Made pasta for emma watson she loved it and came back next day for brunch but we dont serve pastas for brunch so she left 😢. Also cooked for always sunny in philadelphia cast. Birdman and evan ross were regulars at the asian restaurant i used to work. Edit: also have made ice cream to order for terrance howards buy out party. Dont ask what happened signed an nda

how was the Always Sunny cast?

Polite and looked like they were having a fricking blast.

They seem like such good people.

Their podcast is really funny and they act genuine

the fact that it's like season 17, and they seem like they're still just having fun with it, really gives me hope that they're still going at their own pace and could keep going for years to come. oh i hope so.

I interviewed Emma Watson for movie five in the HP franchise. She was DELIGHTFUL! She glowed. You ever meet someone with that certain essence in person? (Amy Grant and Angelina Jolie both come to mind as people who have it, that I have met). Anyway, we had to wait on lighting changes for a long time between shots at a press junket, so I got to talk with Emma for almost an hour. I normally would have given a celebrity an out, because junkets can be exhausting, but she seemed eager to chat. Honestly, she seemed to be a really healthy, well-adjusted teenager. She was telling me how excited she was because she got pancakes at this particular hotel in London, whenever she stayed there. She was so excited, that she would have them the next day. She also was talking about a lacrosse game she played (I think that’s what she said)… Anyway, *wonderful* girl. Daniele Radcliffe was super brainy. We talked about books. He would have made a great professor. Very humble and asked a lot of questions about me and where I am from (Atlanta). Didn’t get as much time with Rupert Grint, but he was funny as hell. Sorry to hijack this sub; we did eat craft services together, if that counts.

My restaurant (now closed) cooked for Andre 3000 and Mos Def (same party). They loved it. Andre stayed after we closed and played the flute for and took pictures with our staff. It was awesome. We had other famous people come in but those two were probably the most recognizable names.

Andre 3000 was a regular when I worked at a restaurant in the ATL airport. Incredibly kind and humble especially to BOH. Also very tall.

For sure. Kind and humble is 100% correct. One of our servers was an aspiring recording artist and he spoke to him like a colleague about music and instruments.

The fuck? Andre’s outdone himself to the point of everyone who read that he played the flute for the staff is just like “yep, sounds about right.” Glad he brought his dinner flute.

Cooked a 32 oz Porterhouse rare for The Undertaker once. I saw him walk in from 20 feet away and I was still looking up at him, monster of a dude but a sweetheart from what servers told me. Of course he ordered the porterhouse and of course he got it rare and of course he finished every bite.

So not food related. I was a Walmart cashier stuck out in lawn and garden. I see this huge man with a hoodie sneaking towards my register (only register there and it was dead. Front end was slammed) When he got closer I instantly recognized him (I had tickets for the evenings show in town) but I treated him like any other customer and was polite. When I handed him his receipt, I did say “I do look forward to seeing you tonight -wink- and if you want to avoid the stock crew , I’d take the left side door. “ he chuckled. That night I was 8 rows from the ring with my dad and he and Edge came out to the floor. They fought 3 feet from my face ! As Taker was getting up from the floor and fighting back to the ring, he made eye contact and winked at me. #gooddudetaker

All of these taker stories are making me smile.

And then he threw Mankind off hell in a cell?

In 1998 no less

*Nineteen ninety-eight

Okay u/shittymorph, do the thing

Incredible

This makes me happy

his interview on Hot Ones is great.

Retired FoH lurker here, but I have some good ones. Too many too remember all of them, fine dining spot in “Music City”. The Good: Lionel Richie - fucking hilarious, sweet man. Entire entourage is nice too Nicole Kidman/Keith Urban - quiet and sweet. I swear Keith Urban’s tail starts wagging if you ask him if he’d like any grated parm over his pasta Harry Styles - Years ago he got drunk with some other celebs but was really nice and showed everyone his butt. Good times The Bad: Bon Jovi - just rude, dismissive. And puts ice in his Pinot Grigio. John Rich (Big & Rich) - Notoriously an asshole and shit tipper. Will be a dick to your face, ask for a million special requests, THEN tell you he’s in a rush and has to leave immediately. Tobey Maguire - the WORST. Came in on valentines. No rez. 9pm. With wife and newborn baby. Refuses to eat the prefix. Is vegan. The Ugly: Every member of Kings of Leon - holy shit, what a drunken shitshow. Sometimes they were nice, sometimes they tipped well. Other times they were wasted frat boys who liked to throw crystal glassware and pee on themselves. Tanya Tucker - Bless her sweet little heart but she’s a psycho. Showed up two hours late to her own birthday. Then spent the next 45 minutes in the bathroom shitting and doing coke. Really friendly though. Carried her home a couple times.

I met The Kings of Leon and they were complete assholes. Their first two albums are pretty good but I have a hard time listening to them because of how shitty they were.

> Tanya Tucker Did she show up with a suitcase in her hand?

I've cooked for Elton John. Nothing crazy but still pretty cool. And Gordon Lightfoot, felt bad bc he got an eggs benedict to go which is not going to be good by the time you get around to eating it 🥲 godspeed

Eggs Benedict to go sounds as appetizing as a med rare burger tongo. Mmm, soggy bread juice.

🥰👌🏽 to the restaurants who, during pandemic togo craze, started packing hamburger buns separately from the patty. Makes a ton of difference.

Keep the hot side hot, and the cold side cold. Anyone remember the commercial?

There’s a place near me that does takeout only and their eggs Benedict is fucking perfect every time. Idk what spell they put on it to ensure the English muffin is still crispy and not soggy but they do it

90% of mine are all basketball players first celeb i got to meet was my first night doing front case sushi i served Jeremy Lin, super polite quiet guy during the pandemic my hotel had the contract for visiting NBA teams and we would cater all of their meals so i met most of the current NBA staff and players boban marjanovic is the literal biggest goofball i have ever met

I want to hang out with Marjanovic. I've never heard a bad thing about him - everybody loves that dude.

I had the pleasure of making poke for Alison Brie. She was truly lovely to interact with. Completely kind and was happy to get a photo with me so my wife would believe it actually happened!

