I-Todd yesiNgesi yabanjwa isika ngokungathi yinto ekuthiwa yi-rock star. Kodwa ngaba umpheki ojika uphawu lwehlabathi unokuzonwabisa kakhulu?
Ngokuqhelekileyo imidiya-okanye imidiya yoluntu-i-ripple yenziwa kule mpelaveki iphelileyo yi-Food & Wine Classic e-Aspen, ingqokelela yonyaka ephezulu yokuphakanyiswa kwegama labapheki apho uJacques Pépin, uMarcus Samuelsson noJonathan Waxman babonakala kwiphaneli malunga neenkumbulo zokutya, Kwaye uTyler Florence wakhokela iseshoni ekwakheni ii-burger ezingcono.
U-Mario Batali, oqhele ukuba ngumdlalo we-Aspen, uchithe impelaveki ethumela iifoto ku-Instagram kuhambo lwakhe olujongeka lonwabile ukuya eGrisi.
Ngelixa bekukho incoko kwizangqa zokutya malunga negumbi likaRoy Choi lenkonzo yegumbi le-ramen kwi-LA's The Line Hotel, okanye nge-paella ka-Bobby Flay kwivenkile yakhe entsha yaseNoho, eGato, akukho mpheki usaziwayo wenze izihloko eziphambili njengoTodd English, ubambe i-cavorting kwisitya esishushu kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva.
Umnumzana IsiNgesi ongenahempe, 53, wahluthwa ekhangeleka ekhangeleke ngeglasi ngezandla zakhe ejikeleze amabhinqa aselula aphantse ahamba ze kwiklabhu yeSithili saseMeatpacking esibizwa ngokuba yiProvocateur.
Iphepha lesithandathu, INew York Post Iphepha lokuhleba, uthathe ubuncinci amathuba amathathu okupapasha: Iresiphi yompheki weenkwenkwezi wokuzonwabisa? 1 ibhafu eshushu, amantombazana amathathu angenasinxibo, yaba sisihloko sokuqala, silandelwa yinto kwintengiselwano yeshishini kunye nenye ingxelo yokuba umpapashi wentetho uthumele i-imeyile ecela abo asebenza nabo ukuba bangasebenzisani nenqaku elizayo kolunye ushicilelo. Ekuphela kwento awayenzayo yayikukuziphatha ‘ngokungafanelekanga.’ Yindoda engatshatanga eyayineziselo ezininzi. Eli ayilo bali, wabhala uLindsey Valdez kwi-imeyile eyaba yiyo kanye.
Xa kwaxelwa nje emva kwesehlo sebhafu eshushu sokuba ihotele i-W e-New York yaqhawula amaqhina nenkampani kaMnu. English, neyayiqhuba ii-Olive apho, kwabonakala ngathi ukwaziswa malunga nemicimbi yakhe yasebusuku kwakuqala ukuchaphazela ixesha lakhe lasemini. imisebenzi yezoshishino.
Ifoto yePhepha lesiThandathu yayisamkhathaza unyana wakhe uOliver English, onceda ukulawula iivenkile zikayise. ‘Ayilunganga,’ utshilo uOliver, amehlo akhe ejinga ngokungathi angathetha ngayo nantoni na eyenye. |
Umnumzana isiNgesi waphakama waduma eBoston kodwa uhlala eManhattan xa engahambi eyokujonga ingqokelela yakhe ekude yeendawo zokutyela kunye nezandiso zorhwebo. Usebenza kwizivumelwano zokuvula iivenkile zokutyela eManila, eAthene naseDubai; Ukuvuna ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50 yeedola ukwenza ukubonakala buqu kwaye ubeke nje okokugqibela kwisivumelwano sokutsiba kwi-QVC kwimbangi ye-HSN, apho achume khona iminyaka ethengisa i-cookware yakhe yaseGreenpan.
UTodd luphawu lwenkampani, utshilo uHerb Karlitz, oqhuba iarhente yokuthengisa imisitho yokutya kwaye elawula ezinye zeeshishini zikaMnu. UTodd wenza iminyhadala kwiinkampani ezinkulu zeFortune 100.
