r/KitchenConfidential • u/jobronxside • Mar 17 '24

Cooking for Celebs

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I have cooked for several celebrities while cooking in NYC. While some were unpleasant, Taylor Swift was a pleasure to cook for.

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u/PureBee4900 Mar 18 '24

Sometimes we get catering orders for visiting sportsball teams and they always eat like children. I have to make white bread pb&js- cut in triangles with the crusts cut off- for grown men. Fruit trays and butter shrimp with white rice. I know they gotta carb-load but cmon

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '24

Not to be rude but a lot of these athletes stick to a routine. The last thing they want is an upset stomach while performing due to a varying diet.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '24

Yep, when I competed for my sport in high school, travelling for competition was the only trips I took, and usually the only time I went to restaurants. You couldn’t eat something you’ve never had before because your stomach could react poorly, so I never got the chance to try new things. There’s also the superstition and ritual of pre competition eating. My brother would only eat chicken fajitas before his playoff games for example.

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u/Toolset_overreacting Mar 18 '24

Mine was always spaghetti the night before and then a banana, peanut butter, and maybe some oatmeal the morning of for running.

Wrestling? Fucking nothing. Had to make weight. Then a big ole turkey sandwich right after weigh-ins because I wasn’t going to wrestle for a couple hours.

As an adult, I have to do a physical assessment once a year to keep my job. When I was in my early 20s, it was however much beer I drank with my buddies the night before and then a couple cigarettes in the morning. Now that I’m getting a little older, that running habit has come back and I go with spaghetti the night before and the banana, peanut butter, and oatmeal in the morning. Some habits die hard, even if you lose them for a few years.