Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign? I
really enjoyed his books, his PBS show and his Frontera Grill which I
was fortunate enough to visit on a trip to Chicago. He had huitlacoche
on the menu--pretty rare in Chicago. Everyone has to pay the rent, I
suppose.

It could have been worse, he could have been pushing Mexican bisquits.

"BW" wrote in message
news:081020030726406881%brook.nospam.watts@comcast .net...
Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign? I
really enjoyed his books, his PBS show and his Frontera Grill which I
was fortunate enough to visit on a trip to Chicago. He had huitlacoche
on the menu--pretty rare in Chicago. Everyone has to pay the rent, I
suppose.

It could have been worse, he could have been pushing Mexican bisquits.

As in "old fashioned biscuits"?

Linda

Steve Wertz wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:29:07 GMT, BW
wrote:


Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign?\


How about Emerril and his new toothpaste commercials? Colgate(?) has
a new line of flavored toothpastes, and Emerril goes "bam" when he
tastes it, and then comments to himself in the mirror - "This is
kicking it up a notch!".

gag

I haven't seen the Bayliss commercial yet.

-sw

Celebrities are marketable. Get over it. Were you overseas anywhere, you
would see far more of this than you can imagine. At least Bayless and
Emeril are not trying to hide themselves by appearing only overseas.


jim

That celebrities are marketable is well established, your post offers
nothing new in that regard. And that some US celebs like to cherry
pick where they whore themselves so their adoring public doesn't view
them differently is nothing new either.

As this is a Mexican food group and Bayless is without question
regarded as a leader among traditional Mexican cuisine chefs his
appearance for Burger King makes this a different discussion than say,
Leonardo DeCaprio appearing in a Japanese Ralph Lauren commercial.

Don't you agree?



In article , Jim Lane
wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:29:07 GMT, BW
wrote:


Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign?\


How about Emerril and his new toothpaste commercials? Colgate(?) has
a new line of flavored toothpastes, and Emerril goes "bam" when he
tastes it, and then comments to himself in the mirror - "This is
kicking it up a notch!".

gag

I haven't seen the Bayliss commercial yet.

-sw

Celebrities are marketable. Get over it. Were you overseas anywhere, you
would see far more of this than you can imagine. At least Bayless and
Emeril are not trying to hide themselves by appearing only overseas.


jim

I sure am. Based on his street credibility, I actually tried the sandwich.
This could have been really good, but the bread was disgusting. No way this
was a "baguette". It was some sort of gummy commercial bread product. I would
have expected someone like Rick to make sure any product he was endorsing
didn't taste awful.

And also...it's a "Santa Fe" sandwich. Why are they doing the remote from Los
Angeles?

It isn't like he needs the money.

The sandwich would have been awesome if they had done it with a bolillo or a
telera.

"Jim Lane" wrote in message
...
Steve Wertz wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:29:07 GMT, BW
wrote:


Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign?\

Rick Bayless is a two time champion chef. He didn't get to be a
champion chef by cooking ONLY Mexican food. You don't think he might enjoy
a hamburger or chicken sandwich like millions of other people. Come on use
your head. You act like Jesus Christ was advertising for Burger King
instead of a chef.
--
William Barfieldsr

"Jay P Francis" wrote in message
...
I sure am. Based on his street credibility, I actually tried the
sandwich.
This could have been really good, but the bread was disgusting. No way
this
was a "baguette". It was some sort of gummy commercial bread product. I
would
have expected someone like Rick to make sure any product he was endorsing
didn't taste awful.

And also...it's a "Santa Fe" sandwich. Why are they doing the remote
from Los
Angeles?

It isn't like he needs the money.

The sandwich would have been awesome if they had done it with a bolillo
or a
telera.

Perhaps you could write Burger King and they might try it. He wasn't
advertising for himself, he was paid by Burger King. Just like Donald
Trump and his ex-wife were paid over a million dollars each to advertise
for Pizza Hut
--
William Barfieldsr

"Jay P Francis" wrote in message
...
I sure am. Based on his street credibility, I actually tried the
sandwich.
This could have been really good, but the bread was disgusting. No way
this
was a "baguette". It was some sort of gummy commercial bread product. I
would
have expected someone like Rick to make sure any product he was endorsing
didn't taste awful.

And also...it's a "Santa Fe" sandwich. Why are they doing the remote from
Los
Angeles?

It isn't like he needs the money.

The sandwich would have been awesome if they had done it with a bolillo or
a
telera.

Kinda makes you wonder if he's lied to us about anything else, doesn't it?
Jack

Yes, but Trump and his tart didn't gain their fame as pizza chefs, if
they did then your comparison to Pizza Hut would hold up.