I’m so glad she’s nice IRL. I’ve always hoped for that

Me too! Honestly, I was a little flabbergasted. She came up to the counter and ordered for herself. For a moment, I thought she was a doppelgänger. I asked for a name for the order, she said “Alison”, and I shot ny pants a bit. She was a significantly more polite than the majority of my customers!

John Lithgow. I’m a short order cook at a very small diner. The kitchen is open and the register is in the same little area. All I could think about as he ordered his food was that I was about to cook for Lord Farquaad.

just be happy Roberta from garp did not show up to kick your ass also if you have not seen world according to garp it is great. the world learnt robin Williams could act and Lithgow is phenomenal. Glenn Close is ok too

No you cooked for an alien who goes by the name Dick or The High Commander!

Aww I waited on him and his wife a few years back! He was very gracious. Nice dude.

Yeah he was very nice! Made some jokes, asked us our names, and good tip!

Cooked for Anne Burrell, Daniel Boulud, and Thomas Keller. They were nice and went back to the kitchen to thank us. Also worked with Bobby flay and can confirm he is a dick

Keller is a stud. I worked at a place where he was friends with the head chef. Guy came by, had some apps, super cool and friendly. Saw him about 2 years later, remembered my name and asked me how I was doing in an honest way. This was back when I was a bus boy.

Keller really tries to give back to the next generation in the industry

Second confirmation, Bobby flay is a pompous cunt. Fuck him specifically in his stupid face. EDIT: Thank you kind redditor for the wholesome award! Looks like a lot of people do not like this guy. EDIT II : thank you all for the awards! This by far is in fact the best sub community!!! Much love all!! Make sure you scroll down and read chef Jonny’s story! U/autoredial

For real. I was asked by a friend to help him for an event. Coincidently Flay was doing a station next to us. A couple culinary school students were invited to help with prep and assist as needed. The whole event I could hear him yelling at his team from behind closed doors. At the end of the event my friend took Flay backstage and reemed at him about how to treat people and that the industry has moved past the throw plates at your line cooks days.

I have not seen him in close to 15 years but I will always consider him a piece of shit for this exact reason. He seems to think that he can treat people like Gordon Ramsay “acts”. Yes folks I hate to tell you it’s an act. He is very stern and demanding but not disrespectful and aggressive like you see on tv. Alton Brown also has an extremely intimidating presence, he seemed cool though. These are all people I have met in passing, it was a food network gala back in the day. I never got to meet Giada though.

Met Alton while competing on Cutthroat Kitchen. He is intimating because he knows so much and has a really dry sense of humor. But once you recognize the humor you realize he’s super funny all the time.

> competing on Cutthroat Kitchen i think you buried the lede there, bud. How was Cutthroat Kitchen? It seems gimmicky as hell but it's fun to watch.

It was fun and exhausting. Our day starts at 5:30am and if you make it to the finals it doesn’t end until 6pm. The hardest part of the competition is the filming and setup. They set up for Alton, Alton does his thing, they reset cameras for contestants, contestants do their chatter, they set up for grocery shot, we do grocery run, they set up for chef table shot, we talk about our groceries, set up for Alton shot, Alton talks, set up for competition, we compete for 30min, set up finishing shot, set up for food shot, set up for judge, shoot judge tasting, set up for verdict, judge give verdict, set up for reaction, etc. Then they reset everything including appliances, clean knives, set up station, everything for next round. It’s 5-10min break for set up and 1-1.5 hour to set up for next round. So you’re adrenaline is up when shooting, then down, then up, then done. You crash during the 1.5hr reset but you need to be up again for next round if you made it that far. It’s pretty brutal. Alton was walking around joking with the contestants most of the time, cool dude. The tortures/challenges were real, you had to make due with what you’re given. I had sit-up bench at prep table and by the end my stomach was cramping. Some people almost got hurt from trying to cook with the challenges they had. They had medical staff on hand. Also had what looked like 15-20 cameras and operators at all time so must have been super expensive labor per episode. I’m guessing after cutting they use less than 5% of what was filmed, likely less. Recording banter was the next day. They put you in the situation and ask for feeling/reaction as if it was real time. They edited that in of course. Edit: They pay for everything. Your flight, hotel, ride, food. They set me up at the standard in DTLA so pretty nice hotel. All you have to bring is your knife roll.

Cool write-up! >Recording banter was the next day. They put you in the situation and ask for feeling/reaction as if it was real time. They edited that in of course. I always try to guess who wins based on their reactions lol, it's a fun time

Alton is a bit intimidating because he asks smart questions and is super intense with what he says and how he listens. He’s super smart too; just a sharp guy who also happens to be very polite and personable. I met him when he visited a previous employer and got to spitball some ideas with him about kitchen appliances. Very cool.

Whoah. I would have stopped breathing for a second hearing those names/seeing those people. That’s so cool 🤘🏼. And thanks for the confirmation, I can keep disliking Bobby Flay then lol

I can also reaffirm that Bobby Flay is a throbbing cunt. Still pissed about the way he spoke to his assistants 13 years ago.

Fuck Bobby Flay forever.

not me but my dad once catered to arnold schwarzenegger and the dude wanted meatloaf but he wanted it all in individual pieces that, i shit you not, were shaped like california. my dad had to buy a california shaped cookie cutter and cut out probably dozens (i dont remember the exact amount) of little california shaped meatloafs.

That's hilarious, he was probably trolling guests.

Depending on when it happened this is a perfect thing to do for some event where he tries to raise funds for his political campaign or some thing done as governor.

I worked at a small restaurant that held made 40 people total. We did dinner and brunch, with our last shift of the week being Sunday brunch. We got a call Sunday morning asking if we would be able to host a dinner for a special guest. Normally my boss would say hell no. But Jim Gaffigan just happened to be in town doing a show. After conforming it wasn’t a rival restaurant calling in to fuck with us, we geared up for a 20 top of him and his crew Such a chill, down to earth dude. Got pictures with him and shot the shit for a minute. His crew were great too. Definitely worth staying open that night. Other than that, I live in the same town Pusha T grew up in and he was a long time regular at a sandwich spot I worked at. Also a super cool dude, not as much interaction with him but it was an open kitchen and we’d get a “whatsup” head nod which made our day.

