Last night, as many of our loyal readers watched NBC's The Voice, ABC's Dancing with the Stars, and Travel Channel's No Reservations, a bit of virtual battle was taking place on Twitter. Perhaps a few (likely from the culinary industry) tuned into the live webcast of the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony as well. Last night seemed pretty Kosher for a Monday evening, in terms of entertainment.
Since Anthony Bourdain rarely misses an opportunity to make things extra entertaining,he live-tweeted the awards ceremony (which is the Academy Awards-equivalent to the culinary world) from Brazil. Tweet after tweet, he described the lack of recognition for the hard working, often undocumented Latinos who work behind the scenes at successful restaurants.
"Let's play a game. Count the Mexicans at the #jbfawards one.....two.....uh....." read the tweet that opened the floodgates for his outspoken disapproval of the ceremony.
Bourdain, we're with you 100 percent.
As you may have guessed, Bourdain received quite the response from followers -- some expressing their approval, while others expressed utter disagreement.
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