http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/09/anne_b...centro_vin.html

ah. cat's out of the bag, i see.

hmm-- a little disagreement on that GrubSt item: as far as i know, anne-burrell's replacement is leah-cohen.


also, i think it's kinda funny the Eater readers would assume i'm "commenter #5." hahahahaa i was just thinking as i was reading it "oh i wonder who that is. quite smart."

and then i discover supposedly it's me. well, for anybody "following too closely," it's not. my personal opinion is: it's the member here known as "Toscano," but i could be totally wrong too

oh but another thing: i think most of "PXthis" has (thankfully) remained rather apathetic about the whole thing, as evidenced by the amazing restraint exhibited the last few weeks, considering the members' profound insightfulness and distinct all-knowing-ness.



the only other thing i find really really really laughable is the idea Centro "will fail."

alls i can say is: hahahahaha hahaha hahah HAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHA haah aaaahhahahahahaaa

yah.

i'm pretty sure i've heard that one before. and so i say AGAIN:

why don't you do us all a favor and try holding your breath ?

Your welcome..

Good luck and all the best to everyone involved.

Oh, God. We're not going to have another It places the lotion in the basket 'moment', are we?

LOL.

(Sorry, couldn't resist!)

C'est la vie!

What's even more laughable is that they're still talking about how Gusto is going to fail! Even though Gusto is going on it's fourth year, is still as hopping as ever, spawned the very successful Centro Vinoteca and is working on opening it's second sister restaurant. And all without an 'official' replacement for their old chef.

"Centro owners will have a tough Fall"

Yeah right. Now that in this economy CV's price point will be more appreciated than ever (most reasonable priced wine list in the west Village), and the overhead has just plummeted, yeah I'm sure they will have a tough busiest season of the year.

abbe diaz
@GTO:

As much as I appreciate and agree with your conviction that "personal attacks" (particularly of the 'anonymous' variety) have neither validity nor significance in this discussion and wholeheartedly applaud your advocacy of Ms. Burrell, I must assert the one thing I cannot stomach nor will abide is: outright lies.

Centro Vinoteca has issued its official statement regarding Ms Burrell. As someone with surely more knowledge of the situation than you (but with no professional ties to Centro Vinoteca), I respectfully request you not allow your sentiment to distort the facts.

Thank you.
Comment #24, left at 09/23/08 01:09 PM.
abbe diaz's stats.
http://eater.com/archives/2008/09/breaking...#comment-191721

go abbe!

no it's 'cus we were scared that u would yell at us

Yea Abbe, we know what happened, but why do you pussy out when it comes to Centro?? Its not like it's a big secret that alot of people in the industry didn't already know. Obvs Centro wants to be nice about it, but like you said you don't work for them. Whatever

Ohhh, snap.

There's an easy joke in there about 'pussy' and the owner of Centro, but maybe it's a little too easy.

LOL.



We love you, Abbsterpiece!

(Please don't hit me.)

i like the fact that abbe is usually pretty nice but firm. & i love the fact that she only f**ks with people if they f**k with her first. & she's always so much better at it than they are. go abbe!

She was fired. That's the truth. Muniak has been stewing for months. He's a good guy, and was giving her every opportunity to step it up, but the truth is that the woman just doesn't have the goods, and he's a businessman. As anyone who's worked with her will attest to, it's pure karma. Not only is she an ineffective professional, she's a nasty person. Good luck to her. She's gonna need it. @GTO:
Comment #31, left at 09/24/08 10:42 AM.
newyorkfooddude's stats.
http://eater.com/archives/2008/09/breaking...#comment-192496

LOL.

She 'f**ks' with them?

Are you a Mormon?

f**k you!

aww. yay !

not for nothing, but i am getting a little bit sick of peoples who are forever me me me me ME me me me meeee and completely forget the fact: A GOOD BOSS IS HARD TO COME BY.

but whatever! if you must, go on and learn the hard way--

nobody ever appreciates all they've been given until it's gone.

JELLUS.

tsk.

SMALL INDUSTRY.

oh yah

i guess i should express my gratitude for this or whatever

cuz that whole "as we all know, that location was previously the kiss of death" shit was about to make me go rabid up in that mutherfukker.

seriously, what is it about the phrase "I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST..." that some peoples just can't seem to grasp, hmm ?

A good piece of advice from a guy that knows.

Seeking celebrity chef status without a home base restaurant is a losing battle.
Unless you have the writing talent of a Bourdain or the idoit status of Rocco.

Either way you forsake your passion for food for the mighty buck.
You should be able to do both, if you are really talented.

But the real test is one of loyalty.................but what do I really know

Never sell out your passion or your friends
They are too valuable.








I LOVE THIS TOWN!!!

oh fuck it

yah so uh, how's EU dong these days, anybody know ? anybody ? anybody ??

yah that's what i thought.




WHO'S THE PUSSY NOW, BITCHES

oh don't get me wrong

i have absolutely no doubt anne-burrell will find a new "home base" rather quickly. i wouldn't be surprised if she's had numerous offers already.

my point is:

A GOOD BOSS IS HARD TO COME BY.

there's always keith mcnally..............lol.......lol........lolololololololol.....................
......

ha ahaa ha ha hah aahah ahahahahaa

oh man.

nothing a huge pay cut and a $0 PR budget can't fix................................................

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaaa

stop you're killin me

dancing with the stars.................!!!!!!.............come on moneyman......lets do "karaoke with the chefs".........you in????????????

