One celebrity chef is making his voice heard, warning that the introduction of Amsterdam-style cannabis cafés in California would be an “absolute disaster.”

In an interview with FOX Business’ “Varney & Co.,” Friday, chef and restaurant owner Andrew Gruel weighed in on why he believes that the introduction would ultimately not pan out well for the Golden State.

“I’m an open-market guy.” The celebrity chef said, “as long as you’re not infringing on somebody’s liberties, I would say go for it.”

But as for California, that’s where the celebrity chef voiced his disapproval.

“The unfortunate reality is that, in California, this isn’t going to work because you don’t have a regulatory framework set up where you can actually police.”

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At the end of September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved Assembly Bill 1775, which authorizes local jurisdictions to allow licensed cannabis retailers to prepare and sell food and non-alcoholic drinks, as well as host and sell tickets to events on their licensed premises.

This means dispensaries can operate as cafes — complete with hot food, beverages, and live music performances.

“We already see it with bars and restaurants where drunk people are spilling out all over the place,” the chef said, arguing against the move. “Somebody gets stabbed and then nothing happens, they get let back out on the streets.”

Gruel added, “California already smells like… you know, the world fair of skunks, everybody smoking weed everywhere, but now you introduce this into a food setting, and potentially have kids around.”

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“I just don’t think that Newsom can handle this. I don’t think the state of California can manage this,” he said.

“[If] this were Florida or another state, I’d say, yeah, go for it. So what, you got a couple of guys eating extra donuts and getting high in a cafe… but California, I’m telling you, it would be an absolute disaster.”

A fast-moving wildfire that sparked Saturday afternoon in Dutch Flat has prompted mandatory evacuations in two Northern California counties.

The Dutch Fire sparked about 3:30 p.m. along Lowell Hill Road near the Dutch Flat Forebay’s dam in Nevada County and burned uncontained near the border with Placer County, according to Cal Fire’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer unit.

As firefighters responded on the ground and with aerial resources, authorities called for evacuations in both counties.

By 6:30 p.m., the fire had blazed along heavy timber and steep terrain at a dangerous rate of spread and reached 45 acres, according to Cal Fire. Spotting ahead of the fire was seen on infrared mapping provided by the FIRIS platform operated by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and Cal Fire.

“Cal Fire/Placer County Fire Department and multiple fire agencies from the surrounding area are battling the Dutch Fire in … Unified Command,” firefighters said as night-flying helicopters aided the efforts of more than 100 personnel on the ground.

“The heavily wooded area, steep terrain and remote location are making it challenging to contain the fire,” Cal Fire NEU officials said.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office ordered the mandatory evacuation of Zone 1 in most of Dutch Flat, a Placer community of nearly 200 residents nestled. The order came about 5 p.m. after deputies had issued evacuation warnings in the hills north of Interstate 80 on the road to Truckee and Lake Tahoe.

Dutch Flat No. 2 Forebay, which has a 77-foot high earthen dam and has been part of the NID Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project since the 1960s is about 1½ miles uphill of Dutch Flat.

Zone 1 includes homes in Alta and Monte Vista as well as the CHP’s Gold Run office, according to deputies, however Interstate 80 remains open in both directions, according to Caltrans.

A shelter has been set up at the Placer County Health and Human Services Center — 11434 B Ave., Auburn — with Red Cross assistance.

Mandatory evacuation were ordered on Lowell Hill from Dutch Flat Powerhouse to Mule Springs, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. Warnings also were issued across zone E220, a strip of wildland dotted with homes north of the Bear River, which divides the counties.

Link to Placer County evacuation maps are available at bit.ly/dutch-placer-evac-2024; Nevada County’s evacuations are available on Genasys Project.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Talk about taking your money and running.

Powerball winner Edwin Castro charged through a California 10K race Saturday morning — days after a judge cleared him of allegations he stole his record-breaking $2.04 billion ticket.

The free man, 31, soared through the Manhattan Beach 10k run in 1 hour, 1 minute and 42 seconds, race results show.

Castro’s 9:55 per-mile average made him the 1,772nd overall finisher out of 3,612 racers.

That also landed him the 189th spot for the male 30-34 age bracket, which had 255 total runners.

The Post caught Castro looking slightly distressed as he picked up his race bib Friday.

The lottery winner was spotted frowning as he looked down at his phone in one hand, with his racing number in his other.

It’s not clear how much the billionaire donated toward the annual race, which raised $750,000 that typically goes toward funding community centers and public spaces.

Entry costs topped off at $50 for the 2024 race, meaning Castro may have at least handed over a Ulysses S. Grant bill.

The race comes four days after a California judge tossed out a lawsuit by Jose Rivera that alleged Castro stole the winning ticket from him back in 2022.

The judge ruled that “players are solely responsible for securing their tickets against theft, loss, damage, or destruction.”

It means Castro no longer has to fight to prove he is the rightful owner of the jackpot, the biggest in US history.

Castro nabbed the life-changing jackpot in November 2022, and opted for the lump sum payout of $997.7 million.