Bourdain got the first course started yesterday, calling the Food Network star's cooking "f--king bad for you" and labeled her the "most dangerous person to America."
"Anthony Bourdain needs to get a life," she fumes to the New York Post's Page Six.
"You don't have to like my food, or Rachael [Ray]'s, Sandra [Lee]'s and Guy [Fieri]'s. Deen also blasts Bourdain for being a chef to the high-class only.
"My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills."
Yesterday, Page Six revealed the harsh words Anthony Bourdain had for Food Network chefs in this month's TV Guide. He criticized the morality and culinary acumen of Rachel Ray, Guy Fieri and Sandra Lee -- but he saved his harshest critique for Paula Deen. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills . . . It wasn’t that long ago that I was struggling to feed my family, too.”
Paula Deen Tells Fellow TV Chef Anthony Bourdain to 'Get a Life' – The knives are out for Anthony Bourdain after he blasted fellow TV chef Paula Deen, calling her the “most dangerous person in America.”
Deen, searing back after “No Reservations” star Bourdain gave her and fellow Food Network chefs Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri and Sandra Lee a roasting, exclusively told Page Six:
“Anthony Bourdain needs to get a life. You don’t have to like my food, or Rachael’s, Sandra’s and Guy’s. Deen continued, “You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine.