In a blind item that popped up on Eater's radar this afternoon, a person claiming to be "known in and around NYC" for his "somewhat famous restaurant in the meatpacking district" and "several" Food Network specials offers up this noxious confession: "I farted on every single one of my 37 employees."

Celebrity Food Network chef Robert Irvine, revealed to be a big fat liar recently by a St. Petersburg Times investigation, has been let go by the network. He spent his last day as host of "Dinner: Impossible" in Washington, DC, cooking Japanese food for a party of 250. Maybe he can go back into the Army, they always need fast cooks like that. [TMZ]