November 11, 2013

Why Do Female Chefs Get Overlooked?


Barbara LynchJodi Hilton for The New York Times Barbara Lynch has a respected restaurant empire in Boston, but is one of many female chefs without widespread recognition.

Many found Time magazine’s story on “The Gods of Food” notable for what was missing — goddesses. There were no female chefs among the list of deities or in a graphic of major culinary influences. Some chefs and food lovers were angered, others simply said, “So, what’s new?”

Why do female chefs rarely win the adulation and recognition of male chefs?

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