Celebrities?
We live in a cynical world. A world where people tend to only care about themselves. This is found true especially when it comes to celebrities. Most celebrities think they are above all, they feel that they don’t need to socialize with the common people or their fans. I also have been referred to as a celebrity chef. Why, because I am a good cook or because I have been featured on television or in magazines? Celebrity… A term which I hate to use. I am just like everyone else and celebrities are just like you, we are all people.
I had the privilege of spending last weekend at the Cayman Cookout in the Grand Cayman. A culinary event held by Eric Ripert. It was a fantastic event, the warm sun, great food, a lot of Rum and informative demonstrations from some of the best chefs in the country. With all that was said, the best thing that I took away from this event was friendship. I met a few wonderful people, Gary, Lizy, Sally, Jody, and Argenis, all people whom I now consider friends. However, the person, the friend, who left the biggest impression on me was Ingrid Hoffmann (see my photo with Ingrid above). Having 2 world class cooking shows, one on the Food Network ( Simply Delicioso ) and the other on Gala vision ( Delicioso ), Ingrid is one of the most down to earth people I have had the pleasure to meet. She was outgoing to everyone who approached her. She was funny, generous and simply a delight to spend time with. I would just like to hope that all people, especially celebrities, learn from her example. No matter how popular, how wealthy, or how famous a person gets, you never forget who you are.
~ Ciao
I hope that like you said, you can stay true to your roots and not get too caught up in the limelight. We grew up in a simple town, went to a simple school and had simple friends. Hollywood has over glamorized everything and made the people in this world become fake, cruel and surreal. Make the best of your opportunity…but never forget where you came from! As always, I wish you the best.
i think you got something good going on keep it up stay real dont let the fame go to your head. love you
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Big Ted Kanellopoulos
I saw the video today on how you cook and it does not suprize me that your a celeb now I think I was like you good looking funny looking and all around nice. Ive bin a chef since i was born my mom never cooked so I took over the biz at age 3 had to get the food out before my pop got home. After I found out I was good at it I got a gob at Bergerking and then lernd some stuff now im making bank and everybody says i should be on americans next chef. now at the age of 43 i could be a celeb to