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    Good Food

    Becoming Mr. Vergé's grasshopper

    Shep Gordon spent the early part of his career as the tour manager for big, bad musical acts like Alice Cooper and Luther Vandross. Then, after meeting the French chef and restaurateur Roger Vergé at the Cannes Film Festival, he began to produce a different kind of show.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Mar 10, 2017 • 1 min read

    Shep Gordon spent the early part of his career as the tour manager for big, bad musical acts like Alice Cooper and Luther Vandross. Then, after meeting the French chef and restaurateur Roger Vergé at the Cannes Film Festival, he began to produce a different kind of show. In They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food and Rock 'N' Roll, Gordon tells how he became "Mr. Vergé's grasshopper" and the manager for Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, Paul Prudhomme and Nobu Matsuhisa.

    Music: "School's Out" by Alice Cooper and "I Can't Help Myself" (instrumental) by the Four Tops

    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Supermensch, Pi Day, farming at Tule Lake Segregation Center
    1. 0:00Becoming Mr. Vergé's grasshopperYou’re reading this
    2. 12:15Happy Pi Day
    3. 24:40The Market Report: Kohlrabi
    4. 32:39Farming behind barbed wire at Tule Lake
    5. 44:41'The Saffron Tales'
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Supermensch, Pi Day, farming at Tule Lake Segregation Center
    1. 0:00Becoming Mr. Vergé's grasshopperYou’re reading this
    2. 12:15Happy Pi Day
    3. 24:40The Market Report: Kohlrabi
    4. 32:39Farming behind barbed wire at Tule Lake
    5. 44:41'The Saffron Tales'
    Back to Good Food