From The Bear To Emma D’Arcy’s Negroni Sbagliato, Is Hospo Having A Horny Renaissance?

My long-held opinion that chefs, bartenders and anyone who works in hospitality or has a deep love for food is inherently sexy has always been pretty a polarising one. My partner, who worked as a bartender for 13 years, has never understood my lust for what he describes as “sweaty, skinny dudes with cornflour down their pants”. I’ve never tried to nut out why working in hospo makes a person hotter, but it seems more and more people are starting to see my side. A poll of the PEDESTRIAN.TV office’s tastes confirmed that sure, not everyone has chef fever, but it’s a decreasingly polarising opinion. 26 people agreed that anyone who works in hospo had an undeniable extra allure — only 15 disagreed. Chefs like Anthony Bourdain, Marco Pierre White