but on the whole her
vine wasn’t exactly who he said he was
and his public persona suffered from the
embarrassment number 5 Anne Burrell is
accused of discrimination prior to her
emergence as a celebrity chef on the
Food Network Anne Burrell worked at the
New York City restaurant Shen Trevino
TECA
it was Burrell’s tenure here which was
the subject of a 2009 lawsuit
one that alleged that the chef was
verbally abusive to female staff members
of the restaurant
the allegations claimed that Burrell
would hurl insults and slurs at female
waitresses and front-of-house staff
using words like and whore while
also commenting on their appearance or
clothing those who spoke up against
Burrell’s behavior were allegedly fired
for their trouble and the complaints
against Burrell claimed that she only
targeted female co-workers in this
manner gen Trevino TECA closed in 2013
number four Guy Fieri’s alleged
homophobia David page was a producer on
the Food Network hit diners drive-ins
and dives
who claimed that he was unfairly fired
from the show in 2011 as a result of
interference by its host
Guy Fieri Paige then claimed in the
press that Fiat II harbored homophobic
tendencies and that he had expressed
these opinions to others on the staff V
Eddy whose late sister Morgan was a
lesbian denied these accusations and
actually went on to officiate a mass
wedding of over a hundred same-sex
couples at an event in 2015 and then my
most important tattoo is in memory of my
sister Morgan so was there any truth to
these allegations or was it just a case
of sour grapes on the part of Paige only
those involved know for certain number
three Mario Batali’s sexual misconduct
sexual harassment was a hot button issue
in 2017 and Mario Batali was just one of
many many powerful men charged with
inappropriate behavior by female
accusers Batali didn’t deny these
accusations in a prepared statement sent
out to the media and expressed remorse
and regret for his actions although this
didn’t stop Batali from losing his spot
as one of the hosts of ABC’s hit the
chew this wasn’t the first time Batali
had been accused of impropriety however
as the food mogul had also settled a
lawsuit in 2012 to the tune of 5 million
dollars for skimming tips from his
waitstaff in order to pay the salaries
of Sommeliers at his New York City
restaurants number two Martha Stewart in
the big house Martha Stewart was the
picture-perfect icon of home cooking
decorating and entertaining and she sort
of still is despite serving time in
prison for insider trading
Stewart was indicted in 2003 on
charges of fraud and obstruction of
justice for her role in selling almost
4000 shares of stocks after receiving
private insider information from her
Merrill Lynch broker Peter buck Anna
Beck she was found guilty of numerous
charges a year later and served her
four-month sentence in a West Virginia
minimum security prison afterwards
Stuart would resume her place in the
public eye a place she still inhabits
today she even hosts a cooking and
variety show with Snoop Dogg yep really
number one Paula Deen’s racist
reputation it was 2013 when a lawsuit
filed by a former employee of Paula Deen
took one giant swipe at the southern
chefs media empire Lisa Jackson alleged
that there was an atmosphere of sexual
and racial discrimination in the
workplace and also specifically
mentioned Dean’s expressed dream of
planning a plantation-style wedding for
her own brother Dean lost a lot of
endorsements from the whole episode
particularly after she admitted to using
the n-word in the past although Jackson
who is white later praised the Dean
family after settling out of court
two years later Paula tweeted a photo of
herself dressed as Lucille Ball
alongside her son Bobby in brown face as
Desi Arnaz further Fanning the flames of
her critics do you agree with our picks
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pan into the fire
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrity chef scandals if you like this
video then you’ll love the original
content over at our sister channel ms
mojo your source for all things pop
culture celebrity and entertainment for
this list we’re ranking the most
high-profile or otherwise troubling
scandals involving celebrity chefs for
the record we’re not casting judgment
with these entries but rather commenting
on how these allegations negatively
impacted each chefs public persona
number 10
ina Garten heartless Contessa it takes a
certain kind of person to turn down a
request from the make-a-wish Foundation
but fans of Ina Garten also known as the
Barefoot Contessa probably never thought
this celebrity chef would fall into that
category that’s exactly what occurred
however when it was revealed that Garten
had turned down a meeting with
six-year-old enzo parada not once but
twice the reasons behind the situation
apparently ranged from Garten being busy
with a book tour to the requests
actually not reaching Garten personally
but by this point the damage to her
reputation had already been done not
even a last-minute due over from Garten
saved her from being skewered by the
internet number 9 Gordon Ramsay’s
daddy-in-law issues no one likes airing
their dirty laundry in a public forum
especially when that person lives as a
celebrity under public scrutiny Gordon
Ramsay was front and center in just such
a spectacle in 2017 when a very
high-profile feud with his father-in-law
took the celebrity chef all the way to
court Kris Hutchison was sentenced to 6
months in prison for hacking Ramsay’s
computer alongside his two sons Adam and
Kris jr. the elder Hutchison had been
business partners with Ramsay and used
information gained in the hack to
publicly embarrass the Hell’s Kitchen
star after he’d been sacked by Ramsay in
2010 number 8 Bobby Flay and his Kray
divorce okay we’ve heard of messy