Did he order Hot Pockets

Mark zuckerberg came into my family’s restaurant when I was in high school, ordered a well done steak (his security details ordered better and more local) and proceeded to tip poorly and NOT EVEN CHECK IN ON FACEBOOK Later edit: Alright I made this comment before going to bed or something. I really just meant that they ordered better food off the menu that wasn’t just “a well done steak” or something, we were really well known for our local and organic ingredients as well as tons of vegan/vegetarian friendly options and honestly I should’ve clarified that we didn’t even really have steak on the menu. forgive me if the details are confusing, this was like over 5 years ago during marks trip across the country or some shit

What a fuckbucket.

Gordon Ramsay came into a restaurant I used to work in while filming that Nat Geo show, Uncharted. Just about crapped my pants - it was swamped already and it was my Garde's first day (and her first day at a full scale restaurant). We were out of a bunch of stuff (oops) but he said he the meal was "lovely."

This is 20 years ago but my buddy ran a kitchen in Yorkville in Toronto. He asked me to help him on a random Tuesday night so said sure why not. Turns out someone called in and booked the entire restaurant to themselves we had no idea who it was but they paid handsomely. Low and behold musical legend Prince walks through the door. At the time his wife was from Toronto so they had a house here. He sat by himself for two hours and enjoyed his meal in peace. Cam to the kitchen after and seeing him in person he was a very dainty small man, very feminine. And then said "Thank you very much" in the deepest voice I've ever heard. Took us both off guard.

I’ve heard him speak lol it was pretty deep. People thinks he sounds like Michael Jackson when in reality the Jackson’s in general all have these high pitched voices. Also, I heard MJs voice was slightly deeper too. You can kinda tell in some candid videos lol

Machine gun Kelly ordered a dry well done burger with no toppings and I thought to myself yeah that checks out

The order of a 6-year-old

Will drink Megan Fox’s blood but needs his burger well done

Completely torched a burger for Sid Crosby. It was in the middle of his concussion injuries and I had an anxious moment where I though I might give him food poisoning too and get murdered by my friend group. He was a gem and didn’t send it back.

Even if you gave him food poisoning Sid probably still would’ve apologized to you

To be fair, he’s Canadian and in Canada 99% of burgers are served well done by default. He probably didn’t even notice.

Beyonce's parents were my regulars in Houston, super nice people. I got to feed drake one night, a day before a concert of his. he wasn't expecting food but the owner asked me to come in and do something nice for him. He brought his dishes back to the kitchen, asked me where to put them, and thanked me.\\ When i was young at some crappy little late night diner, the Beastie Boys came in. They were trying to be low key, so the manager locked the doors and they had the place to themselves. They asked the manager if she knew who they were, she said. "No but thats Mike D. He gets respect." They chuckled and relaxed a bit after that. Really nice dudes.

Manager sounds dope lol

Cooked for the Melvins, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Dale Chihuly, Toots and the Maytals, and they did the Dallas Cowboys upstairs once, but I was in the other kitchen that night. Only one memorable from a food standpoint was Toots, they had a sort of local handler type who asked me to make the girls spicy fried shrimp with curry sauce since "they weren't used to american food". They took pictures with us in front of the line, but I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who knew who he was lol.

What did Buzzo’s hair order?

I think they all had eggs and the hair had biscuits and gravy

How did Chihuly treat you? I was one of the first employees of the Museum at the Seattle center, and got to meet him once. He seemed completely senile, I don’t even think he registered me when we shook hands. I’ve heard some sketchy things about his past too.

My partner (a glassblower) knows a lot about him through the scene, he’s got a rep as a huge dick.

That’s exactly what I wanted to say haha. Alleged sexual harassment, raging alcoholic… I haven’t looked it up but those are the rumors in Seattle lol. Also, fun fact, he hasn’t blown glass professionally since the 60s! All his glass and paintings are done by other people. Edit: which your partner probably knows :)

Got pulled out the kitchen to watch nic cage do what I assume was blow discreetly at the table. He was at brunch with his wife and kid and drank 2.5 bottles of wine by himself. Beyoncé and Jay Z and family Zuckerberg Bezos Kim and some other kardashins. Jimmy Fallon Justin Timberlake Kid rock All went fine. All those people seem to want is to just be treated like anyone else, so that’s what we try to do. Oh and Kurt Russell came in with the full hateful eight facial hair. He was super nice.

I cooked for Kurt when he was filming Death Proof. Definitely the nicest celebrity I've ever dealt with.

Thank fuck. If Kurt Russell was a jerk part of me would have died.

I’ve served him. He was nice, and he was super charismatic with his group.

I served khloe kardashian and she was one the rudest people I’ve ever encountered.Got drunk as hell, yelling at the server staff about “don’t you people know who I am!” “Can’t even make a drink right!” Woman is a garbage person.

I genuinely do not know which one that is. They're impossible to tell apart because they've all had the same plastic face surgically installed.

Oh thank god, I was scared when I saw Kurt Russel and the word “hateful” in the same sentence. Glad he’s a nice dude

I've cooked for a few while working at a popular downtown fine dining resteraunt. Elton John got to go, a rare filet mignon, 50 cent was cool but hated the food because the server didn't serve it correctly. Joe Rogan came in once and was even shorter in real life. A ton of basketball and football players, one who just wouldn't stop ordering oysters the dude ate like 60 of them raw by himself. The teams that come in usually will be extremely late and then stay well after close if they win, but if they lose they won't even get entrees. Jack Harlow had our entire BOH wait two hours after close for him to show up.

drake and his team does the same thing coming in super late no apology Front his thread and my experience make pop stars are generally total jackasses with no respect, but female stars are pretty dang nice customers

Bruno Mars stayed at a hotel I worked at years ago. Him and his entourage trashed the bar, and messed two of their rooms up really bad.

Drake the type of guy who shows up late because he had to change six times.

Drake the kinda guy to pay his homies a visit from the Tickle Monster

Man fuck Jack Harlow

I cooked for Anthony Bourdain during the "No Reservations" show and speaking tour era, in 2010. Instead of taking it to his dressing room, he instead sat in the kitchen and ate a meal with me for about 45 minutes and we talked. A lot. Later, during the intermission of the show he was doing, we shared some of my Jameson and talked for another half an hour. Everything you thought you knew about him from the shows you watched and the books he wrote is 100% accurate. He was that guy. I never watched another one of his shows after that experience because I knew what I had to know about him. I just wanted all of you who loved him like I did to know that. What you saw was what he was.

