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TWO GAY MALE CHEFS TALK PRI, THEMSELV AND THEIR WORK
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On top of beg a highly acclaimed thor and chef, Ottolenghi is a proud gay man and father. In an article he wrote for The Guardian on gay fatherhood and g out as a gay father, Ottolenghi addrs his own feelgs of disfort at beg vol and visible about his sexual orientatn. Beard was gay, but durg the time when beg gay was not publicly acceptable, Beard and his long-term partner Go Cofacci lived private liv away om the limelight, not The New York Tim.