They're both great chefs, but this sounds like a fight between fourth graders. Iron Chef Mario Batali has banned Gordon Ramsay of Hell's Kitchen from all of his restaurants. Why? Because Gordon called him a name. Fanta Pants. You see, Mario Batali, a very fat man with very orange hair, likes to wear these giant orange shorts. Hence, Fanta Pants. See? Fourth grade. Maybe third. Admittedly, "Fanta Pants" is a better nickname than "Sunkist Pants." And more British. Ramsay could easily run up to the teacher and say "he started it," because Mario did. Batali said Ramsay's food was dull and outdated and that Gordon, who opened up a restaurant in the London NYC hotel, didn't "get" New York. Now, that seems a lot meaner than "Fanta Pants."
Boy oh boy, Batali, toughen up. Banning a guy because he called you a dumb name? First of all, if you're a fat man with orange hair you shouldn't wear orange shorts. All the time. If you do, you might expect a little teasing. Plus, we assumed Batali could take the insults - a couple of years ago, Mario was roasted at a charity event to benefit the Food Bank, and Ted Allen of Queer Eye got off this zinger:
He drinks beer, feeds all day, is constantly getting massages from transvestite hookers — basically, Mario is a Kobe human … Don't expect to see him in the kitchen at Babbo though. Mario hasn't actually cooked since 1979 — unless you count freebasing.
Freebasing and tranny hookers. Now those are some grown-up insults. Batali laughed his (giant) ass off then, but "Fanta Pants" got to him.
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