Jamie Oliver Launches Dating Site

Would you trust the Naked Chef to find you a romantic partner?

Building on his online readership of 1.4 million unique visitors per month, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has launched a dating site.

According to Marketing Magazine (via @BrettAndersonTP), the Jamie Oliver-branded site is a collaboration with the Match.com online dating service. Under the tagline "Where food lovers meet," it displays dating profiles and photos, along with recipes, dinner date tips, and advice on the food that "will make you fall in love."

Chefs' Favorite Late-Night Eateries

VICE Launches Food Video Series

VBS.tv, the online video network run by VICE Media, has launched of a new series called MUNCHIES profiling chefs, critics, and eaters.

The first episode follows chef David Chang as he dines on Korean fried chicken in Midtown Manhattan and hosts chef Jose Andres for a late-night dinner at Ssam Bar. Tune in for lots of self-deprecation, swearing, drinking, and pork buns.

Chef David Chang on Food Events

"I hate doing events where you basically just serve something, and then people get drunk. They’re almost all the same."

The Julia Child Paradox

Americans may love Julia Child and her translation of French cuisine, but the French? Not so much.

Real Chefs Catch Fish With Their Bare Hands

Perusing Eat Me Daily's post about the new cookbook from "Top Chef" alum Fabio Viviani, I was struck by the similarity of one of the book's images to a photo from another chef cookbook.

The above image of Ludovic Lefebvre (left) from his cookbook Crave is nearly the same as that of Viviani (right) in his new book: badass chef dude wades into the sea in his jeans and seemingly pulls two giant fish out of the water with nothing but his hands. We don't need no stinking fishing poles!

Back in 2005, Leslie Brenner swooned over the photo of Lefebvre in the pages of the Los Angeles Times: "Look at him, emerging from the surf like a chef-Adonis, kelp fairly dangling from his biceps. He caught those big fish with his bare hands!"

So, will this mean that the barehanded fishing shot will become de rigeur for the up-and-coming celebrity chef, or have Viviani and Lefebvre simply upped the ante to something even more absurdly over-the-top?

Unsubstantiated Rumors: Mario Batali Coming to Washington, DC?

A handful of people are tweeting that Mario Batali is planning to open a restaurant in the nation's capital.

Chef Nate Appleman on San Francisco Restaurantgoers

"In San Francisco the audience is easy. You put tripe in a bowl and tell them it’s from a humanely raised cow and they’re going to eat it . . . New York is totally different."

Ramsay Restructures Amid Global Recession

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's multinational restaurant empire is in trouble, forcing layoffs, a restructuring of his business, and the sale of his Ferrari.

Chef Eric Ripert on McDonald's Burgers

"The proportions are amazing. You can take a burger in your two hands and eat, and you don’t, have the burger all over. The way they cut the pickles, the way they cut the tomatoes, the way they slice the salad, and the size, obviously make those burgers perfect. Except the quality of meat."