Kodwa ayizizo zonke iindaba ezimnandi kubukhosi baseNgilandi baseTodd. Iminquma yakhe ephambili eBoston ivaliwe ngehlobo ephelileyo emva kwengxabano esemthethweni nomnini-ndlu, kunye nevenkile ethengisa ikhekhe yaseBeacon Hill, i-Isabelle's Curly Cakes, eyavulwa ngo-2010 yathethwa njengentsebenziswano nentombi yakhe ekwishumi elivisayo, yavalwa ngalo Matshi xa umnini-mhlaba exelela IBoston Globe ukuba irente ibingekahlawulwa ngeenyanga.
Indawo yokutyela ye-LA awayeyisebenzisa no-Eva Longoria ekugqibeleni iyazivalela, kwaye i-TMZ isandula ukuqhuba into malunga ne-bill engahlawulwanga enxulunyaniswa nokusebenza kwakhe kwi-NYC Olives ngamawaka eerandi afanele imivundla efriziwe.
Ngaphezu koko, emva kokuba uMnu. English wabonakala kwisiqendu sowe-2012 somboniso weNethiwekhi yokutya apho umntu okhuphisanayo wayefanele ukuba aphumelele umsebenzi njengompheki kwindawo yokutyela yesiNgesi iTodd, umpheki owayefanele ukuba uphumelele umsebenzi akazange anikwe kwaye wabanjwa. ukuya kwiPosi yeHuffington malunga nayo. Ngoku usebenza i $ 31,000 ngonyaka umsebenzi kwindlu yabahambi ePort Aransas, Texas.
Ndifuna ukuphuma eMzantsi, u-Tully Wilson owayesacaphukile wathi kudliwanondlebe naye ngefowuni Umjongi . Ndandifuna ukusebenza kwisiXeko saseNew York. Andifumananga nto ngokuphumelela umboniso kumabonwakude wesizwe, hayi i-10, 000 yeedola, hayi umsebenzi, akukho nto. Akukho nto ivela kuTodd ngaphandle kokuphathwa kakubi.
Iingxaki zikaMnumzana isiNgesi ziphinda zihambisane nomlingisi ophambili kumdlalo bhanyabhanya omtsha kaJon Favreau, apho inkwenkwana eneminyaka ubudala imangalisiwe nguCarl Casper ekwindlela enqamlezileyo emva kokuba intlekele ibandakanya ukumgxeka (kunye nokwahlukana nentombi yakhe, idlalwe nguScarlett Johansson). Kodwa ngokungafaniyo noMpheki uCasper, Umnumzana isiNgesi akabuyelanga ezingcanjini zakhe ngokuqala itraki yokutya kunye nokuthengisa isonkawits gourmet ngaphandle kwemivalo. 
IsiNgesi (ngasekhohlo) nonyana wakhe uOliver, lowo umpheki amchaza njengenguqulelo engcono kum.
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Ngelixa uninzi lwabantu abadumileyo lubonakala lincinci emntwini, Umnumzana isiNgesi ubonakala emkhulu, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yenyama ethile ayifumeneyo. Amehlo akhe aqaqambileyo aluhlaza alumke ngakumbi kunokuba ebonakala kuloo bhafu ishushu.
Sidibene kwigumbi lenkomfa kwiofisi kaMnu Karlitz eTimes Square. Kunye noMnumzana isiNgesi yayingu-R. Couri Hay, umbhengezi owaqesha ukongeza iinzame zikaNks.
Ngokuphathelene nesivumelwano seMinquma e-W, utyhola izizathu zezemali ezinxulumene neendleko eziphezulu zabasebenzi, kunye nexesha elibi. Ndithathe isigqibo sokuba andizukuphulukana nemali ukuyigcina kule ndawo, xa ndinokuyihambisa kwenye indawo, utshilo.
