The CEO of Burger King has described British women as ugly and English food as “terrible”

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Burger King boss insults British women and food

The chief executive of Burger King has described British women as ugly and English food as “terrible”, in a gaffe likely to enrage his customers in this country.

Bernardo Hees, 40, told a group of students in Chicago that “here the food is good and you are known for your good-looking women”.

Comparing the city to his student days at the University of Warwick, where he studied for an MBA, he recalled of his time in England: “The food is terrible and the women are not very attractive."

His gaffe came only six months after taking the helm at the chain, which has 11,500 outlets worldwide, and unsurprisingly were not welcomed in Coventry, where Warwick University is based.

Charli Fritzner, women’s campaigns officer at the University’s student union, said: “If he views women as potential distractions in academia, I wonder how he views them in the workplace?

“It doesn’t make Burger King an attractive employer for women.”

Marcus Wareing, a Michelin-starred chef at London’s Berkeley Hotel, who specialises in English produce, said his comments were an “insult to British gastronomy”, especially given what the Burger King menu contains.

After Mr Hees’ comments, which were made in an unguarded moment, were picked up and reported in America, a spokesman for the company said he regretted them, adding: “Mr Hees apologises if his comment has offended anyone. It …. was intended as a humorous anecdote to connect with his audience.”

One way for British women to make themselves more attractive might be to avoid a visit to one of Mr Hees’ fast food outlets.

Boasting 950 calories, a Burger King Double Whopper with cheese accounts for half of a woman’s recommended daily calorie intake of 1940 calories.

The burger has twice the calorie count and, with 22g of saturated fat, more than double the saturated fat count than its comparable rival, the McDonald’s Big Mac.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8379021/Burger-King-boss-insults-British-women-and-food.html

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

The CEO of Burger King is a food critic

[Amby 490]

British food is really making up for the horrible reputation it used to have. The women? One word...chavs.

The CEO of Burger King is a food critic

DUH! He's also a sommelier!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

This guy obviously has never seen Kate Beckingsale, Keely Hazell or Rosie Jones....just to name a few.

[Krikit 1,166]

Shouldn't this be in the RUB forum?

Moving from P&R to Off Topic.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

On the food--well, name another country whose unofficial national dish (Britain's is curry--indigenous to the Sub-continent) is not indigenous, but from an area it once misruled.

Though BK's CEO criticising any country (given his company's flagship product, which is bin-material),

And though UK does have an overabundance of equine-faced women (such as Princess Anne), there are plenty of hotties (Steve covered a few, so I won't even bother adding)--and the US is also NOT short on equine-faced women (remember Lisa Druck aka Rielle Hunter?).

Edited March 14, 2011 by Saddle Bronc

[_Simpson_ 250]

Shouldn't this be in the RUB forum?

Moving from P&R to Off Topic.

A slow death for a interesting thread.

Edited March 14, 2011 by _Simpson_

[Fandango 1,440]

British food is really making up for the horrible reputation it used to have. The women? One word...chavs.

DUH! He's also a sommelier!

I would say many of the teen girls are chavs, but not all....and not the women. Sure, there can be some women who are chavs, but I wouldn't say that's the norm at all.

I know many beautiful English women, and saying they're all mingers is fkin horrible.

[Krikit 1,166]

On the food--well, name another country whose unofficial national dish (Britain's is curry--indigenous to the Sub-continent) is not indigenous, but from an area it once misruled.

"Britain's" is not curry.

A slow death for a interesting thread.

You found it.

[_Simpson_ 250]

You found it.

As a moved thread in the P&R forum.

[Amby 490]

Peep - you know I was kidding about the mingers, right?

[Fandango 1,440]

Peep - you know I was kidding about the mingers, right?

Not really

I was annoyed by the initial comment by the BK dude. Just used yours to piggyback a comment, yanno?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Shouldn't this be in the RUB forum?

Moving from P&R to Off Topic.

If it was I'm sure all the RUB members would be getting bans about now, and the posters with a UK and Canadian flag under their name that came to spam the thread would be getting a free ride.