Despite opposition groups best attempts, they couldn't get Thailand prime minister Samak Sundaravej removed from office. However, a cooking show did.

More specifically, by accepting payment to appear on "Tasting and Complaining," a cooking show Samak hosted for seven years before being appointed prime minister, Samak violated a constitutional ban on private employment while holding pubic office, so the nine-judge Constitutional Court removed him from office.

This may not be the end of Samak's unpopular stint as prime minister though. The ruling party in charge vowed to reinstate him.

Read more over at the NY Times or watch the BBC report.