Thanks very much to Niall Harbison of niallh.com and ifoods.tv for providing this weeks Five Things. It will come in very handy if any of us every get the chance to cook for a few billionaires and as well as that it’s an entertaining read.
1. Billionaires can have anything they want in the whole wide world so if they suddenly have a craving for Mozzarella cheese in the middle of the Caribbean then it is very likely that you will have to send a combination of private jet and helicopter Italy to pick some up. Be prepared to go to great lengths to source the food they are looking for.
2. They may eat a delicious croissant in Paris or have the perfect waffle in NY and they will expect you to re-create that experience by working in said establishment for a day to learn how to replicate it. They will fly you there and pay for all your expenses as money is no issue but you better work hard at learning how to re-create the meal as they will not accept a poor imitation.
3. They will often ask for a selection of dishes to be cooked buffet style rather than having to waste time with something as trivial as a menu or waiting around to cook something to order. This means you will plate up about 15-20 restaurant standard meals and lay them out on a buffet table for them to pick and choose their meal.
4. You will need to have a credit card with a rather large limit as you will be paying people from Japan to Russia for luxury ingredients ranging from the best Tuna to the most exquisite caviar. The most I ever spent was $110,000 to feed a family of 4 for 5 days.
5. Never tell them that you are Irish! My worst experience was during Cannes film festival when I finished cooking at 3.30 A.M and was woken at 6 A.M to cook 37 Irish breakfasts after one of the guests found out I was from the emerald isle! I had 20 minutes to cook 37 breakfasts fit for billionaires as danced around the boat and the sad thing was that all the party goers were so high they hardly even touched them!
Cheers for that Niall. It’s the first time I’ve heard “Never tell them you are Irish” but I can easily see why! Best of luck with ifoods.tv as well as the very educational (for bloggers and businesses) niallh.com.
[Update: A page dedicated to people that help me with the weekly Five Things is here.]
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5:31 pm
Truly mind-bongling, cracking five lads!
One question Niall, how on earth did you get the Clonakilty Black Pudding for the breakfasts?
3:36 pm
@Michael I’m just wondering why Ferrero Rocher wasn’t mentioned?
5:10 pm
I’ll have to remember this page next time I’m cooking for billionaires. =)
Nice post, very amusing!
9:04 am
lol, remind me not to cook for any billionairs!
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