In article <1189131295.802968.163850@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
guppy21014@aol.com says...
> Saw this on the Good eats fan page forum. WOW
>
> September 5, 2007 -- Chef Mario Batali has been chopped from TV's Food
> Network, the influential cooking channel that made him a household
> name.
>
> Sources said that network executives told the spotlight-loving chef
> last month his multiple shows, which includes the long-running "Molto
> Mario," would not be renewed and that he would no longer be competing
> in the popular "Iron Chef America" series.
>
>

Too bad. Despite his asshole personality, he was one of the last - if
not the last - real chefs on Food TV.


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Peter Aitken