They Lied? Iron Chef confesses vegetables not from White House garden
For months, the Food Network ran ads about a forthcoming episode of “Iron Chef America,” its flagship chefs plus secret ingredient versus time competition. The show would take place at the White House garden, with Michelle Obama making a cameo and plugging her responsible-eating initiative. The network promised it would be its biggest episode ever.
The buildup matched the reality: The Jan. 3 “Iron Chef America” drew 7.6 million viewers, the highest-rated show in network history. In it, superstar chef Mario Batali teamed with Emeril Lagasse, and Bobby Flay with White House chef Cristeta Comerford to cook five dishes using the secret ingredient: produce from the White House garden.
Except for one thing: As first reported on AOL‘s Politics Daily blog, the fruits and vegetables used on the show weren’t from the White House. They were stunt produce. Ringers.
At the beginning of the two-hour special, the chefs were shown picking sweet potatoes, broccoli, fennel and tomatillos from the White House garden. Then the chefs were seen walking into Kitchen Stadium, produce in hand. One problem: The show is filmed in New York City.
People, people, people. It’s TV!
Did you really expect them to use the vegetables while filming?
What the show did by using “stunt double” veggies was, in my opinion, socially responsible. The actual vegetables from the White House garden were probably donated (guessing) to a local shelter.
Give me a break and layoff! It’s just vegetables!
“They Lied!”
Well, THIS is earth-shattering news! The NETWORK lied! “But did they do it with MICHELLE’S connivance??? SURE!!!!”
Well, the4 Constitution provides for a crisis of this magnitude. The House must drop everything and immediately begin hearings on a Bill of Impeachment. Once that Bill is approved, as it surely will be, then the Senate can convene for the 30 seconds or so it should take to approve a conviction to remove . . .
Oh. I forgot. We can’t impeach and convict the First Lady. Shoot.