On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:48:09 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>I hope this doesn't become a trend.

Becoming a chef doesn't involve a vow of poverty. Just because dear
Julia never smiled over a serving of KFC doesn't mean that if a pop
star in *any* field chooses to make a buck off his/her celebrity, they
are "selling out." I'm sure high-profile chefs are constantly asked
for endorsements of one sort or another. Another poster said Bayliss
was donating the money to some sort of food-related organization, but
even if he weren't, it's not criminal to accept pay for services in
legitimate enterprises. Did Martha Stewart "sell out" to K-Mart? She
may be the high priestess of Domestic Science, but everyone pretty
much knows she was out for the $$. Presumably the lines of products
she endorses are of a price/quality she believed wouldn't ruin her
street cred.