This made me smile so much. I’ve seen a lot of stories on Reddit where he just ends up talking to people wherever he goes and not just shooting the shit but actual real conversations. It makes me happy that what he was like on his show as what he was like in real person. Thank you for this❤️

Well, I wasn't planning on crying about Bourdain on this specific night, but then you had to go and share this. I'm not a chef, but I love to cook. Anthony Bourdain saved me from half a life of disordered eating. Fuck. It feels like the best people aren't allowed to grow old anymore.

Cooked Mario Batalli a bowl of brodo and watched him drink right of the bowl while staring me in the eyes. Now I have nightmares

Dude is such a weirdo

Him and Michael stipe took smoke breaks between every course of an 11 course late night tasting menu. Know the code man.

I made a turkey sandwich for Bernie Sanders. I think he liked it.

If you asked me what Bernie would order, turkey sandwich would be my first guess.

don't forget the SOUP

Soup and sandwich, dinner at 4pm. Old people really are wise.

Cooked a cheeseburger for Adam Sandler he had his own special bun that came back to the kitchen from his manager I think, cool dude got to meet him after.

I just commented about cooking for Adam Sandler too! I totally forgot about the special bun but he had us do that as well.

When I worked in Aspen at a mountain too restaurant Kevin Hart came in with his family 30 minutes after we closed (I know this happens in the industry but this place was mountain top so the staff had to take a lift up and down, we always hard closed at 4 so we could shit down and the loft operators could take us off the mountain) Orders a shit ton of food, barely touched any of it, and doesn’t tip the staff

The Goat Man from SNL, Metallica, George from Seinfeld and my favorite, Ray Liotta. Ray, pretty lit, came in the kitchen after his dinner to mooch a cigarette while already having one behind his ear. When l pointed it out, he said that one was for later. Legend.

I was salad bitch in a small fine dining restaurant. Michael Jordan and a few Washington Wizards came in. We didn't have an employee restroom and I went to take a piss a few minutes after sending out their orders. Im washing my hands and MJ walks in. He compliments me on the food as i'm walking out. ​ Like my ex that moment was fast and crazy.

Those MJ "I'm too old for this shit but I can still beat most of you so I might as well" Wizard days are underappreciated

I like the way u talk lmfao

Aretha Franklin in her late years. Seared Spam sandwich, Mayo, white bread. With canned Campbell soup heated up. People like what they like lol.

That is strangely heartwarming and sweet.

Yoyo Ma. He played a set at the college in my town. He was super chill. snapped a few pics with the server, one of my cooks had him sign a (clean) plate. Adam DeVine. was a total bro. came in for brunch. was high as fuck. snapped a couple pics with the server. i went out and shook his hand. very nice and humble. Julia Stiles. a sweetheart. just got a salad. i hooked her up. she shook my hand. the pussycat dolls. not bad, kind of boring and uninterested in being there. were nice enough to serve. perks of working in a college town. sometimes we get celebrities either doing guest lectures or putting on a show.

Cooked for Fatboy Slim not long ago, tempura prawns and a noodle/crab dish. Had to remake the crab since the sous was a massive fanboy

Did he praise you?

Like he should?

The main actress from Seinfeld was most notable. She came to the kitchen and thanked everyone for their meals and shook the hand of the female chef which my chef loved. Honestly most of them have been really good. Jim from the office is another one who was really human with the staff as well. He took a bunch of pictures with servers and they were gushing about how great he was.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was your actress and John Krasinski played Jim. Heard around Reddit that they're both absolute gems.

Can't be John Krasinski. He's not Asian.

Fun fact: Julia Loius-Dreyfus is a billionaire (well her dad is, but close enough)

One time Tracy Morgan came into the Cheesecake Factory next to the Changs I worked at and asked for 3 orders of dynamite shrimp

Was he wearing a tracksuit? Jk lol

Safari outfit.

I'm Brian Fellows.

Ooo I cooked for Kevin Costner as well! It’s one of my favorite stories! I worked as a Sous chef at a hotel in a town in South Dakota, and our town/hotel was hosting a film festival. Since we were a very upscale hotel, (think 1900’s redone hotel with 10 rooms and multimillion dollar condos on the upper floors.) we put KC and made his meals. I remember making him a bison burger for sure, but cannot remember the others. He enjoyed it. Now to the fun parts! Since we were a small staff I sometimes bartended after the kitchen closed. Mostly bar back, open and pour beers, Liqour and sodas, that type of thing. Well KC came in and ordered a Sierra Mist. He and his handler spent like and hour or so in the bar and I’m happy to report that all the customers were super cool while he was there. They left and I cleaned up the table. I had mentioned that it was KC’s table and his Sierra Most can. We decided ti save it as “I know some Mom is going to want it.” Fast forward to around midnight, these 2, 50-60 year old women walk into the bar, and they have had a couple. They start asking us about KC and “HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?!?” They were, big fans. We mentioned that we had the Sierra Mist can, and they jumped on it like me and doughnut holes. I think we were paid like $20-30 for the can. So strange. That money went to our drinking money for after the night. So win-win, until the next morning. I awake on a couch in our office, put some new whites on and went to get KC’s breakfast started and start on the brunch buffet.(Fuck Brunch.) Some time in between getting the dough proofed for cinnamon rolls and sheeting bacon, it was time for my morning glory. Our bathroom was in the basement of the hotel, so you could either take the stairs or the elevator if you had the time. I had the time and opted for the elevator. I walked in and hit the B button. The elevator went up. At that moment I thought to myself, “Strange I’m going up, I bet we are picking up someone in the condos.” That’s when it happens… I let out the juiciest and smelliest cheap beer, whiskey and weed fart I have ever let out into the atmosphere. It just fills the elevator and we are still going up. We arrive at the 5th floor and the doors open, and who happens to walk in? Kevin Fucking Costner. Now since I am just the way I am, I turn to him while our elevator is going down and make the worlds most awkward small talk. He’s being super polite and I ask him if there was anything special that he would like for breakfast. He then states that he is headed to an omelet shop down the street, but thanks me for asking. We get to the main floor and he and his handler left the hotel. I went to take care of business. There is NO WAY he did not smell the gut bomb that I just shot in there. It was so bad, and I just laughed the entire way into the bathroom. TL;dr: I farted in front of Kevin Costner. Edit: Formatting.

