The 11 Strangest Requests These Chefs Have Ever Received

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The 11 Strangest Requests These Chefs Have Ever Received
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'Risotto, but without the rice.'

“Egg, cheese, and bacon, add lettuce and tomato, on a chocolate chip bagel.”"When I was chef de cuisine at a New American/French restaurant in St. Louis, we had a family of four come in for an early seating. When the server greeted their table, the mom began talking and gesturing quite a bit. We had an open kitchen, and I remember the server looking up at me a few times totally perplexed as she listened. The mom tried handing the server something—some sort of parcel.

I stared at my server a second and then looked at the table. The woman was looking at us with a crooked neck. Her kids were behaving, and I remember thinking they seemed to be old enough that they would probably be fine ordering off of our dinner menu. I expected the kids might want to sub something, which I was totally fine with. I questioned my server—surely she misunderstood. ‘She brought bags of pasta and vegetables or something and she wants you to make a butter sauce for it.

‘No. I am not putting food someone brought from their home into our pans. Tell her I’m sorry but I will not cook anything that my kitchen has not prepped themselves.’"“I cut out the bottom of a cake and installed a stealth Tiffany’s box for a guy to propose with. That was fun!”“Just yesterday I had a man come into our coffee shop and request a large latte ‘but without much milk.’ I gave him a confused look and asked if he might prefer a cappuccino. Thankfully, he was satisfied.

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