A half-decade after the celebrity chef was accused of fostering a sexualized culture of misconduct and harassment, he’s now an owner and investor at a bakery in Michigan (via EaterNY)
The partnership between Batali and Common Good surfaced in a liquor license application for a second location of the bakery that opened at 1115 East Eighth Street this week.
“We plan to leverage our partnership with celebrity chef Mario Batali and launch a series of events designed to tackle the problem of food insecurity in northern Michigan,” the Gollans wrote in an application put before Traverse City commissioners on January 3. “Each event will feature a nationally known celebrity chef, with whom we will create a once-in-a-lifetime culinary event and raise tens of thousands of dollars to fight hunger.
Gollan, a 20-year veteran of the restaurant industry, opened the first location of Common Good in 2017. He says that Batali is a regular at the bakery and offered his support. “I decided to work against this cynicism and fear that’s everywhere,” Gollan says, pointing out the “wokes from Oberlin,” a liberal arts college in Ohio known for student activism.
According to Gollan, northern Michigan has gotten some national recognition for its wines. “But the food scene is just beginning,” he says. “I’m trying to put this town on the map and our wine on the map.” This week marked the reopening of his original location following renovations in addition to the opening of his second; the bakery is also segueing to include
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