Fame isn't always a catalyst for success.
. Still, that works out to one in three new restaurants shutting down within just one calendar year. Those aren't the best odds, considering the type of money it takes to open an eatery in the first place.
The late, great Anthony Bourdain was one of the most recognizable"celebrity chefs" in recent memory. Unlike many of his peers, though, Bourdain had stepped away from the heat of the kitchen by the time he reached fame. Working as a chef in New York City for decades, Bourdain watched countlessin record time. The experience left him with a pessimistic, if not realistic, perspective on owning a restaurant.
"To want to own a restaurant can be a strange and terrible affliction. What causes such a destructive urge in so many otherwise sensible people? Why would anyone who has worked hard, saved money, often been successful in other fields, want to pump their hard-earned cash down a hole that statistically, at least, will almost surely prove dry?" He wrote in his best-selling book.
Bourdain may have avoided the restaurant business, but the same can't be said for many others. Here are five celebrity chefs whose restaurants ended up being a flop.
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