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The hammy Mr. Hughes, host of "Chuck's Day Off," displayed his inkwork for a photographer: On the inside of his left bicep is a mermaid, her nakedness barely covered with two small shells. On his left forearm is a giant shrimp. Inside his right bicep is a pomegranate. He then he rolled up his sleeve to show a heart with the word "Oysters" and a pearl over it.
Chuck said he has been unable to get much fresh ink in the past few years because the producers of his show have said it would make for continuity problems, confusing viewers if on a new show he has more body art than on a rerun. But now that his show has run for three seasons in Canada already, the producers are easing up.
Hughes had some food-tattoo competition when Michael Symon arrived, fresh from the taping of his new Cooking Channel show "Cook Like an Iron Chef."
Among Symon's many tattoos are three on the back of his right calf, images of livestock taken from a 19th century cookbook: "Mutton" stands on top of "Veal" which stands on top of "Pork." And the brown t-shirt he was sporting had the same Mutton image that was on his calf.
Most of his inkwork was done about a decade ago by two Cleveland-based tattoo artists, Symon said.
Also at the party and posing for group shots were Cooking Channel hosts Bal Arneson, David Rocco, Aida Mollenkamp, Roger Mooking and Daryl Robinson.
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5-21-2010 @4:02PM Mattheous @ Menu Musings said... Does this remind anyone else of the character in a certain children's book getting a tattoo of a potato?
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5-22-2010 @2:59AM kim said... That would be Sideways Stories from Wayside School. I have all the books, despite being a grownup :)
I think back to that chapter anytime I hear about someone getting a strange tattoo...
5-22-2010 @4:56AM Simzee said... Sounds like the network is disdriminating against tattoos by telling him NOT to get more.
5-22-2010 @12:12AM steverc53 said... How about a Mr Potato Head with his Johnsonville Brat
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5-22-2010 @4:52AM Ann said... I agree with Derrel. Please stop using this forum for your free advertising! Doing THAT is cheesy and cheap - not getting tats of foods that are near and dear to one's heart.
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5-22-2010 @7:37AM Melissa said... I wasn't trying to advertise or spam or anything. I just thought that his tattoo was kind of cheesy. Everyone has the right to be tattooed and I do think it's lame for the network to have a say about what ink he gets on his body. Butttt, it's a corporate world and that's the way things are.
I love food and if I could pick just one that was pretty enough that I loved to get a tat of, I just might. Sorry I made you guys upset.
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5-24-2010 @10:37AM Who Cares said... This guy sounds like a real idiot. A new show and network and this idiot is about showing his ink. Super Star ...NO Super Idiot ...YES
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5-24-2010 @9:01AM Brink said... I wonder if he has plans on a "Maori" facial tattoo? Producers would definetely drop him.
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5-24-2010 @9:31AM mike said... tattoos are to be shown not hidden you idiots... or why get them ?
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5-24-2010 @10:49AM Ore N. Mavro said... well said, Mike lol.
people who try so hard not to seem like they're into their own body art are the self-conscious ones.
Stop posturing, then you won't feel the need to project your "coolness" onto others.
this guy loves his tatts because they are of things he loves--he's a chef for chrissakes.
Its like some pro boarder showing tattoos of skateboards or blades. I doubt anyone would say that if this was a Thrasher.com blog or something.
Of course, most people don't get meaningful tattoos that are for *them* anyway. They get the latest pop culture iconic crap or make up some stupid sleeve motif that they put hardly any thought to--just to cover their arms. I usually deliberate for months over getting a tatt (hence why I'll probably be 40 when even one sleeve is even partly apparent.). when I get the opportunity to showcase my work (when people ask or we're showing each other ink) I totally enjoy it because they MEAN SOMETHING to ME and say something about me as an individual. And they all have stories--they're periods of my life indelibly recorded on my body.
5-24-2010 @11:43AM mike said... exactly ore n. mavro .... i couldnt say it better myself .. i have over 30 tattoos which i am very proud of and ill show any chance i get ... and believe it or not each tattoo i have has a meaning to it ..i like you ore will put a lot of thought into my next tattoo ... i do not get tatts on a whim .. each one will have a meaning or i dont get it ... simple as
5-24-2010 @10:34AM Shari said... Tattos: fun and sexy when you are 20, sad and pathetic when you are 60.
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5-24-2010 @10:49AM Ore N. Mavro said... Yeah..so are your genetals...and most of your body...point?
you saying you avoid tattoos because of that?
how about avoiding aluminum foil (and products containing aluminum), carbonated sodas, and tons of other stuff we enjoy in our youth...
you one of those people who want to live forever, as well?
5-24-2010 @2:40PM Melli said... VERY well said, Mavro. Very well said.
5-24-2010 @10:43AM RICHARD said... Tattos-- The good BOOK says no tattos
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5-24-2010 @10:57AM John said... Nothing but a walking comic book!
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5-24-2010 @11:27AM Angiebaby said... For a while, tats had earned a new reputation as mainstream America embraced them as forms of personal expression. But quickly the tide is retreating because people who are being celebrated in the media are people like that idiotic dude covered in tats, pierces, wearing all black and vulgarity spewing every time he opens his mouth while he tries to catch some wild animal. He's like the Tommy Lee of the varmint world. Another example of this downward trend is that in-your-face tats are all the rage on competition cooking shows, like Top Chef. Top chef is so full of gay & lesbian chefs and chefs covered with "badass" tats and piercings that they have become a distraction. A character or two with tats, or a character with a few tats? I can still in. But enough IS enough. Too many tats, piercings and angry, foul-mouthed outbursts and I'm out.
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5-24-2010 @12:17PM r said... tattoos look dirty and i want my chefs to look clean
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5-24-2010 @12:35PM eddiemylove said... Ink enters bloodstream over time. Heads to organ. Oops! It's cancer time! Bye bye Mr. Chef.
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5-24-2010 @1:12PM Robert said... I would never eat a meal prepared by a tattood person nor would anyone that I know. A person would have to be starving to do that. I wouldn.t even if i was starving.
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