divorces but this one’s ridiculous the
split between celebrity chef Bobby Flay
and Law & Order SVU actress Stephanie
March was acrimonious to say the least
with accusations of infidelity leveled
at Flay and March trying her best to
beat a prenup agreement agreed upon by
the pair in court oh and did we mention
that there was also a mysterious plane
flying a banner which red cheater during
Flay’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
and that Bobby allegedly had romantic
ties to madman star January Jones no I
mean no way other people see honestly
we’re getting anxious just thinking
about this level of cray number seven
Nigella Lawson’s drug use accusations
and troubled marriage the next scandal
on our list is a twofer of sorts as well
as another example of an extremely
troubled marriage Nigella Lawson was
accused of abusing various drugs but
particularly cocaine by her exact
ex-husband Charles Saatchi as well as
the couple’s former Italian assistants
Saachi even angrily referred to Nigella
in an e-mail as hi jelluh Nigella for
her part admitted to using cocaine but
balked at accusations that she was a
drug addict instead pointing to Saachi
as someone who was in her wards
committing quote intimate terrorism
within their relationship the pair
officially split in 2013
number six Robert Irvine’s stretches the
truth
celebrity chef Robert Irvine boasted a
laundry list of impressive
accomplishments on his resume but Irvine
admitted in a 2008 interview with the
st. Petersburg Times newspaper that he
quote felt pressure to keep up with the
Joneses by embellishing information for
his biography some of these dubious
claims include Irvine owning a Scottish
castle and being knighted by the Queen
Irvine later pushed back against some of
the allegations in the papers article
and other parts of his biographical
information possessed some truth such as
his role in preparing a cake for Royals
Charles and Diana but on the whole her
vine wasn’t exactly who he said he was
and his public persona suffered from the
embarrassment number 5 Anne Burrell is
accused of discrimination prior to her
emergence as a celebrity chef on the
Food Network Anne Burrell worked at the
New York City restaurant Shen Trevino
TECA
it was Burrell’s tenure here which was
the subject of a 2009 lawsuit
one that alleged that the chef was
verbally abusive to female staff members
of the restaurant
the allegations claimed that Burrell
would hurl insults and slurs at female
waitresses and front-of-house staff
using words like and whore while
also commenting on their appearance or
clothing those who spoke up against
Burrell’s behavior were allegedly fired
for their trouble and the complaints
against Burrell claimed that she only
targeted female co-workers in this
manner gen Trevino TECA closed in 2013
number four Guy Fieri’s alleged
homophobia David page was a producer on
the Food Network hit diners drive-ins
and dives
who claimed that he was unfairly fired
from the show in 2011 as a result of
interference by its host
Guy Fieri Paige then claimed in the
press that Fiat II harbored homophobic
tendencies and that he had expressed
these opinions to others on the staff V
Eddy whose late sister Morgan was a
lesbian denied these accusations and
actually went on to officiate a mass
wedding of over a hundred same-sex
couples at an event in 2015 and then my
most important tattoo is in memory of my
sister Morgan so was there any truth to
these allegations or was it just a case
of sour grapes on the part of Paige only
those involved know for certain number
three Mario Batali’s sexual misconduct
sexual harassment was a hot button issue
in 2017 and Mario Batali was just one of
many many powerful men charged with
inappropriate behavior by female
accusers Batali didn’t deny these
accusations in a prepared statement sent
out to the media and expressed remorse
and regret for his actions although this
didn’t stop Batali from losing his spot
as one of the hosts of ABC’s hit the
chew this wasn’t the first time Batali
had been accused of impropriety however
as the food mogul had also settled a
lawsuit in 2012 to the tune of 5 million
dollars for skimming tips from his
waitstaff in order to pay the salaries
of Sommeliers at his New York City
restaurants number two Martha Stewart in
the big house Martha Stewart was the
picture-perfect icon of home cooking
decorating and entertaining and she sort
of still is despite serving time in
prison for insider trading
Stewart was indicted in 2003 on
charges of fraud and obstruction of
justice for her role in selling almost
4000 shares of stocks after receiving
private insider information from her
Merrill Lynch broker Peter buck Anna
Beck she was found guilty of numerous
charges a year later and served her
four-month sentence in a West Virginia
minimum security prison afterwards
Stuart would resume her place in the
public eye a place she still inhabits
today she even hosts a cooking and
variety show with Snoop Dogg yep really
number one Paula Deen’s racist
reputation it was 2013 when a lawsuit
filed by a former employee of Paula Deen
took one giant swipe at the southern
chefs media empire Lisa Jackson alleged
that there was an atmosphere of sexual
and racial discrimination in the
workplace and also specifically
mentioned Dean’s expressed dream of
planning a plantation-style wedding for
her own brother Dean lost a lot of
endorsements from the whole episode
particularly after she admitted to using
the n-word in the past although Jackson
who is white later praised the Dean
family after settling out of court
two years later Paula tweeted a photo of
herself dressed as Lucille Ball
alongside her son Bobby in brown face as
Desi Arnaz further Fanning the flames of
her critics do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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