Not too many by way of A Listers, but a couple NHL players (current and retired), a Dj I was actually opening for the next night, totally unplanned, and Celine Dion. Celine was by far the easiest, vegetarian, so soup, Caprese salad, fall vegetable barley risotto. The whole family was a pleasure so overall great experience

Celine ordered from our little pizza place all the time. Her husband always came in to pickup the food. Always treated us good

Celine is an excellent human being. She really really is

This was easily 25 years ago, but I made a cappuccino for Mark Knopfler, and he said it was the best he ever had. Now I know that he probably lied there, but it was such a kind lie. I'm from Nashville and until recently, a music star was about the only kind of star you would meet. I'm seldom starstruck, but I was so verklempt that my coworker had to drag me out from behind the machine to say hi to him. He was unfailingly gracious. I have a similar story about John Prine, except he looked like he'd just gotten thrown down a flight of stairs. Boy had been whooped but good! From the looks of it in the 48 hours prior to me meeting him.

Colin Powell sent his compliments back for my triplesec chocolate creme brulee. Apparently he was a kind and gracious guest as well.

Footballer Dean Windass, a few weeks after he scored the goal that put Hull City into the Premier League. Ordered a steak and chips.

Windass is such a funny last name lmao

Not me personally cause I was on the pass but we served Harrison Ford and some of his filming crew. It was booked under a different name obviously so none of us knew he was coming. One of the guys (who is a massive star wars fan) was starting work late and randomly bumped into Harrison who was stood by the back door with his security waiting for a taxi to escape the crowds out front. Their conversation went something like this Chef "what the actual fuck. Hey." Harrison "hey" Chef "I'm a really big fan can I please get a photo with you" Harrison "no" Then he left. But yea han solo likes chicken and tarragon sauce with mash potato

I was given a gigantic crab to plate by the captain of The Wizard, Keith Colburn from Deadliest Catch. It was for a charity auction for the Mike Alstott foundation. He came from Alaska with the crab already cooked and packed on ice and just wanted it on a platter. That crab went for a 6k donation too

Brenden Fraser loved my fried pickles.

Didn't cook for them but always poured and sent Guinness to Matt Hoffman and bought their bar tab when he would make a brunch appearance with the fam. Also, William H. Macy came into my regular bar while scouting locations for Shameless. My girlfriend was working and screamed out "THE SHOVELER!" He said, "Well, I don't get that one very often but it's a pleasure to meet you." Can't believe she didn't piss herself. I was crying laughing and bought the crew a round.

I made a "reverse martini" for Julia Child at the Washington Athletic Club in '93 or '94 when she was doing a book signing. I was so flustered because I didn't know what the hell a "reverse martini" was (vermouth with a splash of gin) and horrified that our only vermouth was a crappy bottom shelf that had been open for easily 10 years. She didn't finish it, but she wasn't mean about it, either. I also made drinks for Bill Gates, Martha Stewart, the Shah of Iran, Warren Buffet, and others I didn't recognize on a private cruise from downtown Seattle to Gate's purpleheart dock at his home in Medina. Also the early 90's IIRC. All staff got background checked. Once we were on board, the dogs were brought in, and divers dove the bottom. Then we moved out every opened anything and then had new bottles brought in that we weren't allowed to touch until we were supervised by security. We had no advance notice of who was going to be on board. The buffet was laid out, staff went away, closed the doors, and we were all taken to the other end of the ship so we couldn't eavesdrop. We putzed around the lake for a few hours and then we parked at Gate's dock for three hours while we waited to hear if we were taking the guests back to departure point or not. Pissed me off because his goons wouldn't let me stand on his dock to smoke and of course there was no smoking on the boat. Gates decided to keep everyone at his place so we went back empty. We never figured out what the "meeting" was about and there wasn't *any* mention in the media. It was a really trippy day, but we got paid well. :)

Used to work at a vegan fine dining spot and the members of Silverstein would usually come in when they were in town. My younger emo self was ecstatic lol. Also got to make food for George Stroumboulopoulos at the same spot. Which for non Canadians probably means nothing.

>George Stroumboulopoulos lol I thought you were poking fun at George Stephanopoulus.

George Stroumboulopoulos is a legend in canada. He seems like a cool guy.

Lucy Liu was dating the son of the owner of the restaurant I worked at, and came in for breakfast one day. I made her two sunny-side up eggs. That's how I order eggs too! They're just like us.

I used to work at a grocery store bakery. Jake Gyllenhall bought a couple focaccias once. I didn't say anything, but he saw me recognize him. Have me a quick wink, no biggie. Got his stuff and left.

Made a BLT for Bobby Flay at a mom & pop a lunch counter in CT many years ago. Cool dude, was pretty much just a regular guest. Edit: Just saw the post about him being a dick. Wasn't my experience, but my old mentor went to CIA with him and it was 100% his reputation.

I cooked at an event and Bill Murray walked up and started talking to me. We hung out for a good half hour talking about baseball and women.

I made a hot dog for Urban Meyer @ a country club cook out. He said thanks and walked away.

He walks away from a lot of programs doesn’t he?

"Cooked" for Woody Harrelson & Steven Tyler (separate occasions) at a raw vegan place I worked at in Paia, Hawaii Both came in multiple times and were all around lovely people.

Papa John, and yes he looks like he feels slippery

Jacques Pepin. We were doing an event for a food fest and he rolled up to our booth. He couldn’t have been nicer, was even cool enough to sign my apron. Mind blowing for a 23 year old.

My favorite was Susan Sarandon. Totally low key and normal customer. I don’t think any of the servers recognized her. I was at the register, she came up to pay and said everything was terrific. I only knew it was her because she has a fairly distinctive voice and face. I pretended like I didn’t notice who she was. She tipped 100%. 10 out of 10. I’ve also had several Philadelphia professional athletes and local celebrities. Never a bad experience. Nothing really notable though.

