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11th December 2017
02:00pm GMT

“I apologize to the people I have mistreated and hurt. Although the identities of most of the individuals mentioned in these stories have not been revealed to me, much of the behaviour described does, in fact, match up with ways I have acted.
That behaviour was wrong and there are no excuses. I take full responsibility and am deeply sorry for any pain, humiliation or discomfort I have caused to my peers, employees, customers, friends and family.'' Batali did not deny either allegation, saying that they “match up” with ways he has behaved in the past. The chef has also been asked to step away from The Chew, a daytime television show he co-hosts on ABC since 2011, following the allegations. Revered chef Anthony Bourdain, an irregular social media user, took to Twitter earlier to voice his brief opinion on matters. https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/940207731708895232 Batali has been sued for misconduct in the workplace before. A former pastry chef at an Italian restaurant owned by Batali and Bastianich’s in Greenwich Village sued the company for discrimination — claiming that managers called him gay slurs and later conspired to fire him when he complained.Explore more on these topics: