Ameri's Most Influential Chef Was Gay as Hell

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Cabler Bravo's upg fourth season of s realy okg show 'Top Chef Masters' clus three openly gay chefs * openly gay male chefs *

Roberto Santibañez is the gay chef and owner of morn Mexin rtrant Fonda, wh three lotns throughout New York Cy, along wh Mi Vida and The Grill (culary director), both Washgton D. “There’s a difference between leadg by fear and workg when you’re sred vers leadg wh rpect and wantg to work hard for someone bee you actually rpect people, ” she told GayCi.

He penned an say for The Guardian 2013 lled “Why I’m Comg Out as a Gay Father, ” tailg the surrogacy procs he and his longtime partner, Karl Allen, went through to start their fay.

Season 3 gave our first gay wner, wh Chef Hung Huynh wng the whole season. Dale, another gay chef, also ma the fale, g send place.

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All the openly gay male celebri Hollywood who are out and proud: Chris Appleton, Dan Levy, Andrew Stt, Kal Penn, and more. * openly gay male chefs *

In season 6, Ashley spoke out about how the nttants were ma to ok for a weddg while she, and other gay nttants, uldn't legally get married. Season 11 featured gay chef Travis Masar.

Whether was issu of racism gay clubs, gay youth issu, issu specifilly pertag to black, queer people, I’ve kept an active profile.

Beg a gay culary figure is important to me bee ’s a legacy built on the shoulrs of Jam Beard, Craig Claiborne, Bill Neal, and many others. When I was wrg The Cookg Gene, beme very important to me to do what they uldn’t do, which was to say, hey, gay chefs e om gay kids who once dreamed of wowg people wh their food and flair.

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In the food dtry, a staggerg 80% of queer workers 2020 reported seeg, experiencg, or hearg homophobic or transphobic thgs om ctomers, employers, or workers, (via One Fair Wage). In a powerful and heart-wrenchg say wrten after the 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shootg, tled "I'm Gay and This Is Why You Should Care, " Twty lv to his own past and the long leag that make him, proudly, who he is.

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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.