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Former employees say Burrell, whose "Worst Cooks in America" competition debuts next month, "constantly harassed (them) with sexually discriminatory and derogatory remarks." The complaint, filed earlier this year, was publicized today by blogger Abbe Diaz, whose husband, Sasha Muniak, owned the New York restaurant where the incidents allegedly occurred and is named as a defendant. According to the suit, rehashed in a dismissal motion, Burrell was hung up on Centro Vinoteca's employees' breasts; She told one employee that leaning over the bar was "slutty," commented "repeatedly" on another employee's cleavage and announced that a bartender had "saggy boobs," creating a special "saggy boob" hand gesture to mock her. The complaint further states that Burrell suspended an employee for allegedly stealing a piece of cheese, claimed an employee faked an ovarian cyst and banged a pan when a manager urged her to be a better communicator.
Burrell, a veteran of the Batali-Bastianich empire, served as Centro's executive chef from July 2007 through September 2008. She now stars on Food Network's "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef".
The lawsuit remains in court.
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12-05-2009 @6:34AM Larry said... Seems she is in a bit of a stew.
She is no longer the apple of our eyes.
She could wind up eating crow.
She is two eggs short of a dozen.
Not the sharpest knife in the kitchen.
oh lordy, lordy
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12-05-2009 @6:47AM Millerson said... Burrell is like Batali-lite. Everything she says is like a watered down version of the same things Batali says, only without the personal experiences of a lifetime of achievements to lend her any real credibility. As for crude remarks, ONLY in America would people be so thin-skinned to file a lawsuit over such a thing. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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12-05-2009 @6:43AM crksr said... Unless there is more to it, this is a lame complaint.
Some people just look for a fast and easy buck. Alleging discrimination seems to be the thing.
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10-30-2010 @4:41PM fancy pants said... seems this is off the hook backwards,, want to file suit,, what about HELLS K
12-05-2009 @7:18AM maxiesmom067 said... When I go to a restaurant I don't want to see my waitress' cleavage and would certainly resent a saggy bartender draping her tata's over the bar in front of my date. Anne made very valid points to these obvious roadhouse rejects. Thank the liberals for shoving political correctness down our throats and making freedom of speech a memory.
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2-01-2010 @4:57AM tee said... so you're insinuating that as long as the bartender's breasts were full and high and "cute" that it would be fine to have them hanging in front of you, but god forbid they be saggy? THAT IS discrimination.
12-05-2009 @7:35AM joe stoned said... Honestly, who the F cares?
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12-05-2009 @7:39AM lawtbrown said... Employers should be able to critisize their employees' personal appearance and demeanor since these have a direct impact on customers and, hence, the success of the business. Employees should pack up and go elsewhere if they don't like it. Our economy has suffered because of thse employee-friendly lawsuits that have dominated the past decades.
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2-01-2010 @4:58AM tee said... mployers should be able to critisize their employees' personal appearance and demeanor since these have a direct impact on customers and, hence, the success of the business. Employees should pack up and go elsewhere if they don't like it. Our economy has suffered because of thse employee-friendly lawsuits that have dominated the past decades.
There's a HUGE difference between criticizing their employee's personal appearance and demeanor (within a certain degree, if I'm meeting the dress code and clean and neat then I better not hear anything else) and blatantly making comments about someone's breasts-- and MORE than one person's breasts because if you read closely that's three employees-- and even going so far as to make up a hand gesture so that if you're not quite within earshot of the employee you can still berate and humiliate them about something they have NO control over. THAT is very out of line and not just discriminatory but SEXUAL HARASSMENT to the extreme. And if you complain that sexual harassment is a tool created by the PC obsessed left wing then you're an idiot.
12-05-2009 @8:35AM Dee said... Enough of the liberal bashing! Not all liberals believe that everything deserves a lawsuit....I am a very liberal person, but think this is a bunch of BS. It sounds to me like these employees are simply looking for a quick buck and their 15 minutes of fame. Otherwise, why did they wait until she has a new show ready to start before they filed their complaint? Yes, there are some lawyers (both liberal and conservative) who'll take ANY case if they think it'll make them money or get them attention, but let's keep things in perspective.
