Former Chicago Food Writer Mocks Foodie Culture in Onion Video

Celebrity Chef Ted Allen Cooks His Favorite Pretentious Foodie Bullshit Meal

Food Network star and former Chicago Magazine editor and food writer Ted Allen starred in a clever video for The Onion mocking foodie culture and Today show cooking segments. Allen prepares a "stupid ass trendy piece of fish coated in some kind of nut you've never heard of, served alongside a puree of baby... something or other." Enjoy.

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By Samantha Abernethy in Food on November 8, 2011 5:30 PM 0 Comments

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ken_sanders

excellent. ted allen rules.

Rocknrope

Awesome, Ted. Glad someone in the food world has a sense of goddamn humor. Just reading the reviews on Yelp from wanna-be Ruth Reichles is enough to make me puke.