11 Chefs Who Famously Bit Back at Restaurant Critics

11 Chefs Who Famously Bit Back at Restaurant Critics

Last year, New York Post critic Steve Cuozzo issued a commandment to restaurateurs reeling from brutal restaurant reviews, writing, "A restaurant should suffer its beating in silence." But whether it's Guy Fieri accusing Pete Wells of having an agenda or David Chang waging war with Jay Rayner over dessert, chefs have not been silently bearing their beatings these days — culminating most recently with José Andrés calling out Washington Post critic Tom Sietsema for the critic's tepid Minibar review.

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