Professional eating place are n’t the only kitchen where unwarranted stuff happens . When you are cooking in the seclusion of elite one - percenters ' home , some ridiculous turd is bound to go down . We spoke to five secret chefs who have been in the industry for decades and have seen it all . From full - frontal nakedness to gang of dotty dogs on the loose in the kitchen , these chefs have had their share of uneasy and intense encounter .
Dinner and a show
" I now and then fix for this vernal thunderbolt celebrity in her family in the Dunes sphere of the Hamptons ( sorry I ca n’t say who ) . Well , while my staff and I were in the kitchen preparing dinner , she and her partner proceeded to have gender on the patio , powerful in front of the whole stave . I have in mind full - on nudity while we were cooking in the kitchen . And let me just say , she was gimcrack . Eventually it was over and we just save on cooking . " –Silvia , private chef , 10 days
Animal house
" This cleaning lady engage me for a party . She say , ' I desire you like dogs , because I deliver them . ’ When I arrived at her property , I discovered she had n’t just rescue a few dogs , she ’d rescued 200 . The dogs were everywhere . When I kindly inquire her to keep them in one place so we could safely and hygienically prepare the repast , she start yell at me and my team , impeach us of being horrible masses who did n’t care animals . I love dog , but 200 of them ramble around like risky creatures was too much . That was my first and last time crop for her . " –Silvia , individual chef , 10 age
Golden child
" I contract out chef for my patronage and help do at the parties . I was work on a party when my node ’s 10 - year - sure-enough boy come up to me . He told me that Tommy , the chef , was " his favorite Tommy " that works for him , over his driver Tommy and pilot Tommy . I tried to excuse to him that Tommy works for his parent and not for him . But it did n’t matter . That kid is ruin . " –Lisa , private chef and host , 22 years
Unsanitary insanity
" I had met with a mob that was concerned in my becoming their family line chef . We ’d had a corking meeting and I thought it was hold out really well ! Then , they had me go back to the kitchen , where I saw a loft bed and a lav with a screen pall to cover one of the spaces in the corner . They tell me : ' Oh yes , just so you get laid , one of our kids decided that our older larder was go to be his new way now . So you ’ll in all likelihood see him in here a lot while you ’re working . ' I did n’t live what was more appalling , that they were OK with their nestling inhabit in the pantry space , or that there was a toilet in the corner . I do n’t even know whatever they ’d said after that , because I was too officious hearing the alarms screeching in my head . gratuitous to say , I allow in a flashbulb ! " –Caroline , private chef , one year
Diving head-first
" I was working a wedding with my stave in a makeshift kitchen . The locus did n’t really have a kitchen so we had to lease a flock of equipment and the space was really tight . As service start , it became middling hectic the right way away . One of the servers , work with some dishes , was n’t make up attention to his milieu . He tripped and landed point - first into an oven . He had to go to the emergency room , but it was a wedding , so the rest of us had to finish the meal . I retrieve he teach his lesson : Always look behind you ! " –Silvia , private chef , 10 years
More money, more problems
" I used to on a regular basis fake for this very flush house in New York City . They had the most gorgeous apartment and bench with a Jacuzzi and outside grill . My client , the matriarch , insist the kids only rust filet mignon and lobster tails , but would then keep to gawk at the reception when she see the monetary value of organic blueberries at $ 4.99 a pint . I flip to conventional berries afterwards . relish that lobster with a dessert of pesticides ! " –Mary - Anne , private chef , three years
Three-Michelin-star stiff
" Four years ago , after graduating culinary schooling , I was given what I thought would be an awful chance to work out with a chef who ’d been running a three - Michelin - sensation restaurant in New York for over 10 year . He had late entrust the restaurant to cook for New York ’s elite . My father knew him from the eatery and plug in us when he needed assistance with a dinner party company . It was my first lance out of school . I was going to get $ 25 / hour . Awesome !
" When I make it at the client ’s house , the chef was all unprepared and ended up make a half - assed effort with the repast : a ill execute ceviche , apparent chicken with glass over cultivated carrot , and a hot chocolate soufflé . I could n’t believe when he told me he was getting pay up $ 10,000 to falsify this mediocrity and for only eight people ! I ca n’t even secern you if it was honorable or not , because he did n’t even discommode to feed me . You always feed the staff !
" After the dinner party was over , the chef told me he ’d bury to go to the ATM and would pay me the next solar day . He lived in my neighborhood , so I take aim his word because , you know , his client just pay him $ 10k and he was kind of a booster of my pop ’s protagonist . But to this day , almost four yr later , I still have n’t got paid for the job , even after following up doubly . Never again ! " –Liz , individual chef , four years
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Hosts who ghost
" I was hired by a brace to cook dinner party for them and 25 of their client . They severalise me I could let myself in to gear up up for the 6:30pm party . When I arrived in the good afternoon no one was there . OK , I thought . Hours pass by and it was almost 6 . My customer still were n’t home . Guests started arriving . I attend to them cocktails and dinner party . at long last , by sweet , my clients , the hosts , showed up . They had completely forgotten about the dinner party ! " –Silvia , private chef , 10 years
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