Who Would You Rather, Celebrity Chef Edition Part II: Bourdain vs. Colicchio

Posted by Emily Farris

 

Last week, we asked which celebrity chef you'd rather: Bobby Flay or Gordon Ramsay. While Flay won by a small margin, many of you voted, resoundingly, for neither. So, we present Round II of Who Would You Rather, Celebrity Chef Edition: Anthony Bourdain vs. Tom Colicchio.

We love Top Chef, craft and Colicchio, but it's Bourdain that does it for us. And here's why:


"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food. The body, these waterheads imagine, is a temple that should not be polluted by animal protein. It's healthier, they insist, though every vegetarian waiter I've worked with is brought down by any rumor of a cold. Oh, I'll accommodate them, I'll rummage around for something to feed them, for a 'vegetarian plate', if called on to do so. Fourteen dollars for a few slices of grilled eggplant and zucchini suits my food cost fine."
—Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential


He can put his teeth in our meat any day. But, really, it's up to you. So, who would you rather: Anthony Bourdain or Tom Colicchio?

UPDATE: To our friends visitng from Grub Street, yes, we originally spelled Tom Colicchio's name wrong. Laugh and point. Then vote.


 


Comments

youngmodern said:

i feel Tom would tell me everything that is subpar about me, and Tony would just roll over and have a smoke.

April 22, 2008 5:29 PM

chachina said:

Bourdain, in a heartbeat :-)

April 22, 2008 5:50 PM

Christian said:

I am a lesbian and I voted and enthusiastic YES for Anthony Bourdain!  

April 22, 2008 6:38 PM

Rayleen said:

A smoker or a guy who runs a chain of upscale Subways.

Can I vote for Gordon Ramsay?

April 22, 2008 8:20 PM

motoko said:

Bourdain, no question. He makes several decades of whiskey-and-cigarette funk seem sexy

April 22, 2008 10:33 PM

Day said:

Bourdain.  Colicchio's a little bit cute in that slightly-big-guy sort of way, where you want to hug them and be friends.

Bourdain's got the throw-down.

April 22, 2008 11:16 PM

debbilicious said:

Bourdain Bourdain Bourdain!!!!!! A million times Bourdain. And then some.

April 22, 2008 11:25 PM

iheartbourdain said:

Bourdain is tres sexy.

April 23, 2008 4:45 PM

D said:

Bourdain, over and over again.

April 23, 2008 7:29 PM

caterchick said:

Bourdain  4 eva!

Sorry tom

April 23, 2008 9:34 PM

tuesdayschild said:

Colicchio, no question. Bourdain is a doucherocket.

April 24, 2008 10:09 AM

emilie said:

Anthony def is very sexy..too bad hes not on the market. he's probably annoyed people call him sexy too

April 26, 2008 11:53 PM

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