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[Wallaroo]

Chef sacked for pubic hair steak

Friday, February 29, 2008



'I said rare, not hair...' A restaurant chef has lost his job and could face police action after allegedly adding an unwanted ingredient to a rib-eye steak - his pubic hair.

Ryan Kropp hid hairs in the meal for a customer who had complained about his steak being undercooked.

He was sacked when they were discovered, and now a complaint has been made to police.

Diner Kevin Hansen had ordered a 16oz rib-eye cooked medium rare, with a warm, red centre, at the restaurant in Wisconsin.

When restaurant service manager Michael Liberatore stopped by the table, Hansen told him the steak was cooked medium, not medium rare.

Hansen declined an offer of a new steak, but Liberatore persisted and offered a new steak he could take home.

Liberatore then took what was left of the first steak and showed it to Kropp and the other cook on duty "so that they could both learn what a medium rare steak was supposed to look like", according to the police complaint.

Hansen went to police the next day to complain of hair in the second steak.

A police officer observed "several strands of what appeared to be hair coming out of the middle of the steak", according to official documents.

Kropp, 24, of West Bend, Wisconsin, has been charged with placing foreign objects in edibles, carrying the threat of up to three and a half years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Kropp admitted to police he put a few of his facial hairs on the steak, saying he was angry the customer sent the other steak back and thought he was "just trying to get free stuff", according to the complaint.

But a second kitchen worker told police Kropp put a slit in the steak and pushed something inside before declaring: "These are my pubes."

Travis Doster, a spokesman for the Texas Roadhouse chain of 288 restaurants in 44 states, said Kropp and the other worker were both fired.

"Food safety is our number one priority and we will not allow anyone to compromise that," Doster added.

"As a company, we're not only shocked, we're angry that someone would pull such a reckless stunt as putting facial hair in a steak.

"I just feel for the staff because they really work hard, and one silly stupid stunt impacts everybody," he said.

[chrisb84uk]

Ewww that's just nasty!!

[qsducks]

Gross and what a dumb prank