Battling the Food Critics with Chef Blythe Beck of The Naughty Kitchen by Troy Rogers
The foodies at Oxygen are throwing their aprons
into the reality kitchen on September 22 at 10pm
with The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck,
as cameras follow the outspoken 29-year old Blythe
Beck for a new business endeavor as the executive
chef at Central 214 restaurant inside the Hotel
Palomar, a luxury boutique hotel in the heart
of Dallas. The no nonsense and naughty Beck is
remixing the menu as she takes over the kitchen
in an effort to turn every night at Central 214
into a sold-out event.
With Blythe Beck about to run into a food critic from the Dallas Morning News ready to review her "naughty" new menu in the premiere of The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck, we caught up with the 29 year old Texas chef and Naughty Kitchen executive producer Lauren Lexton for a few brief minutes of southern food shop talk to find out more about the naughty staff, Blythe Beck's naughty view of critics, and how The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck sets itself apart from other kitchen related reality shows.
THE DEADBOLT: Blythe, how nervous or excited were you when you heard that the food critic from the Dallas Morning News would be stopping by the restaurant?
BLYTHE
BECK: I didn't know she was going to stop
by. I didn't know until after the fact. You
can imagine a mixture of nerves. And I was scared,
I was nervous, I was worried, and then I think
I went into prayer mode. That's pretty much
how it went down. I didn't know until after
she had been there.
THE DEADBOLT: At the end of the day, are you really that concerned about what critics think?
BECK: My job as a chef is to always
like listen to the criticism and hear what they
have to say and then I have to kind of interpret
it and see if they're right or wrong, or if
they know what's going on. And then, at the
end of the day, there's always vodka therapy
to take care of whatever happens. I think I'm
going to be all right.
THE DEADBOLT: Kerri is the country girl who hates health food. I wanted to know how far she goes with that? Does she avoid vegetables altogether, or will she eat them if they're deep fried in batter?
BECK: [laughs] Well, sugar, everyone eats vegetables down here if they're deep fried in batter, that's how we do it. But I actually have not ever seen her eat a vegetable, except for a mushroom that I made her once.
THE
DEADBOLT: Wow!
BECK: I have not actually ever seen
her eat a vegetable. But you know, I think it
can be done. I'm working on it slowly but surely.
THE DEADBOLT: Lauren, what will viewers see on Naughty Kitchen that they won't get from another food related show?
LAUREN LEXTON: Blythe Beck [laughs]. No, I think what they're going to see is just absolute love for the food that Blythe cooks. And I think they'll see inspiration from a woman who is unapologetic and is just out there to show everybody how to live life to the fullest.
I don't think a persons size determines if they are a good cook or not. Now she is a little rough around the edges but it is ehr cooking that should matter not her size or some off the wall comment she may make. There are large male chefs out there and you neevr hear anyone say oh look at him he is so fat or anything like that, it is very unfair.
Robin – Sunny So Cali
September 28, 2009 - 07:57
Subject: Blythe Beck
Has anyone who has posted noticed that while Blythe Beck may be a larger woman, she is not the only big chef? What about Emeril and Mario Batali? Both incredible chefs and both are overweight. Why don't you stop focusing on the person's appearance and instead focus on their abilities? What I think is nauseating is the fact that some of you think you have the right to pass judgement on anyone, are all of you so perfect? So what, Blythe Beck is fat! Get over it. You might actually learn something.
Mike
September 24, 2009 - 10:45
Subject: Geesus!
I don't mind the fact thats this woman is huge, but her personality is hideous! Is she trying to be the next Rosanne Barr? Who would wear that much hot pink satin material? She is just nauseating! I can't get the image of her sweating into a dish shes preparing out of my head! I have to turn my head and hit the mute button every time they show this woman on tv. I love Oxygen, I can't believe they would have to show this crap.
JOhn
September 23, 2009 - 14:41
Subject: The F' word
I wasn't going to comment here but GoBlythe (who is probably a stooge for this show in some way) offered the bait. Wasn't it inevitable that someone who behaved like a flatulent farm animal at a "wine panel" tasting, seems to have no verifiable qualifications to even be called "frycook" much less Chef, and extols the virtues of bacon and pook fat while being 300 lbs overweight, might charitably be called "obese". How about Land Whale, is that better? And of course this is verbotten, we might upset the sensitivities of this delicate harriden. Pulleeze, she is begging for it.
I agree with the poster. This show and this woman are an insult to anyone with any appreciaiton above the farm trough of the merrits of the arts of cusine. She is no Chef? She is a woman hiding under a monstrous armor.
It is sad, she need therapy not spa visits. She also needs alcoholism counseling as it appears that any problem can be solved by swilling large amounts of vodka.
"Who do you have to teabag to get a spoon around here?"
Melissa – new york city
September 23, 2009 - 01:28
Subject: the naughty chef
are you kidding me! this is ridiculous...i'm sorry, but why do we want to watch or take advice from an obese 29 year old chef who looks like she is over 40...she has no finesse, style, etc...this is junk...as a female chef i find this insulting...
Reply to Melissa
Gary – Boston
September 23, 2009 - 03:04
Subject: Re: the naughty chef
LOL, yeah well welcome to Oxygen network, this fits in nicely with all of the other crap they broadcast.
Reply to Melissa
GoBlythe
September 23, 2009 - 05:07
Subject: Re: the naughty chef
Your comment is what is insulting. Posting negative commentary with a basic focus on this chef's physical appearance is simply childish and renders any opinions you may have as a female chef moot due to the loss of reader respect. I found this chef to be real and relateable.
The foodies at Oxygen are throwing their aprons
into the reality kitchen on September 22 at 10pm
with The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck,
as cameras follow the outspoken 29-year old Blythe
Beck for a new business endeavor as the executive
chef at Central 214 restaurant inside the Hotel
Palomar, a luxury boutique hotel in the heart
of Dallas. The no nonsense and naughty Beck is
remixing the menu as she takes over the kitchen
in an effort to turn every night at Central 214
into a sold-out event.
BLYTHE
BECK: I didn't know she was going to stop
by. I didn't know until after the fact. You
can imagine a mixture of nerves. And I was scared,
I was nervous, I was worried, and then I think
I went into prayer mode. That's pretty much
how it went down. I didn't know until after
she had been there.
THE
DEADBOLT: Wow!