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ICYMI - Restaurant Wars: Keith Lee vs. Atlanta

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Rachelle and Candice map out what happened when TikTok food personality Keith Lee traveled to Atlanta and ignited a culinary controversy. Lee is a former MMA fighter-turned-influencer who has been taking food tours around the country, ranking their cuisine and posting his reviews on TikTok. He was tasting restaurants in Atlanta when the itinerary took a turn for the worst: badly-reviewed establishments were fighting back online, one restaurant started receiving death threats, and even Cardi B had something to say. So how did a humble TikTok food critic become a lightning rod for such fierce (and dangerous) culinary criticism?

This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.


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0:00.0

Hi I'm Rachel Hanson and I'm Candice Lem and you're listening to I see why am I in case

0:18.7

she missed it Slates Podcasts about Internet culture and And welcome back, Candace.

0:25.0

I hear you have some illuminating news from your Bath and Body Works investigation.

0:32.0

Mmm, yes I do, yes I do, and it is about candles.

0:36.0

Ah, do tell. Okay, so listeners of the pod, they know from my deep dive into the Bath and

0:49.6

and Body Works subreddit that Candle Day is our national holiday and it's when all three-wick

0:55.2

candles go on this huge sale. Well it turns out friends that Candle Day it's

1:01.3

becoming Candle Week this year. So basically I have received some information that hey

1:09.7

it's allegedly allegedly allegedly that this year

1:13.3

Candle Day will be expanding into three days. It's usually two.

1:16.4

I mean at this point it's going to be candle fortnight like we are

1:20.3

approaching the 12 days of candle miss. I mean it's candle roadblocks and by the way

1:24.8

Rachel I will be taking December for a second and third off for like no relation

1:27.8

but like if it's calling to go oh of course of course I assumed I assumed they had

1:31.4

nothing to do with candle fortnight yeah it's just you just you

1:34.1

you'll happen to be gone amazing yeah so while I am on the ground boots down

1:38.8

investigating candle fortnight I have to say, our mutual favorite brand of over-saturated

1:46.1

chaos is back to grace our screens. Is this true? It is, it is. We're talking

1:51.6

about selling sunset selling the sunset boulevard

1:57.0

sunset strip yes yes yes I love sell sun okay Rachel let's start with you. Have you finished a season? If so, thoughts, feelings, concerns, questions.

2:08.0

Okay, well I always have questions because my God, if you've never watched Selling Sunset,

2:12.8

it's one of the most incomprehensible social groups

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