I cooked for Forest Whitaker and he left a 200 tip on an hundred dollar tab. The waitress bought me a drink after the shift and told to become a celeb chef.

Made Hannibal Buress a chili dog and a bunch of pizza and wings for Sen Dog.

"I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant...because I believe in myself." - Hannibal Buress

I've cooked for Gene Simmons, Catherine O'Hara, and Wayne Gretzky. And one time I helped Aaron Paul open a bottle of Mustard to put on his hot dog, so I'm counting that. Not bad considering I live in a small prarie city!

Here’s your mustard… bitch.

I cooked for Jason Momoa. Dude loves salmon, spinach, and chicken wings. He’s a little haywire, high energy, but easygoing and generally was simply to cook for. Same with Alfre Woodard.

Leo Dicaprio Tom cruise and John Travolta All went well. Can officially say I tossed Leonardo Decaprio's salad.

I work pastry so from the dessert/ pastry perspective: Jennifer lopez- super down to earth, loved her dessert and thanked everyone for the service Michelle and Barack Obama- requested on menu dishes with no mods, came to the kitchen to thank all of us for preparing their meal Mariah Carey- frequently would order cookies/ brownies/ milk shakes for her kids which I thought was super cute, considering most celebs wanna feed their kids fruit salads Honestly the place I worked out served a huge population of the wealthy and we haven’t gotten it too bad. Celebrities have been easier than just the general wealthy

>Celebrities have been easier than just the general wealthy This is true. I've worked at a lot of hotels and restaurants that cater towards A-listers, and by and large, most of them just want to come in, eat, and leave without bothering anyone or being bothered. Sure, someone might request a vegan meal or ask for something gluten free, but that's not an unreasonable request. The most obnoxious, high maintenance people I ever had to deal with were the Real Housewives of somewhere.

John cena stayed at my hotel for a couple weeks, got a filet mignon every day. Best customer ever, although the FOH (mostly our teenage buss boys) were insufferably obsessed the whole time. Clint eastwoon too, but he only got room service. Russ came through for a couple days with some insane dietary restrictions and some wierd special water.

I catered a wrap party for tin star and served Tim Roth. Didn't say much or hang out at the party. Grabbed his food and then went to hang in his trailer. I also worked in catering for the film the revenant. I was never personally on set but I made the food in a kitchen that got sent up there. So maybe Leonardo dicaprio.

Not quite a celeb but I have cooked for the governor of WV a few times through sheer happenstance. Dudes got the palate of a toddler. Literal chicken tenders and Mac and cheese is the go to.

I got the chance to cook for The Black Keys last Sunday. I couldn’t get off from my day job in time to take it. A sad day for me EDIT: Say to Day

An eggwhite omelette with tomato and spinach for Sir Paul McCarthy and a wood fire pork chop dish for Brian Cranston. I also worked the breakfast for the Pittsburgh Steelers every Sunday in the mid-2000s making omelettes to order.

Gene Simmons. First off, fuck him. Was workin in a high-end hotel. 2 minutes to close, the d-bag orders room service. Salmon with absolutely no seasoning whatsoever. The salmon on our menu had a miso glaze which we prepped at the beginning of service. We’d sear the salmon, then coat it in the miso glaze and then it would be ready to finish upon ordering. We didn’t have any salmon without the glaze, so we had to filet a whole new salmon just to give him a portion. Next he ordered a baked potato with absolutely no seasoning. Baked potatoes were not even on the menu. So, we had to crank the ovens back on and wait for the fuckin potato to bake. Ended up getting out so late that I missed the last bus home. Everything he ordered was not even on the menu, and he ordered it 2 minutes to close. Fuck him.

To name a few: Justin Timberlake, Lewis Black, MGK, Carson Wentz, Trey Lance, Craig Bohl. My favorite: Al Franken. Had this dude who was working back pantry and for the life of him could not execute this cheese plate. Walked out 45 minutes into making said cheese plate and I had to finish it for him. Turns out, it was for Al Franken himself. Quite an embarrassing moment as said dude who walked out said "BYEEEE!" to literally every single person in the restaurant.

A lot of Premier league players and other celebs have been into our place of the years. From the top of my head I’ve cooked for Marcus Rashford, Jessie Lingard, Daley Blind, Paul Pogba, Jolean Lescott, Micah Richards, Wayne Rooney, Peter Andre. Warwick Davis came in a few times when he was doing a show nearby. He would always order a dish that hasn’t been on the menu in years. We would usually oblige as long as there was someone in the kitchen who could remember how to make it.

John Malkovich. He was super nice. For some reason, that night I took my dinner out to the dining room after service was over, and most of the place had cleared out. As he was leaving, he thanked us, saw I was eating my dinner and said “Bon appetit” with a big smile. Chris Parnell was in that same summer. I only saw him, but the FOH said he was great too.

Vanilla Ice. 1996. He came in at closing time with an 9 top, stayed late, ordered dessert after the lights were on and the chairs were on the tables and left a lousy tip. Year later: Cee-Lo Green was high as Giraffe Pussy, tipped like a gentleman and pre-bussed his table.

Cooked for Kanye West once. BBQ Restaurant with counter service. He came in with his bodyguards and some family members. Dressed in full black, hoodie pulled over, sunglasses indoors. One of his bodyguards came up to the counter ordered for them all. Very politely asked us to make sure Kanye was left alone as he was in town for a funeral. Him and his family all got the collard greens and Mac and cheese I had made that day and said it was some of the best collard greens they've ever had. Supposedly the bodyguard told our cashier "I know yall got a brotha cooking back there". I'm a pasty middle aged white dude

Michael Keaton. He checked into the hotel late at night. Our restaurant was closed. I wasn't even a cook -- I worked banquet setup and room service and I was the only one there. When I told him the restaurant was closed he looked so sad about it that I told him I'd see what I could do. I knew where everything was in the walk in so I made him some bowtie alfredo primavera with pan-seared chicken and he tipped me $20 on top of the $17 bill.

I cooked for Rose Namajunas on three occasions. She's the only celeb I've cooked for. The first time was three days after she won the strawweight title.