LOL.

Oh sure, you're real tough when it comes to esoteric references. So, let me make up for my rude, sexist joke by explaining this clearly for all the dimwits visiting from Beater.

Before Centro Vinoteca ever existed, Anne Burrell was employed at EU. EU never became popular, and obviously Burrell's presence didn't save it from 'the kiss of death'. Also, during the time Burrell was employed there, the Food Network certainly never came calling with TV show offers.

The lovely Abbe Diaz's point being - Muniak was just as key to Burrell's success as Burrell was to Centro's. Without Muniak having bought and built Centro with a well-known architect, and his own highly respectable press-worthy expertise at Mangia/Gusto, plus the aggressive PR effort he funded, Burrell would probably have come and gone from 'CV' much in the same way as her stint at EU.

As history has proven with Gusto, dicking over a 'good boss' like Muniak for the sole purpose of glorifying one's own ego, is probably not the smartest move a person can make.

Therefore, commenter 'GTO' with the 'fairly direct knowledge of what happened' - you can take your 'kiss of death' and suck it.

The End.

How'd I do?

(You love me, Abbsterpiece, and you know it.)

Not bad! Although that was very rude and sexist of you, DJ.

But, I think another key point that you didn't make is how many other restaurateurs in the industry would gladly take a back seat? Sasha Muniak seems to be a modest and humble owner. How many times has Anne Burrell called Centro her restaurant in the press and on the Food Network, without ever once mentioning Sasha Muniak?

Who else would tolerate that, while still paying a high salary and PR fees? McNally? Bradley? Graydon Carter? Oh, I know! Jean Georges!


Yeah, good luck with your next endeavor, Anne!

Bad DJ! Bad! But I also want to say that if he ever gave me a rock as nice as the one Abbs is sporting, I would also gladly give him some pussy. He's so handsome!

lol.............you forgot...his buddha-like patience........................................

wtf?????????..........this is px this..........not xxx this.................

Amen..

Double Amen.

actually, it sounds like there's alot more to the story that you haven't told, so technically you still pussied out.

i kid, i kid!

ITs odd... Isnt this the first restaurant Anne has really had full reign over? The EU which someone posted above had 2 chefs before it opened, Anne was supposed to be the chef that opened however she left shortly after the restaurant started its concept phase, the chef that actually opened the restaurant, Gwennelle le Pape of "Diablo Royale" and Le Orange, actually opened the restaurant...

How do i know? cuz i took some homeless people there when it opened.... Rofl... i dunno i was feeling nice that day and i didnt want to eat alone.... im a sucker for Karma...

But her name was synonymous with Centro... As in it should have been her "flagship" But it just seemed like at first she seemed very excited like Centro was going to work out for a while... then it just seemed to slip... like a forgotten memory... Press started to slide, then nothing at all... then now shes leaving....

I totally agree with how you should have a basis of roots firmly based in a restaurant, before TV stardom could even be dignified... i agree that a move like that will end up ruining a chefs, and credibility...

But then again you dont really know her goal... Who knows... maybe some people out there do want the Rachel Ray life.... HAhahahhahahahha

Leaving Centro wasn't her goal. From what I heard she hasn't really been there for the last month and a half after her show got picked up. She just called in to fuck with everyone or popped into fuck with the schedules nd oredring and mess with people's heads. So if she supposedy was planning on leaving for supposed better offers, then that was really nice of her to not come in to work but still clllect her fat paycheck. So many emps quit Centro because of her and they couldn't take it any more. But yea it will be interesting to see what happens with the show since it's Centro that's shown at the beginning if every show

Yea the diff is that with JG, he wouldn't care if every emp was unhappy or wanted to quit, he would still kepp the person that was destroying the business, as long as she made more money for him by stealing from the emps. Maybe Anne wouldn't have gotten famous with press, but she still would have a job for life. Unitl the lawyers show up

What I don't understand is how in this day and age where 'spin' can't sugarcoat everything like in the past how anyone can still think they can get away with being nasty and people won't find out about it. Especially since as Abbe said it's such a small industry. Has PX taught this industry nothing? Idiots.

That would be fuckin'hysterical if Anne went to Morandi or Minetta

All I know is that I heard that Byron Bates (formerly of Bette) interviewed for the GM position with the Centro owner, but he declined because he heard that Anne Burrell was very difficult to work with. I guess he didn't want to be in a no-win situation, if they ever ended up squaring off.

I must say at the star chef's gala her dish was one of the only decent things being served. Everything else was crap. But that certainly does not redeem her. After all you can put foie gras in anything and 9 times out of 10 I'll like it.

"Who We’ll Be Watching on the New ‘Top Chef’
Centro Vinoteca must breed TV chefs. First Anne Burrell, and now the sous-chef, Leah Cohen, is on the new season of Top Chef..."
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/10/meet_t..._cheftesta.html

Leah's cute!

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/10/top_ch...out_with_t.html

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/11/anne_b...centro_vin.html



And P.S., Congratulations, USA!!!!

thank you.......thank you................we'll be here at least 4 more years..............................

cohen shoulda gotten a bigger blond afro............................................

http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/season/5/b...bios.php?c=leah

top chef season premiere wed nov. 12 @ 10/9c!!!

thank you !

ha-- i totally watched TopChef last night for the first time ever ! (oh okay SECOND time ever actually, i watched once in the beginning of its very first season and hated its guts immensely)

anyhoo. it was AWESOME.