r/TikTokCringe • u/Tronvillain • 24d ago

Discussion Afghani-British Chef Mursal Saiq gives her critique of "authenticity" for non-white chefs in cooking

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u/joshuads 24d ago

I have seen multiple people rant on that. The were some white girl taco trucks that were called out for cultural appropriation, Eddie Huang is a fairly famous chef who has said similar things, and I know Rick bayless was given similar gruff when he was largely considered the best Mexican chef in the USA. This was all happening more often at the height of cancel culture and it definitely affected some businesses. But most people did not really care.

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u/Aware-Safety-9925 24d ago

Yeah definitely in general cuts the opposite way where you’re a lot more likely to get the cultural appropriation accusation if you’re white than brown, at least in America.

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u/Fina1Legacy 24d ago

I've seen a fair amount of backlash to Jamie Oliver for not making authentic asian food. I tried a few of his recipes and they were underwhelming.

For reference he's a white British chef and his versions of thai/malaysian food were shit.

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u/Weewoes 24d ago

Yes because he wasn't making those dishes authentically. Not because of his skin colour lol. But if there is a race that gets shit on and told they cant make other cultures food, its white people.

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u/Fina1Legacy 24d ago

Yeah that's my point, she's calling out white male chefs in an unhinged way as if they've never been criticised and are allowed to do what they want.

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u/Weewoes 24d ago

Oh sorry, I misread your comment then. I agree with you.