In article , A1 WBarfieldsr
wrote:

"Jay P Francis" wrote in message
...
I sure am. Based on his street credibility, I actually tried the
sandwich.
This could have been really good, but the bread was disgusting. No way
this
was a "baguette". It was some sort of gummy commercial bread product. I
would
have expected someone like Rick to make sure any product he was endorsing
didn't taste awful.

And also...it's a "Santa Fe" sandwich. Why are they doing the remote
from Los
Angeles?

It isn't like he needs the money.

The sandwich would have been awesome if they had done it with a bolillo
or a
telera.

Perhaps you could write Burger King and they might try it. He wasn't
advertising for himself, he was paid by Burger King. Just like Donald
Trump and his ex-wife were paid over a million dollars each to advertise
for Pizza Hut

Steve Wertz wrote:

snip


A chef of any standing should not be doing Burger King commercials.
Period. Apparently you don't see the irony in this. Oh well.


snip

-sw

And by what metric are you saying this? Personal opinion? So much for
that, everyone has one. And something else that smells as bad.


jim

BW wrote:

That celebrities are marketable is well established, your post offers
nothing new in that regard. And that some US celebs like to cherry
pick where they whore themselves so their adoring public doesn't view
them differently is nothing new either.

As this is a Mexican food group and Bayless is without question
regarded as a leader among traditional Mexican cuisine chefs his
appearance for Burger King makes this a different discussion than say,
Leonardo DeCaprio appearing in a Japanese Ralph Lauren commercial.

Don't you agree?



In article , Jim Lane
wrote:


Steve Wertz wrote:


On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:29:07 GMT, BW
wrote:



Any other group member as shocked by me to see Ric Bayless shilling
Burger King chicken sandwiches in their latest advertising campaign?\


How about Emerril and his new toothpaste commercials? Colgate(?) has
a new line of flavored toothpastes, and Emerril goes "bam" when he
tastes it, and then comments to himself in the mirror - "This is
kicking it up a notch!".

gag

I haven't seen the Bayliss commercial yet.

-sw

Celebrities are marketable. Get over it. Were you overseas anywhere, you
would see far more of this than you can imagine. At least Bayless and
Emeril are not trying to hide themselves by appearing only overseas.


jim

You bias is reflected in your use of the term "whore." You are one as am
I, we all sell ourselves for salaries or commissions. The difference is
your opinion. Selling is selling. It is about the money. Bayless, Emeril
or Pamela or DeCaprio. You complain, Bayless laughs his ass off on the
way to the bank.

Better yet, protest! Quit eating Mexican food in protest and abandon
this group.


jim

"Jim Lane" wrote in message
...
[...]
You bias is reflected in your use of the term "whore." You are one as am
I, we all sell ourselves for salaries or commissions. The difference is
your opinion. Selling is selling. It is about the money. Bayless, Emeril
or Pamela or DeCaprio. You complain, Bayless laughs his ass off on the
way to the bank.




Huh? He is an authority on quality Mexican food now appearing in a
commercial for a crappy fast food product because of that expert status.
None of us imagine that Carrot Top knows anything about telecommunications
when he appears in telephone service commercials. In short, Bayless'
authority and trustworthiness on the question of Mexican food is undermined.


Better yet, protest! Quit eating Mexican food in protest and abandon
this group.


?? No, I just have much less incentive to purchase his books. I liked
Zarela and Kennedy better anyway. So, yeah, guess you could call it a
protest.

Peter

Steve Wertz wrote:
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 11:23:39 -0700, Jim Lane
wrote:


Steve Wertz wrote:

snip


A chef of any standing should not be doing Burger King commercials.
Period. Apparently you don't see the irony in this. Oh well.


snip

-sw

And by what metric are you saying this? Personal opinion? So much for
that, everyone has one. And something else that smells as bad.


Are you back again for your bi-yearly flamefest trolling? Why don't
you dissappear for another 6 months.

-sw

Hmmm seems I have been here a bit more often than you the past few months.

Did you have something to say?


jim

I don't mind him doing Burger King commercials. I eat and enjoy fast food, too.
But this sandwich is so disgusting that no one who cares about good tasting
food should endorse it.

Doesn't he have a PhD in Anthropology or Folklore from Northwestern or U of
Chicago? I seem to recall that he got into the restaurant biz since he
couldn't find work in academia.

I know several Anthro PhDs who like to be doing half as well as he's doing.

"Jay P Francis" wrote in message
...
I don't mind him doing Burger King commercials. I eat and enjoy fast food,
too.
But this sandwich is so disgusting that no one who cares about good
tasting
food should endorse it.

But I find his tv personna to be way too chirpy.


--
Ted Samsel


http://tbsamsel.home.infionline.net