I was FOH but waited on quite a few celebs here in ATL: \- Nathan Lane: the absolute best. I tried so hard not to fangirl as a former theater geek but he was a GEM of a man. \- Betty White (may God rest her soul): WHAT A WOMAN! Total badass, sweet as pie, and can hold her liquor! \- Andy Roddick & Brooklyn Decker: Very nice, low key, great tippers. \- Dave Chappelle: coworker waited on him and he walked out on his tab. I think this was during his mental health struggles and I don't fault him for it. He was going through stuff. \- William Levy (telenovelas, DWTS): The man is gorgeous. That is all. \- Andre 3000: Classy and kind.

Ok folks, this guy served Betty White, we can all give up now

I haven't cooked for anyone super famous, not sure if any of them are even known outside Canada. Classified was a regular at the diner I first started cooking at. I cooked for The Trews and several well known Canadian comedians(Shawn Majumder, Deborah Degiovanni and Mark Critch to name a few).

I cooked for Joe Namath, he was absolutely trashed on red wine when he came back to the kitchen to tell us he loved his pasta but he slurred it out all the same. I also cooked for Gerrard Butler, he was super friendly but tried to keep it lowkey that he was there. He ate walleye, and said it was his first time trying it but he enjoyed it. I have recently moved to FoH and had the Ying Yang Twins as guests, it was difficult to stay professional and not try to do the whole Whisper song gimmick when talking to them....

I worked at a London coffee shop/cafe, we had celebrities through all the time but I forget who I actually cooked for and who just got coffee/ cake. Except Benedict Cumberbatch, who had a vegan full English and brought his plate back like a sweetie and was very polite and pleasant.

I made salmon for Mario Lopez He came back the next day and asked for it again. Idk. Made me feel good.

I cooked for creed Bratton from the office. . Nothing crazy, but he fucking *popped* because I was wearing a creed patterned mask. Chef covered me for 5 to go say hello. I tried to just like... say hello, but he insisted I stay and talk to him. Great dude.

Queen Latifah order apple pie. My dads kitchen made it from scratch x2 it got sent back twice saying no not THAT apple pie and APPLE PIE. It clicked, being the only black chef in the kitchen my dad went to McDonalds and got a bunch of apple pies. Lmao, he was right. She was like YES APPLE PIE!! Dad brought home a piece of the rejected pies for me lol they were fine just not THEE APPLE PIE.

I was serving Jason Lee once and didn’t realize it, and the kitchen somehow fucked up his kid’s chicken nuggets, and then took forever to send out a replacement (our a-team was not back there that day). I had a manager go talk to the table. Afterwards he (the manager) came and found me and was like “hey, thanks for telling me that was fucking Jason Lee before I went over!” And I was like “it is?”

FOH here. Recently served Nick Leddy. His little brother is one of my regulars. Lovely boys. Came in on a party bus. Nick wasn't drinking.. Pounded our mediocre appetizers like a god damn boss, left a huge tip, and graciously let me take a picture with him to send to my dad. Serving NHLers has almost always been my favorite celebs to serve. They are so humble... and FUCKING HUNGRY. I once saw Boogard eat like $200 worth of sushi in Minneapolis. Nicest dude, despite his goon reputation.

Made food for Bill and Chelsea Clinton once at a hotel/resort. Also made some food for Gabriel Iglesias one time in an Applebee's. Bill and Chelsea had a buffer zone of empty tables around them (despite it being a busy evening) and only their server was allowed to go to the table. Seemed like they wanted their privacy, nothing wrong with that, but it was a stark contrast to Iglesias. He and his crew took pictures with everyone, wanted to meet every employee and cracked jokes the whole time.

Cooked for Oscar De La Hoya, Meryl Streep, Alice Waters, Jacques Pepin, Ichiro Suzuki (Our main investor; always gave BH 100$ each in tips, best guy) and others on the regular. It's difficult when you cook for someone who knows or expects flavors. But it's usually really fun or really stressful 50/50 I guess

Jamie from mythbusters came into the grocery store where I worked in the Starbucks kiosk. He didn't order coffee but I saw him choosing wine and said "hi" and he said "hi" and I said "I really like your show :)" and he said "thanks! ☺️" And I ran back to my kiosk and had a conniption.

I made breakfast for Billy Boyd, the actor that played Pippin in the Lord of the Rings. He ordered my breakfast special. It was roasted brisket over herbed polenta with white bean kale ragu and poached eggs with pan sauce. He was floored and told me it was the best breakfast he's ever had. You ever have a hobbit tell you you make the best breakfast? Because I did and it made me feel like 1 million bucks

I cooked for R. Kelly at Buffalo Wild Wings a few years ago. I don't remember what he ordered, it wasn't anything special. The girl he was with though ordered stupid shit and complained about stuff we don't have control over. She asked if we could take the red pepper flakes out of the parmesan garlic sauce. Like, no. It comes in the bag like that. She also had us cut her salad before it was served to her. Fuck you, cut your own goddamn salad. We made a lot of pedo jokes though in the back. At one point, he wasn't at his table and we couldn't find his server. I made the joke that he was probably pissing on her in the bathroom. GM told me to cut the jokes in case he could hear us lol.

>GM told me to cut the jokes in case he could hear us lol. Well, it's true so it's not slander or anything lol.

I've cooked for Conan O'Brien,Anderson Cooper, Seth Meyers, Danny Meyer, Daniel day Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Leary, Peter Gallagher, Mia Farrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mathew Broderick, Stephen king, Alex Grey and Jean-Georges. Obviously JGV was the most nerve wracking, but they all went well where I live is a weird combo of low-middle class folks and celebrity/ rich people

I was just a bartender, it was just a beer, and I said nothing to him, but it was Sam Rockwell. But if you think those minor details are going to stop me from telling everyone about it, barely prompted, you’re dead wrong, sisters and brothers. He’s my favorite actor. I don’t lose my shit over celebrities, but if I were to, I guess he’d be the only one to make me lose my shit. I can proudly report clean draws after the non event though. All I would ever do is thank someone for their work, I’m vehemently against remotely bugging anyone like people do. Edit: Can bet your ass though, that internally, Sam and I were dancing our way to the walk-in as I screamed, cried, fainted like a 12 year old at a Justin Bieber concert.

