Granted, I might be a tad sensitive about things like this, but this is pretty much the nature of fame and how people without talent perceive it. If you are envious of a skill, sadly it follows that you declare contempt for the very thing you crave.
You may have to wait a year before I can comment on this sort of thing with a level head, but it happens. I just got lambasted for all sorts of crimes simply because I know how to polish edges. It seems simple, but there exists a real hate campaign. I take comfort in the fact that this is just another page of history.
I'll be the first one to underline the fact that chefs are hyper-strung, ego-driven drama queens with an over developed sense of entitlement and a nagging habit of irritating everyone. However, they too have a skill, and a darned good one.
Let's be honest, the very blowhard you want to smack with a skillet can take a dead cow's entrails, tap water, and what falls out of a chicken's ass and combine them to put something on your tongue that's better than drunken sex.
To that end, a talentless blogger who can't even order off the menu at a food court then defames the chef's ability with his mom's computer while ensconced in her laundry room. Imagine that. I wonder if he has an agenda.
Welcome to the world of small minds. A guy who gets picked last in softball infers that all gym rats get their strength from a bottle. A wimp that doesn't even own a scooter runs his mouth that bikers aren't tough. A johnny-one-note with a handful of hardware store sandpaper sneers he knows as much as a polisher. A miscreant who can't fold an egg rants in a facebook.
I am in awe of thousand year old blades honed so skillfully that they slice silk. It took me a decade of humbling mistakes to understand that craft. It should then come as no surprise that the smear of the unschooled doesn't even break my stride.
There are chefs, students and artisans of every stripe. And yes, there is a certain pride when someone notices your contribution. But if you think such things are easy, then let your hand take up "the curse" before your ignorance is allowed to speak.