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I can't help but wonder at what point in Rachael Ray's career trajectory this chick decided to indelibly inscribe her devotion. 'Cause honestly, if this is from 2002's $40-A-Day Ray, I can kinda get behind it, 'cause we all need a gentle a reminder to eat on a budget (even internationally!). Or if it's a tattoo celebrating the Ray/Batalli victory over Flay/De Laurentiis on Iron Chef America: Cranberries, I mean, well yeah, that was a good day for everyone (although I shudder to think where the Batalli tat is).
But if this is a display of solidarity in the face of Ray's recent keffiyeh fall-out, I have no choice but to sit back, tut-tut, and judge.
So now I must ask: If you had to get a chef tattooed on you, who would you pick? Discuss.
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6-03-2008 @12:38PM ItGuy said... Tattoos are gross and this one takes the case.
It's no wonder celebs are shedding the nasty things in droves.
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6-03-2008 @3:14PM Oiler said... ..takes the "cake."
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6-03-2008 @1:34PM Mathi said... I think if I had to get a celebrity chef tattoo it would probably be Julia Child.
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6-03-2008 @2:58PM heather said... Tattoos are gross?
Worry about your own body before judging what someone else does with theirs.
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6-03-2008 @3:05PM eric said... thanks Heather. my sentiments exactly.
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6-03-2008 @3:13PM SuperDais said... I would pick Gordon Ramsey. I can't even explain why I like him. But I would never get someone's face tattooed on me - maybe if I had a kid, or a beloved pet is always nice.
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6-03-2008 @3:40PM Bdiddy said... Master Chef of course.
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6-03-2008 @10:04PM Adriane said... Bourdain. That is to say if I was crazy enough to get a celebrity chef permanantly inked!
The one above is...ugly. That doesn't even really look like Ray! Boooo
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6-03-2008 @3:41PM Kristyn Pomranz said... >> Bourdain.
I'm with you Adriane. But it would need to be visually accessible so I could stare at him all the time.
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6-03-2008 @4:35PM GL said... I will always regret getting Jeff Smith's face tatted on my back. I knew I should have gone with Justin Wilson.
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6-03-2008 @5:38PM thefishie said... I wouldn't get a tattoo but that's just my personal taste. I won't insult anyone for doing it either, your body, your choice.
However if I *did* get a tattoo relating to a chef, I'd probably get the fork & knife logo from Good Eats. Hey, even Alton did it. The graphic is pretty catchy too. But a chef's face? No thank you.
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6-03-2008 @6:20PM KF said... I don't *care* for tattoos myself, but I'd never call them gross, if others choose to have them or admire them. That's rude. In fact, some are downright beautiful -- the art involved. I don't choose to ever have one because there is no single image important enough for me to wear it for a lifetime (yet). So, the only way to go with this casual "if you had to..." theme is humor, so I'd pick Chef Boyardee or better yet -- one of the iconic images of Betty Crocker.
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6-04-2008 @10:41AM Liz Petty said... Bourdain -- of course! Who else?! I have a stupid school-girl crush on him anyway ...
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6-05-2008 @11:07AM mv said... Wow. What an ode to mediocrity on her back.
At least when she comes to her senses one day, she can add a tattoo of Bourdain holding up RR's head with a fork.
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6-06-2008 @9:42AM jessica gensmer said... At least it isn't Aunt Sandy.
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6-06-2008 @9:43AM Lzbeth said... Well, I have 8 tattoos with more on the way, and irrational prejudices against them are common enough, as well as pathetic. These body modification practices have been going on for over 5000 years, so get used to it already.
Of course, tattoos are HIGHLY subjective, and it's not exactly fair to judge all tattoos on the seemingly-silly examples. Would I ever get a celebrity chef's face tattooed on me? If they managed to make some cataclysmic affect on my life, and I was somehow motivated, I suppose so. Hard to imagine, but that girl clearly felt something so deeply that she had to get that tattoo.
If I *was* to chose one chef, it would probably have to be the Swedish Chef, from the Muppets > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9oyr_MKABY
BORT! BORT! BORT!
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6-06-2008 @9:43AM mv said... I'm going to get the "Two Fat Ladies" tattooed on my buttocks, and when they get old and wrinkly no one will ever know the difference.
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6-09-2008 @10:08AM Kat Kinsman said... mv - That was hilarious!
I have one food tattoo (cherries on my back) but no chefs. I am, however, thinking of getting a portrait of Alton inked right on my uni-tasker.
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6-10-2008 @1:53PM Michelle said... As a person with ink, my opinion is that it's very poor form to have a tat portrait of a living person. As a non-fan of Rachel Ray, I find this ink terrifying. (The poor tattoo artist!)
I could see myself borrowing one of my favorite chef's tats for my own use, but as big a foodie as I am, I don't think I could ever get a portrait of one of them.
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