Racist Chef Faces Terrible Consequences After Implying That Chinese Cuisine Is Less Than French Cuisine
The Reddit story you are about to read is like a car wreck you can't look away from. The person behind the wheel is a racist French cuisine chef, and the totaled car is her life.
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The OP of this story is a professionally trained chef at a high-end Chinese restaurant. He is a multi-awarded soon-to-be-executive chef with 15 years of experience.
The racist French cuisine chef is his sister-in-law, Sarah. OP is also of Asian descent, while his wife's family is Caucasian.
He and Sarah have gotten along just fine, except for the latter's penchant for commenting on OP's way of cooking. Sarah believes she is as good as Gordon Ramsay or Anthony Bourdain, so, naturally, OP is beneath her as a chef.
OP often ignores Sarah's tips on how to properly chop vegetables with a dismissive, "Thanks, but I think I'll stick to the way I do it." He sidestepped her comments to keep the peace until Sarah said something he couldn't ignore.
OP, his wife, his mother-in-law, and his father-in-law were all in the kitchen preparing for MIL's birthday dinner. They were all on edge because they were running late on the food when Sarah walked into the kitchen.
She looked at what OP was doing and said, "Oh wow, okay, so that's not the right way of doing things." OP was done taking her abuse and sternly told her to stop criticizing his food because he is also a chef like her.
Sarah laughed in response and said something like, "making Kung Pao chicken at some Chinese restaurant doesn't count."
They were all silent except for FIL who snorted and MIL who yelled, "Sarah, what is wrong with you!"
OP stopped, cursed at Sarah, and called her a racist piece of sh*t
He apologized to his MIL because he couldn't stay and left their house with his wife
It has caused a massive division in his wife's family and while she supports OP, she wants him to apologize to stop everyone from fighting but OP doesn't want to
Sarah got reported to the management at her restaurant and she's in trouble at work. One of the cousins found OP's Reddit post and shared it on Sarah's Facebook account which is making everyone more mad at her.
OP was about to take down his Reddit post but his FIL called him to say that they have just been tolerating his presence and threatened him with violence
Sarah doubled down on her racism and called OP's wife to say some more slurs against OP. The good thing is, OP's wife is no longer worried about keeping the peace.
Things are not going well for OP's MIL and FIL. Is their marriage the last casualty of Sarah's casual racism?
But this karma ball is a lot like Newton's First Law of Motion... it just kept moving
Team Sarah tried to get OP fired but his boss said "f*ck those racists." Then, one Saturday night, his MIL showed up at their house with luggage.
OP's FIL refused to apologize for anything and got aggressive when MIL asked for a divorce
The Kung-Pao Incident has led to the Great Facebook War of 2021 with a lot of infighting
Sarah had to quit because no one wanted to work with her. Also, in the greatest plot twist... the upscale French restaurant she worked for has Chinese investors who wouldn't be too happy about her views.
She is thinking of moving because no one would hire her locally. OP doesn't feel good about how things turned out but this version of "justice" was out of his hands.
Even without the edits, no one thought OP should apologize to Sarah
At worst, Sarah is a food snob, at worst, she's openly racist
How can she say that she's as good as Gordon Ramsay with a straight face with this kind of attitude towards food?
She committed her first mistake at home, where people would probably keep it to themselves. To say it out loud at work with no remorse is just plain stupid. Pick your struggle, Sarah.
If you tolerate racism, then you are a racist. OP's wife needs to reflect on her initial reaction to make him apologize.
Saying that OP was "too sensitive" for being offended by a racist remark was so infuriating to read
If this is what Sarah says in front of other people, what does she say when OP is not in the room?
She generalized Chinese food into one cheap category and dismissed it as less than that of its French counterpart. It was so ignorant especially for a chef who claimed to know better.
OP's wife asked him to take one for the team and allow himself to be debased just so her family can stop fighting about whether what Sarah said was racist enough to offend OP
The fact that Sarah never even attempted to apologize after saying all those slurs says enough about her
Her increasingly racist remarks after that supports the fact that what she said wasn't thinly-veiled racism
Here's a simple nursery rhyme to remember whose fault it was:
What went through Sarah's mind that she's convinced that this was all OP's fault? OP has shown her enough kindness by ignoring all of her snide remarks about his cooking skills for years.
Nobody asked her to jump in, they were all doing well cooking the birthday dinner under OP's leadership. If she can land a new job, she can recount what happened and see if they are more tolerant of her "jokes."