THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project
From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards

chefjacqueslamerde

Nominated in Meme/Parody Account

About chefjacqueslamerde

Instagrammer @chefjacqueslamerde takes the #foodie movement one step too far, turning low ingredients (Oreos, Cheez-Whiz, and Twinkies, among others) into high cuisine, with beautiful results. The deconstructed dishes, with “tweezered everything,” look exciting to the tastebuds, but this chef’s tongue is planted firmly in-cheek. With “extravagant” dishes like Swedish Fish Ceviche, and deli meats perfectly drizzled with Mountain Dew Black Label “Gastrique,” it is often hard to tell if the food is a joke, or truly daring fusion cuisine. In 2016, the world got an idea when chef Christine Flynn unmasked herself on Top Chef, admitting that her alter-ego just gives her a chance to send-up foodie trends and culture, poking fun at the profession she loves.

chefjacqueslamerde's best work on social

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDejzrsG-Yj/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BBXigqhm-Yz/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPAziAG-Wb/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BCv90yPm-dd/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BDlDS4hG-Sg/