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Le Chêne From Chef Alexia Duchêne

Le Chêne From Chef Alexia Duchêne

The thing about Paris is that it never ages — like great cheese, it is pre-aged. Innovation burbles where it finds a foothold, and the city is no more immune to fads than anywhere else (voilà, the squeeze-bottle avant-gastronomy championed by the sages of Le Fooding or the scruffy little caves along the Canal Saint-Martin offering fizzy jugs of natural …

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay shares skin cancer diagnosis: “Please don’t forget your sunscreen this weekend”

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay shares skin cancer diagnosis: “Please don’t forget your sunscreen this weekend”

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay shared his skin cancer diagnosis on Saturday in an Instagram post, thanking his team for their fast work in removing a Basal cell carcinoma from his skin.  “I promise you it’s not a face lift! I’d need a refund…” Ramsay wrote in the post showing a photo of the side of his face bandaged below his ear, reaching …

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San Francisco chef speaks out about viral TikTok encounter

San Francisco chef speaks out about viral TikTok encounter

A San Francisco chef whose restaurant closed down after he was accused of being rude to a TikTok influencer is now speaking out for the first time about the viral controversy. In an interview with the San Francisco Standard, the former co-owner of Kis Cafe, in Hayes Valley, recounted his disastrous meeting with TikTok influencer Karla Marcotte, who posted a …

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‘I’ve failed you’: S.F. chef apologizes after viral clash with influencer – San Francisco Chronicle

‘I’ve failed you’: S.F. chef apologizes after viral clash with influencer  San Francisco Chronicle Kis Cafe Chef Luke Sung steps down, restaurant announces closure after viral confrontation with food influencer  ABC7 San Francisco San Francisco chef implicated in viral TikTok video issues apology  KTVU SF restaurant to temporarily close after influencer says she left crying  SFGATE Fired Chef Speaks Out After Clash With Influencer  eonline.com …

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Chef Luke Sung exits new venture after battle with influencer

Chef Luke Sung exits new venture after battle with influencer

A prominent San Francisco chef threw in the apron at his newly opened cafe after allegedly belittling a TikTok influencer during a tense exchange over her follower count aired out in a viral video. The incident unfolded Wednesday at Kis Cafe in Hayes Valley, when “micro-influencer” @itskarlabb described how she had pre-arranged a collab with the restaurant’s team and showed …

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