Tyler Florence -- The Great Communicator

Suddenly, everyone is rising up against the Golden Clog Mafia:

Following Richman's revenge on Bourdain, Tyler Florence (who won the Rocco Award at the Golden Clogs) decides to join the fray: "I think that salacious, chef attack thing that Gordon Ramsey and Tony Bourdain do all the time is a shtick. I think people are tired of hearing it. With Tony, it's like... those who can't teach, criticize [others]. I don’t know what he does honestly. When it’s all about ripping up another chef, you should rise above it." [FN Fans via Serious Eats]

It's like at the end of Harriet the Spy, when the kids find Harriet's notebook, and band against her. Except not. For one thing, questions of just how perky Tony's shtick is, not clear how telling him his shit is tired is part of a plan to "rise above it. More to the point, would that it were actually a "salacious" attack -- my best guess is that Tyler meant scurrilous, or something like that -- but a salacious attack on a chef, like maybe Tony attempts the lamabada upon an unwitting Tyler, or Gordo goes all night at the Roxbury on Bobby Flay -- there are people who would pay to watch that. Not many, but some.

In any case, the Golden Clog fallout is a blessing, in that the various slapfights it's provoked are practically the only thing keeping Eater from becoming  wall to wall coverage of the Ko reservation system.
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Comments

[tammy]

tyler is sham...
he is jealous that he isnt a part of the "real" chef world. he has always been on the outside trying to get in...
Truth be known he needed the cash from applebees... 500k for a commercial isnt bad when your biggest claim to fame is boring FN tv show...
Now he wants to enter the rest world?? good luck...
he doesnt have the training, stamina or creativity. He is opening a mini kitchen store in William Sonoma Land.. goodluck again. He is always short of what it takes to be an original.
Real chefs, from the era of "rockstars" have found a variety of paths to satisfy their cooking cred and some dont cook.
so what... at least they do something very well...
Tony, Rocco and Mario included.

[Marco]

I don't think Gastropoda should have been included with Alan Douchebag Richman.

[Donna]

Heaven save us from Rocco's ego.