CHEF DIES IN FREAK SOUP ACCIDENT

An Iraqi chef tragically died last week after falling into a vat of soup, which left him severely scalded across large swathes of his body. The accident happened while Chef Issa Ismail was helping prepare a wedding banquet in the city of Zakho. While stirring the soup, he somehow slipped and fell into the pot, before tumbling to the floor. He was immediately rushed to a local hospital, but died five days later after succumbing to third-degree burns that covered almost 70% of his body.
* It’s like they say: even one too many cooks can spoil the soup.
* I’m no chef, but with third-degree burns, that soup might have been a smidge too hot.
* He should have gone with “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
* Talk about throwing yourself into your work.
* I hope the restaurant takes stock of what happened.
* It was supposed to be “Soup or Salad,” but everybody had to have salad, and then another chef got caught in the lettuce shredder.