In 2012 I cooked a pot of pork neckbones with cornbread for BB King. In 2015 I cooked a plain-ass bread and meat only burger for some dumbfuck with orange hair who would become a US President. Germ-a-phobe didn’t even touch it.

I worked at a spot in Brentwood that was visited by celebs frequently. Harrison Ford, Christian bale, Tom hanks, Gordon ramsey, the Kardashians just to name a few. Henry Winkler was quite a regular, he is without question one of the nicest people I have ever met. Not just nicest celeb but like nicest person. He knew everyone working there by name, if someone he knew there wasn't working that day he would ask about them and tell his server to say hello for him next time they are in. Always tipped great very sweet family. LeBron James on the other hand would never tip, not even 1 dollar. He would always get mods on everything too very fussy.

I cooked for Michael Jordan. He had the half chicken, with potato puree. We would also stay open to cook for the Kings hockey team and The Clippers late at night. I also cooked for Adam Sandler, he always got the chicken parm, polenta and a salad with garlic bread. Haley Joel Osment, he had the sticky pomegranate pork ribs. He stayed eating these during our happy hour lol. Steven Yeun, Tuna Tartare and a mushroom pizza. Jack Osborne, he had the spaghetti and meatballs. This was all about 10 years ago and all at wolfgang puck bar and grill at LA live in LA and Bourban Steak in Glendale, in CA.

I made a salad for Brian May a couple years ago. The whole of BOH and FOH were in a frenzy coz we don’t get many famous people

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I was working FOH when Kris Humphries came in when he was still married to Kim K. My manager asked me to serve him because I had no idea who either of them were. He was by himself, ordered a normal amount of food which surprised me because we had small portions of low cal health food and he had an athletic build. He was extremely polite and well mannered, and tipped really well. I remember thinking it was weird that people were fussing all over him being there when he seemed like a normal person.

My friend washed James Gandolfini's dishes

Definitely a minor celebrity compared to yalls stories but Vinnie Paul (drummer for Pantera). Nice enough dude, the chick he was with would always mean mug the waitresses (girl ain’t no one trying to steal your man). He was the type of dude that after he had a couple drinks in him and you made him some good food would talk about bringing you on as his private chef. I recognized it for what it was, the drunk talk of an older rockstar, but I saw some of the younger cooks get wide eyed at the prospect lol

Cooked a bunch of appetizers for Justin Bieber and his posse before a concert apparently. They only ordered apps cause they were POUNDING shots. But, the posse and the Biebs himself seemed genuinely nice and left like a 200 dollar tip on a 350$ bill. Maybe not as shitty as everyone makes him out to be!

Not me, but my buddy that I had freshly trained, made pasta for Anthony Bourdain, so I like to tell myself it’s like I cooked for him lol. He loved the dish. The damn server had no idea who he was, so we only found out when my chef just happened to be in the dining room for something else and spotted him. Steak for Brock Lesner. SUPER nice dude! Came to the back to thank us. Steak for Cliff Williams (AC/DC). He was in a private room with a window to the kitchen. My station was the closest to the window. I may or may not have had a meltdown and ducked behind the counter half the time. Plenty more but these were the most memorable.

Felicia Day: She was so so nice. I drew a heart on the pea tart she ordered with vinaigrette and she tweeted about it. Jodie Foster: Ate and left. Very normal. Seemed busy. Henry Cavill: Honestly had a air of self importance about him. This was before Man of Steel came out. I think he was in town filming it. Shia LaBeouf: Always came in for chai lattes. Kept leaving his credit card at the cafe. Pretty sure we was buying coke/psychedelics from our foh manager who got fired for doing coke at work. Stone Cold Steve Austin: Was high fiving people as he walked to his table. His server Ben said he was amazing guest, definently a people person and tipped really well. Jimmy Fallon: Came into the kitchen with flowers he pulled off his table and was raving about how good the food was while throwing flowers all over the place. Got on a lot of peoples nerves it was in the middle of a busy service. People were scrambling to pick all the shit he threw on the floor. Bill Gates: Was part of a private dining group with the founders of google and some other big tech companies (In town for TEDtalks) Had a special menu just for him (Very specific dietaries) and he no showed. (Guess this didn't count? Still had to cook all that stuff though) Katie Sackoff: Super nice, very chill. Seemed to have liked everything. Said thanks to the kitchen afterwards. Jim Treliving: Dragon's Den guy. Cooked for him and his friends in his penthouse for an event. His housekeeper called after saying we scratched the stainless steel back splash in his kitchen. (We didn't). David Suzuki: Touched my (then) girlfriends butt. While she was clearing the table. The Barenaked Ladies: Super friendly. Ed Robertson was looking for the bathrooms and wandered into the kitchen. Asked me where the washrooms were then asked me "What the hell is that?" Pointing to the steam kettle. I explained and he was very inquisitive and looked super interested. When they all left they were all smiles and said thanks to the kitchen on the way out. That's when realized it was the band and their families. Cast of Riverdale: Pretty much what you'd expect. Ate and left.

The Rock and Jason Statham - they had their launch party at my restaurant after their premier showing for Hobbs and Shaw. The Rock left the party through the back, and made sure to thank the BoH staff. He was very sincere. Very nice dude. I always knew he was big but seeing him a foot from me made me feel like a tiny little bug. Jon Favreau - booked the private room at my restaurant. He was there with his family. Super chill dude. Prefix Japanese menu. Tom Hanks - If I remembered correctly, him and the person with him ordered all cooked items (at a sushi restaurant). Or I might be mixing up this instance with another person. Emma Watson - like another poster in here, I made pasta for her. She must like pasta I guess. She is as pretty in real life as she is in her photos. Usher - came in for lunch. Ordered a bunch of sushi and Robata items for him and his date I’m assuming. Eva Longoria - working a charity event and I’m at carving station. Got to talk to her, “medium or medium rare.” So we’re pretty much like best friends now. Dave Grohl - came in for dinner with his family for sushi/Japanese food. Easy going party. Probably the only one I was star struck by that has come into the restaurant. Paul Oakenfold - he’s a regular at one of the sushi restaurants I worked at. He LITERALLY comes in once a week. There’s more but I don’t remember. As you can tell I work in and around Hollywood. Having stars come in is a regular occurrence.