Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate Chuy Ramirez broke down in tears on Wednesday after learning he had been passed over for a chance to be awarded a Michelin star.
Ramirez, who has been an inmate for the past fifteen years serving said that he had been the prison’s main cook since he arrived in the prison on a life sentence for triple homicide.
Since taking over as the prison’s main cook, he had transformed the kitchen processes into a model of efficiency and become famous throughout jails in the southern United States for his legendary dishes like beef jerky tartare, gruel à la mode, and a play on a classic beef bourguignon using Louisiana State Penitentiary’s very own toilet wine blend.
Despite the disappointing result, Ramirez said that he was “surprised” that a Michelin judge actually came to try his food and believed the letter he wrote to the committee telling them that he was “one of Gordon Ramsey’s best friends and he told me to tell you to come try my food… You donkey!”
At press time, Ramierz was seen writing a 20-page manifesto about how he was going to brutally murder the entire Michelin staff if he ever saw the light of day.