Food bloggers liken Richard Hart to Christopher Columbus for ‘stomping’ on a country that has welcomed him
A noted British baker has provoked a furore in Mexico by saying on a podcast the country does not “really have much of a bread culture”.
Richard Hart, who opened the Green Rhino bakery in Mexico City in June, also said the country’s wheat was “not good … completely highly processed, full of additives” and its sandwiches – tortas – were made “on these white ugly rolls that are pretty cheap and industrially made”.
The comments were made in April on the PopFoodie Radio podcast but went viral this month when they were picked up by food bloggers and commentators, who voiced outrage at the idea of a foreigner criticising their cuisine.
“He wants to be the Christopher Columbus of bread,” said pastry chef Tania Medina on TikTok. “It’s not fair for you to stomp on where you’re going to open, and even less so if it’s not your country and that country is welcoming you with so much affection, so much love.”
