background to take over his family’s Italian-beef shop—it’s not surprising that Bayless’s comments have stirred the pot, with people on social media calling out the chef. But Bayless told Eater that he didn’t intend to cause such a hubbub.
“I am trying to point out that how we portray the restaurant business in pop culture is important,” he told the outlet. “Trying to convince people that our profession is not only a viable but positive choice is hard to do when pop culture portrayals and new media coverage only focus on exaggerated negatives.”
He went on to say that he’s never worked in a restaurant where staff acted badly, and while that may have been his experience, the mistreatment of workers in the restaurant industry has been