Foodbeast
Type of site | Food news |
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Available in | English |
Headquarters | Santa Ana, California, United States |
Created by | Rudy Chaney, Geoff Kutnick, Elie Ayrouth |
URL | foodbeast |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | 2008 |
Foodbeast is a popular food and drink blog.[1] It was founded by Elie Ayrouth in 2008.[2] The blog has been referred to as the "TMZ of Food News."[3]
Members of the Foodbeast staff were featured on an MTV2 show entitled "Jobs That Don't Suck" in April 2014.[4] Their episode chronicled the day-to-day of founders Elie Ayrouth, Rudy Chaney as they opened food packages and visited the Taco Bell test kitchen.
Controversy
In-N-Out 'Monkey Style' Burger
On June 28, 2013, a video was uploaded to Foodbeast.com's YouTube channel entitled "Ordering a Monkey Style Burger from In-N-Out."
The video depicted Ayrouth in an In-N-Out drive thru ordering what he claims is a "Monkey Style" burger, a hamburger topped with the chain's Animal Style fries (cheese, grilled onions and spread). Playing off In-N-Out fandom, the video and subsequent screenshots quickly made their way across the web, with major news outlets scrutinizing every frame of the video.[5] What resulted was waves of interested patrons ordering their burger 'Monkey Style' to no avail.[6]
"There is no such thing," Carl Van Fleet, a vice president at In-N-Out Burger, said in a statement. "It seems to be a story that originated somewhere in cyberspace. For a variety of reasons, we're unable to prepare burgers in the manner that a few websites have described as 'monkey style.' " [6]
CBS covered the story in a late-night piece, with their KCAL9 team asking Ayrouth "if he tried to create a hoax by simply putting an order of fries on top of a burger." KCAL9 states that he did not respond to the questioning.[7]
References
- ^ "[OP-Ed] Taking on the #KTownSpicyChallenge". koogle.tv.
- ^ "Crunchbase Profile". TechCrunch. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ Snyder, Craig. "4 Crazy Websites All About Food". Make Use Of. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ . MTV2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8qJUzLm0ps.
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(help) - ^ John, Arit (2 July 2013). "The False Origins of In-N-Out's Fake Monkey Style Burger". The Atlantic Wire. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ a b Harris, Jenn (3 July 2013). "In-N-Out 'monkey style' burger doesn't officially exist? Do it anyway!". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ KCAL9. 1 July 2013 http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/07/01/in-n-outs-monkey-style-burger-too-good-to-be-true/. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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