When chefs became celebrities, it was only a matter of time before they got their own
groupies, and now the mania has spread to include other purveyors and artisans: The Web is filled with food-crazy fan pages devoted to everyone from rugged young
chocolatiers to, um, rugged young
butchers. Acts of fandom range from the casual (such as
Top Chef stalking) to the disturbingly committed (
tattoos).