What happened to the Fruggin' Gourmet?

[teela brown]

I know he got involved in a sex scandal, but what are the sordid details? Things must have been pretty steamy for him to drop so completely out of sight. I still have some of the old reprobate's cookbooks.

[Mojo]

I believe that he settled out of court. As to the details, all I know is that he was being accused by a person who was an underaged male at the time of the alleged offense. I haven't seen any new TV episdoes (or reruns for that matter) or books since it was reported in the news.

And the Urban Peasant vanished around the same time......

[Oblio]

For years I've been trying to remember the name of that other eclectic TV cook. What happened to TUP ??

[bibliophage]

At least 7 men have accused Jeff Smith of sexual impropriety. See this site (http://www.witchhunt.org/archives/1999/witchhuntlog9901.txt) which explains that Smith settled out of court for $4.75 million. Smith has not admitted any wrongdoing. He could not be prosecuted in criminal court, since the statue of limitations has expired.

Related thread here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15816)

[CandyMan]

TUP??? The other one I got a kick out of was the Galloping Gormet. You can still see him on FoodTV

CandyMan

[Lord Derfel]

The Urban Peasant is still around: Here's his web site (http://www.james-barber.com/). He also writes a weekly restaurant review column in the Vancouver Sun. He's the reason I learned to cook in university. I own a couple of his books.