April Bloomfield, and the Zombie skittles are coming

Welcome to the culinary Insider for October 17th. I am Ryan Parker  For all of you fans who love Iron Chef, or Iron Chef America. Rejoice.   Netflix is unleashing a brazen copy of Iron Chef with its new show The Final Table.  There will be twelve teams of two chefs who travel the world and compete in a kitchen stadium setting to make it to the final table.  The Chefs will be judged by a panel of chefs, celebrities and food critics from each of the countries they travel to.  The trailer for The Final Table is available right now on Netflix, and will begin airing on November 20th.  .  April Bloomfield acclaimed Chef and former partner of The Spotted Pig is speaking out nearly a year after former business partner Ken Friedman was accused of sexual harassment in the restaurants they ran together.  Chef Bloomfield says she “failed a lot of people”.   After the story was first reported in the New York Times in January, Chef Bloomfield issued a short statement and apology.   She has since started the process of splitting with Friedman, and in a new interview with the Times says, “I feel horrified that I’ve done wrong by them.”   Some former employees described her relationship with Friedman as “tough”. Bloomfield describes the relationship by stating, “I felt like I was in a position where he held all of the cards.”   She then describes a situation where Friedman allegedly threatened to revoke her work visa over a disagreement about wall posters.  Chef Bloomfield says she is in therapy, and executive coaching.   Friedman is currently being sued by the Ace Hotel for misrepresenting earnings at its restaurants the Breslin and John Dory Oyster Bar.  .  Last but not least. If you didn’t think Halloween couldn’t get any better, skittles has a surprise for you.   Mars Wrigley, skittles parent company is releasing “Zombie” skittles. With the tag line: Most taste delicious but some taste like rotten zombie” who wouldn’t want to scoop up a bag of these.   But Hold your Horses. They are not being released until October 2019. So you will just have to wait a bit to get your hands on these.    That is all of the food, drink, and dining news for today. Be sure to subscribe so you can get all new episodes of the culinary insider.  Remember, food is life, and life is great. See you next time.