Thechatter A dish best not served

A chef from Shropshire, England has resigned following a Facebook post bragging about “spiking” a vegan diner, according to the Guardian.

Laura Goodman, coowner and head chef of Carlini, felt the wrath of the internet after posting several incriminating messages in The Boring Group on the social network. “Pious, judgmental vegan (who I spent all day cooking for) has gone to bed, still believing she’s a vegan,” she wrote in one message. Adding: “Spiked a vegan a few hours ago.”

Understandably. Goodman’s comments induced outrage online. Vegans and non-vegans alike inundated Carlini’s TripAdvisor and Google pages with disparaging reviews. Due to the volume of complaints, the restaurant’s Facebook page has been disabled, the Guardian reports. Meanwhile, TripAdvisor has “temporarily suspended publishing new reviews” for Carlini due to “an influx of review submissions that do not describe first-hand experience.”

At the time of writing, Carlini’s Google rating had plummeted to 2.1 stars. “How this restaurant can survive when diners cannot be sure what they are being served from the Kitchen must be in serious doubt,” Christopher Hulse wrote in his one-star Google review.

Michael Gale, Carlini co-owner and Goodman’s fiancé, told the Guardian that their “world has been turned upside down.” In addition to the torrent of negative reviews, he reportedly said that they have received death threats and warnings of legal action.

The restaurant released a statement, which read: “Laura Goodman has today tendered her resignation from Carlini and the board of directors are currently considering their options. Whilst this process is being completed, Laura will not be working at either of the restaurants, which will reopen later this week. As part of a preplanned recruitment drive, Carlini is also recruiting for an additional head chef to work across both its restaurants in Shropshire.”

Goodman added: “I am really deeply sorry. There were no meat products added to the dishes.”

‘Iwill never run for public office. That’s a pretty definitive thing.” This is what Oprah Winfrey told The Hollywood Reporter last June when she was asked whether rumours of a run for the 2020 presidency had any merit.

While grammar aficionados may remain stuck on the ambiguity of something being described as “pretty definitive,” Winfrey’s fans had nothing holding them back from reigniting hopes of her candidacy on Sunday night. After giving an emotional and moving speech on sexual harassment at the Golden Globes, Twitter and Facebook lit up with the possibility of Winfrey running for president.

The idea isn’t necessarily a new one. In 2002, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore suggested she should run for office following a controversial episode of her talk show which asked the question “Is war the only answer?” in reference to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The idea then began to circulate through the media, with David Letterman featuring it as part of his “Top Ten Things Overheard at the Republican Weekend,” bandwagoning for yet another celebrity to assume the Oval Office.

Not surprisingly, Infowars host Alex Jones has been the most vocal in expressing outrage over her potential candidacy. The conspiracy theorist this week called her “a top globalist, a top eugenicist,” and someone “who pushes a one world religion through her private foundation.”

So what exactly are the odds of Winfrey becoming the next U.S. president, you know, theoretically?

According to online gambling company BetOnline, via The Wrap, she has a better chance at taking the Oval than former vice-president Joe Biden, who currently sits at 25 to 1 odds. Winfrey herself has 20 to 1, while Mark Zuckerberg, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand all sit at 25 to 1. Beating out Winfrey, however, are Democratic frontrunners Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Kamala Harris, both of whom have 12 to 1 odds. Taking the top spot, naturally, is Donald Trump, who sits at 2 to 1 odds. Meanwhile, according to ElectionBettingOdds.

com, Winfrey has