From the looks of Bravo and the Food Network, gay and lbian chefs are ubiquo. But big-name LGBT oks say they're still the mory -- unrpaid and unrreprented.
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TWO GAY MALE CHEFS TALK PRI, THEMSELV AND THEIR WORK
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AMERI'S MOST INFLUENTIAL CHEF WAS GAY AS HELL
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