"Supermensch" Shep Gordon on Creating the "Celebrity Chef"

Shep Gordon is the visionary Hollywood manager,
agent and producer responsible for building some of the biggest
careers in entertainment, and has been named one of the “100 most
influential people” by Rolling Stone magazine. The subject of the
acclaimed Mike Myers-produced documentary Supermensch: The Legend
of Shep Gordon, Shep came to Los Angeles in 1968 and landed in
the heart of rock and roll, instantly (and by sheer coincidence)
falling in with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and, a short time
later, Alice Cooper, whom he continues to manage today. In Shep’s
fascinating book, They Call me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to
the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock 'n' Roll, he shares
tales of working and befriending everyone from Groucho Marx,
Blondie, Salvador Dali, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and
Michael Douglas to the Dalai Lama, Emeril Lagasse, Raquel Welch
and Wolfgang Puck. The book was published in 2016 and debuted on
the New York Times bestseller list.