{"id":418946,"date":"2026-07-31T03:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/418946\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T03:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:26:10","slug":"california-celeb-chef-who-worked-with-anthony-bourdain-locked-up-for-domestic-violence-as-rumors-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/418946\/","title":{"rendered":"California celeb chef who worked with Anthony Bourdain locked up for domestic violence as rumors swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"

A California celebrity chef <\/a>who got his big break working with Anthony Bourdain is now behind bars on a felony domestic violence allegation.<\/p>\n

Adam Pechal, 50, was arrested after a woman called Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies to an Arden-Arcade home around 11 p.m. Wednesday and reported that he had physically assaulted her<\/a>, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

\"Deputies<\/p>\n

Deputies arrested Pechal on suspicion of felony corporal injury. X\/@ChefAdamPechal<\/p>\n

\"Pechal<\/p>\n

Pechal is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Sacramento Superior Court. ABC<\/p>\n

Deputies arrested Pechal on suspicion of felony domestic violence after the woman was medically evaluated and cleared at the home, sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Edward Igoe told The Sacramento Bee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pechal was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail early Thursday, where he remained in custody on $50,000 bail, according to jail records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Sacramento Superior Court.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Anthony Bourdain in 2013. REUTERS<\/p>\n

The arrest marks a stunning fall for the once high-flying chef, who became nationally known after competing on Season 1 of ABC’s The Taste, the short-lived cooking competition co-hosted and executive produced by the late Bourdain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pechal later became a prominent name in Sacramento’s restaurant scene, operating Tuli Bistro, Thir13en and Tuli Catering before pivoting to private events and consulting.<\/p>\n

In 2025, he designed the menu for Local Flights at Sacramento International Airport.<\/p>\n

\"Chef<\/p>\n

Chef Adam Pechal smiling while stirring a large pot of red sauce. X\/@ChefAdamPechal<\/p>\n

\"Pechal<\/p>\n

Pechal later became a prominent name in Sacramento’s restaurant scene, operating Tuli Bistro, Thir13en and Tuli Catering before pivoting to private events and consulting.<\/p>\n

\"Pechal<\/p>\n

Pechal most recently worked as a private chef for Sacramento Kings players. MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n

According to his social media accounts, Pechal most recently worked as a private chef, culinary consultant and educator, regularly cooking for Sacramento Kings players<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The felony arrest now casts a dark cloud over the career of the once-rising TV chef, whose association with Bourdain helped launch him into the national spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California celebrity chef who got his big break working with Anthony Bourdain is now behind bars on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[167518,101694,7,9,8,121,21180],"class_list":["post-418946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-adam-pechal","tag-anthony-bourdain","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-superior-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}