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AMERI'S MOST INFLUENTIAL CHEF WAS GAY AS HELL
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. 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. 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.