Last night, I went to my favorite bar Jimmy’s to hang out with Siobhan and when I walked in I saw this woman who looked really familiar. She was looking at me too so for a bit I thought I knew her. I felt her name was Gail. I don’t know why.
Then I sat down and Siobhan said that they had to save some of the items on the menu for the reviewer from Food & Wine. Then it hit me! It was Gail. Gail Simmons from Top Chef! NICE.
I had the cassoulet and the Aventinus. I’m pretty sure Gail tried everything on the menu. But it just goes to show you, both Gail and I have great taste.
That’s pretty cool. But doesn’t her “celebrity” undermine her role as critic? Restaurants aren’t supposed to know when they are being reviewed or else they can provide special service, etc. that they wouldn’t otherwise provide generic patrons. Am I right here?
hello stuffing sous chef number 1!
well, i think gail prolly now does more like fluff kind of pieces. like more restaurant profiles than actually like a true review. b/c yeah, it’s hard to not know who she is. BUT… there are definitely different kinds of critics. ones that people don’t know(like the infamous “shoppers”) and ones that people do. for example, i’m sure that most restaurants would recognize Frank Bruni, the NYT senior food critic too!
That’s why food critics love disguises.
Also, curious to see whether there will be a TWIB posting with your thoughts on the latest regarding Clemens and his steroid using wife (What???)
TWIB notes are coming!
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