That quiet apology tour from the canceled chef in Scottsdale is kind of working
I was scrolling food news on Tuesday and saw that chef who lost his restaurant partnership back in 2022 is now doing pop ups at a wine bar in Scottsdale. He never did a big comeback post, just started showing up at small events for about 3 months now. I read one local review that mentioned his previous issues only in the last sentence, which feels deliberate. What got me thinking is how he skipped the apology video trend and went straight to letting the food speak instead. Does that actually work better than a formal statement, or are people just forgetting faster because the news cycle moved on? Has anyone else seen a local figure pull this off without ever fully addressing what happened?