Kwakungenanto yakwenza nokuhlangana kwakhe kwebhafu eshushu, malunga nokuba uMnu. Mhlawumbi wayengacingi kakhulu, watsho, esonge izandla. Kungcono kakhulu ukuba ndihlale ngasemva kwesitovu esishushu kunakwibhafu eshushu, mhlawumbi impendulo yam kuloo nto.
Uthe wayesazi ukuba ifoto yathathwa ngobo busuku e-Provocateur, kodwa yayiliqela labucala kwaye wayecinga ukuba uphakathi kwabahlobo. Inyaniso yokuba yayingumzuzu omnye ndiphicothwa, iyakhathaza kakhulu, watsho. Ndigodukile ebhedini ngentsimbi ye-11 ngesiqhelo. Xa ndikwiivenkile zam zokutyela, kusoloko kukho umntu obhiyozela into ethile. Bafuna ndiphume. Abasebenzi bam bayazi: Qinisekisa ukuba lawo ngamanzi ahlwahlwazayo kwiglasi yam ye-champagne. Andifuni ukuhla ngaloo ndlela yokuba liziko leqela.
Xa ifoto yavela, inkxalabo yakhe yokuqala yayingabantwana bakhe abathathu, kwaye okwesibini yayishishini lakhe, utshilo.
Ndifuna ukugcina ubudlelwane bam namaqabane am, utshilo. Ndikhathalele kakhulu malunga neeresityu zam. Kwaye ndifuna ukuba noxanduva kubantwana bam. Le yeyona nto ndiyiphumezileyo ebomini. Ndinabantwana abathathu abakhulu abaqhuba kakuhle kakhulu.
Ifoto eshushu eshushu.Abapheki, njengoko kuye kwathethwa ngentengiso, iiinkwenkwezi ezintsha zerock, kodwa ukubhiyoza okunje kungangqubana nokubonakala kwigumbi lebhodi kusuku olulandelayo, bethetha ngamehlo acacileyo kubaqokeleli beehotele bamanye amazwe malunga notyalo-mali lwezigidi ezininzi. Kwakuphantse kuhlaziya ukubona uMnu. IsiNgesi esika ngokukhululeka, kodwa ngaba umpheki onjengaye angabaleka?
UJean-Pierre Etcheberrigaray, usekela-mongameli wezokutya neziselo ze-InterContinental Hotels Group, uthe uyaqhubeka nokuxhamla ngenzuzo kaMnu. U-English Ça Va, indawo yokutyela iTimes Square ethe yajongwa kakubi Amaxesha malunga nexesha lokuvulwa kwayo, kodwa ngokucacileyo ichume kunjalo. Ihotele inayo indawo yokutyela, kodwa ngokubanzi indlela ezisebenza ngayo ezi kontraka kukuba umpheki unyanzelekile ukuba aboleke igama lakhe, asete imenyu, kwaye abonise ixesha eliqhelekileyo lokujonga umsebenzi ukuze anike umrhumo ophambili kunye nesabelo. yenzuzo.
Into endiyifunayo kukubhabha ekutyeni nakwindawo yokutyela ukuhambisa oko ndikubiza ngokuba sisini, utshilo uMnu Etcheberrigaray. Ukuba akukho sexitude, kuyadika. Yenye indawo yokutyela ehotele. Kushushu kufuneka kushushu.
U-Lee Schrager, umseki weSouth Beach Wine and Food Festival, uthe akukho namnye kumnumzana IsiNgesi obonakala ngathi uhletyile oye wammema ukuba abuye umpheki, kwaye ayikhathalelwa kangako ngabenzi beedalmalm.
Ngaba uyavela? Ngaba unokuthenjwa? Ngaba iindleko zokutya ziyahambelana? Umnumzana Schrager uthe, kudweliswa izinto ezibaluleke kakhulu.
