April Bloomfield

Spotted Pig scandal In December 2017, her co-owner at The Spotted Pig, Ken Friedman, was accused of sexual harassment in the New York Times. The article's authors interviewed many employees who said April Bloomfield knew about everything happening at the Spotted Pig. "Several other employees say they also brought their complaints and concerns about Mr Friedman to Ms Bloomfield. Her response was always the same. "That's who he is. Get used to it. Or go work for someone else." April also acknowledged her restaurant's third-floor nickname, 'the rape room'." Friedman subsequently resigned from management duties of their restaurant group, and eventually Bloomfield posted a Twitter apology for "not protecting her staff".

Bloomfield and Friedman later separated as business partners, and Bloomfield went public with a defence of her silence in those years due to allegedly working in an abusive environment herself, including being threatened with having her green card revoked by Friedman if she did not co-operate with him in every way.

Sailor Bloomfield opened a new restaurant, Sailor, in September 2023 in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. It is a collaboration with restaurateur Gabriel Stulman. Pete Wells of The New York Times gave Sailor 3 stars in a 2023 review. He later included the restaurant on his 2024 list of the one hundred best restaurants in New York City.

Honors Bloomfield is notable for achieving the highest score of any single challenger in Iron Chef America history, accomplishing the feat during her 56–53 victory over Michael Symon in 2008.

As of the 2012 Michelin Guide, she is one of ten female chefs in the United States to hold a Michelin star. She lost the star a few years later.

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