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Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
I was pretty irritated when I found out that one of my favorite chefs...Chef Roy Yamaguchi...was going to be a part of that show. I couldn't believe he'd sell himself out like that.
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Cool! My sister used to be the Sous Chef at Roy's in Newport Beach, CA. She was so excited to get hired at Roy's - she really admires his work.
Anyway, I remember she came home from work one night and was like, "Roy is going to be on Iron Chef USA!!!!!" She was excited for him, but she wasn't sure it was going to work out right.
I don't get why you consider his decision to be on the show a "sell out". I mean, that wouldn't be the first time. After all, he's had TV shows before! And let's not forget the personal appearances and cookbook deals! The Roy's Restaurants are quite widespread across the globe which I suppose is "ok" as long as the sense of ohana is maintained.
HOWEVER, he made it into a "chain" when he decided to start franchising. He franchised a few of them to Desert Island Restaurants LLC which eventually sold those locations to Outback Steakhouse, Inc. I would know, my sister worked for one of the Desert Island/Outback Steakhouse locations. If that isn't selling out, I don't know what is!
Ah well, my sister no longer works for Roy's. Not that anyone cares, but she's now at Restaurant 808 in San Diego.
On another note, I'm confused about why everyone is acting like the show just came out. Some of my friends were in the audience of the first episode which was taped in Las Vegas and aired a loooonnnnggg time ago. Did it go off the air and then come back on or something?
Finally, I just wanted to say that there is NOTHING which can replace the original Iron Chef show from Japan!!! That show is the bomb! (hee hee.... "It makes my mouth sing!") At our house, we watched Iron Chef and FoodTV like it was the only channel we had!
.....Kelly