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Class and cabin class. the thing about stars, it was just like that. >> tony: the socialites could look around and go, "oh look at, i'm mingling with regular people." >> martha: totally in control. and you, of course, you loved that. you wanted to see him. you wanted to see who was touching your food, who was making it, and who was directing the rest of the guys in the kitchen. i think jeremiah was a celebrity chef. he was one of the first. >> alexandra: it was like a conductor walking through with an orchestra, and that's what he would do. d he usually h a gla of champagne in his hand, and if...

>> john: he was the master of ceremonies. he was the ringmaster, and he enjoyed being someone who could play host to the gathering of rich and powerful and important or self-important people. >> jerry: i'm most amazed that i know he spent a lot of time in the kitchen, and he got splattered with some food, he'd go down and change, because he'd come walking out around the crowd shaking hands, saying hello, being jeremiah. and, uh, always just looking so pristine. >> martha: totally in control. and, of course, you loved that. you wanted to see him. you wanted to see who was touching your food, wh...

>> it was like a conductor walking through with an orchestra and that's what he would do and he usually had a glass of champagne in his hand and if he didn't, somebody brought it. >> i recently sat down with both jeremiah tower and anthony b bordain. you didn't know him before you started this project but have said he's perhaps it most important or influential person in the food world. why did you want to tell his story? >> i have been aware of him for many years by reputation of course and unknowingly cooking a lot of his dishes as most american chefs were once he appeared on the scene. i rea...

>> alexandra: it was like a conductor walking through with an orchestra, and that's what he would do. and he usually had a glass of champagne in his hand, and if he didn't, somebody brought it. literally was watching a superstar in his stature, in how he spoke with people and i just remember globs of people that wanted to try and get to him, you know, and then he would disappear into the kitchen, and then you kind of saw him doing this and doing that. >> clark: he was the first kind of chef in america to do something truly flat out self promotional. he was a part of that dewar's ad. he was a d...

Conductor walking through with an orchestra, and that's what he would do. and he usually had a glass of champagne in his hand, and if he didn't, somebody brought it. literally was watching a superstar in his stature, in how he spoke with people and i just remember globs of people that wanted to try and get to him, you know, and then he would disappear into the kitchen, and then you kind of saw him doing this and doing that. >> clark: he was the first kind of chef in america to do something truly flat out self promotional. he was a part of that dewar's ad. he was a dewar's profile. this is abou...