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12-05-2009 @8:50AM my name is said... I am sure the premier,at the least, will have good ratings. People seem to like reality shows with this kinda drama. I am sure no matter what the outcome of the lawsuit, the producers, and Burell, are happy for this free publicity.
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12-05-2009 @8:54AM David said... Larry don't quit your day job...you don't have good stand up material-lol
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12-05-2009 @9:08AM Mike said... I certianly wish I could cook like the top chefs, but my question would be: why in hell do they have a work history that reads like a world traveler? As with Washington D.C. "former" types, can't they hold a job for any length of time?
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12-05-2009 @9:20AM Dogmatic1 said... I get really tired of those who come on AOL and bash America! We Americans have a saying "Take care of your own backyard before looking around in ours!". If you don't like what I'm saying, then go start your own web service, after all, AOL does stand for AMERICA ONLINE!
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12-05-2009 @9:45AM PEPPA said... WHEN SHE WAS WITH BATALI ON IRON CHEF, SHE WAS , AT BEST... TOLERABLE.... HOWEVER AS THE SOLE STAR OF A FOOD ORIENTED SHOW ?? UH-UH... NOT FOR ME !
SHE'S LOUD,HYPER, AND A BIT TOO BRASH FOR MY LIKING.
OH > BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO PUTS HANDFULS UPON HANDFULS OF SALT IN PASTA WATER...
A LITTLE BIT IS FINE, AND WILL FLAVOUR THE PASTA.... BUT THE WAY SHE USES IT > WILL GIVE SOMEONE A STROKE FOR SURE.
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3-26-2011 @8:03PM claire said... thank you... i wonder if she;s on some Salt companys payroll.. i counted one time she was making a Bolognese sauce.. 11 hand fulls of salt.. that dish would be inedible...Anne Burrell got where she is ..by WHO she knows.. NOT what she knows.. you couldnt pay me to eat anything that she cooks.. she;s nasty...and i also wonder if she has Tourettes the way she sways around the kitchen.. and im sick of hearing BROWN FOOD TASTES GOOD.. she would NEVER work in my kitchen thats for sure !
3-26-2011 @8:03PM claire said... thank you... i wonder if she;s on some Salt companys payroll.. i counted one time she was making a Bolognese sauce.. 11 hand fulls of salt.. that dish would be inedible...Anne Burrell got where she is ..by WHO she knows.. NOT what she knows.. you couldnt pay me to eat anything that she cooks.. she;s nasty...and i also wonder if she has Tourettes the way she sways around the kitchen.. and im sick of hearing BROWN FOOD TASTES GOOD.. she would NEVER work in my kitchen thats for sure !
12-05-2009 @11:12AM MyTravelswithJim said... Ms Burrell should come out on top-these crybaby bartenders seem to forget they are in a customer service business-and grow up!!I had a friend whoworked for an airline years ago-she went on a vacation w/her husband to Hong Kong w/a carrier surprisingly still in business-they stopped in Seattle to refuel and pick up passengers and get the trans pacific flight crew.The flight attendant
in her coach section wasnt very nice to them because they flew at a discount and she was too old for her braided hair style-as were most of her fellow attendants.....primadonnas,I guess.......
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12-06-2009 @11:17AM nova8uc said... I have watched this womans show two times. She is an idiot. She cannot pronounce easy words such as Bolognese and she is far too harsh in both her words and mannerisms. Mike...as for why most chefs resumes read like they are world travellers, there is a train of thought that unless you study in Italy or France you have no credentials.
I also agree that she uses waaaay too much salt in her pasta water. You should not use salt as the main flavor for your pasta.
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12-05-2009 @11:52AM lisanie43 said... hmm Chef Anne seems to have some issues lately. Do she know that she's a high prolific celebrity chef and whatever she says, could either help or hurt her career? Talk about indecent behavior!
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