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e01n -> RE: Opinion: Is Alton Brown of Food Network's 'Good Eats' into kink? (8/24/2007 2:32:36 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ocilla
I agree completely. In my past career I was a chef in nationally ranked top 10 zagat restaurant - and all kitchens have significant D/s dynamic. Based on my experience in prof kitchens I feel very confident in saying that AB is a switch at his most dominant but in a serious restaurant kitchen he would be total sub meat. He would be completely crushed under stinky clog heels before he even got close to the stove. Hmmm.....wonder if I still have enough connections to actually find out for real....not sure I want to know enough to burn through favors. The dynamic is true in this sense - in brigade, you have your place and there are serious consequences for going outside of it. And you say "chef" to me at work much as you'd say "master" or "mistress" to others, and I say "commis" the same way you say "bitch"... [;)] And yes, AB is not a restaurant person in the least. Nice guy, but he'd be sooooooo toasted within 15 minutes of working in that context.
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But I am sure Mr. Brown's is scripted - another indication that he would be a sub in serious kitchen world. This is true - there is a script, but there is some improvisation going on. Though whether that makes it "subby," I disagree - I'd say it's very practical from a production POV. And since AB was a TV commercial ad man first and a foodie a distant second, he knows TV production very well. So I'll mildly disagree with that assessment. It's more What Works than a sign of D/s personality.
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Btw - in just about every hard core 3 star or above kitchen I worked in - a common after work and night off gathering was a trip to the local S & M club. What's really bad is when you go out to unwind and wind up getting contacts to cater play parties... That sucks the harsh... [;)]
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And IMO Anthony Bourdain...is the yummy one - and quite damn dommy I 'd say. I just hate that he aired all our dirty kitchen laundry in Kitchen Confidential though. That was just embarrassing. Well, not all of the laundry, luv.... And I'm glad he's not at Les Halles much these days. He's much better showing off his dorkiness as a tourista anyway. And I want more Bobby Gold stories, dammit!
I will say that of the chefs I know who have some interest in WIITWD, they tend to get most of their ya-yas out at work and then maybe play a tiny bit to relax in a non-role-based way aka "just kinky". There are some who do play in a more conventional D/s sense, but they're the exceptions rather than the rule. As with everything, YMMV.
But almost every restaurant mercenary I know who's worked more than one rotation... they probably can tie a karada as quick as Mai Randa. [;)] And I'm sure watching Midori truss a chicken would be worth it as well...
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