Abaqhubi behotele i-Plaza, apho iHolo yokuTya yesiNgesi yaseTodd iyi-ankile yeendawo zokutya eziphantsi komhlaba, ababonisi ukuhlala phantsi. Iholo yokutya iyachuma, utshilo u-Ariel Moses, osisithethi. Amabali akwiphepha lesithandathu ngamalunga nobomi bakhe, utshilo nge-imeyile. Kwaye siyayihlonipha imfihlo yakhe njengomthengisi oxabisekileyo kunye neshishini.
Kwaye kwakungekho mqondiso wokuba i-peccadilloes kaMnu. IsiNgesi yayichaphazela ukuthandwa kwakhe ngoontanga bakhe xa wayeyindwendwe yeChefs Night Out, itheko labanjwa ngobusuku obungaphambi kweeMbasa zeJames Beard Foundation, ePlaza. Ukuthatha iifoto kunye naye (ngokuchasene nomqolo wentengiso, hayi kwindawo eshushu) yayingumongameli wesiseko uSusan Ungaro, ingcali yewayini uJosh Wesson, owayengumphathi Ilungile… Cwangcisa… Pheka! USissy Biggers, kunye Kuhlikiwe umgwebi uAaron Sánchez.
Ifoto yePhepha lesiThandathu yayisamkhathaza unyana wakhe uOliver English, nangona kunjalo, onceda ukulawula iivenkile zikayise kwaye wayekhona eChefs Night Out. Ayilunganga, utshilo uOliver, amehlo akhe ejinga ngokungathi angathetha ngayo nantoni na enye-ngakumbi eyakhe umgca woyilo weekawusi kunye nezikwere zeepokotho.
Uyinguqulelo engcono kum, uMnu. IsiNgesi uthe ngonyana wakhe.
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UBobby Flay, okwazileyo ukubambelela umgca phakathi kodumo lweTV kunye nokuthembeka kwivenkile yokutyela, utshilo uMnu. IsiNgesi ufanelwe kukunconywa ngenxa yokupheka kwakhe kunye nempumelelo yakhe.
Abapheki abazizo iinkwenkwezi zamatye, utshilo uMnu Flay. Bangabapheki. Ngelishwa, iiresiphi zabapheki ngoku zilwela indawo kwiphephandaba ngeendaba zobomi babo. Ndicinga ukuba abantu banomdla kuloo nto. Andiqinisekanga ukuba kutheni.
Ewe, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba uMnu. IsiNgesi aphakame kwaye aphantsi kakhulu kangangokuba enza amabali amnandi-kwaye xa ekulungele ukuthetha, uvulelekile malunga nezihloko kubandakanya ubudlelwane obunengxaki yothando.
Umtshato ocwangcisiweyo ka-2009 nentombi yakhe yeminyaka emibini, u-Erica Wang, waphela ngomtshakazi esithi umshiye esibingelelweni. Wenza ibheyile kwiintsuku ezidlulileyo kuba wayenobundlobongela kwaye kwelinye icala wambetha ebusweni ngewotshi yakhe, wabangela ukwenzakala okufuna ukuthungwa.
Ndingathanda ukuba neqabane ebomini bam? uthe. Ewe, ngaxa lithile. Ndiyathemba ukuba ndizakuyifumana loo nto. Ngokunyaniseka, umama wabantwana bam, sinobambiswano olukhulu. Ndisamthanda kwaye sahamba ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.
Ubomi bufana noko abubeka epleyitini. UClay Conley, umnini-ndawo ophethe indawo yokutyela ePalm Beach eBuccan, uchithe ishumi leminyaka esebenza phantsi kuka Mnumzana isiNgesi, evuka esiba ngumlawuli wakhe wokupheka, encedisa ukuqhuba iindawo zokutyela ezili-18 kunye nokuhambisa amava okutya esiNgesi ka Todd eluntwini. Ubeka iincasa ezininzi ezinesibindi, uburhabaxa, utshilo uMnu Conley. Ndafunda kuye ukuzama ukubetha onke amalungu omlomo wakho, amanqatha aneasidi, ityuwa, iswiti. Akukho kutya kwakhe kuthambile. Ndiyayithanda lo nto.
