Dating tales:The Master Chef

I called into catch up with a good friend yesterday and she reminded me of a particularly amusing date I’d had a few years ago (well maybe more like 8 years ago – anyway who’s counting!).

I decided to post the tale for all to enjoy!

The guy in question I had met online and supposedly he was a chef who had run successful restaurants.  He liked good food and fine wine amongst other hobbies so sounded like a good match.

We chatted and we got on well.  He was a little egotistical telling me about how he had run Michelin starred restaurants all over the world.  However having dated and indeed worked with chefs in the past I knew the ability to run a successful kitchen and an inflated ego often went hand in hand just look at Gordon Ramsey or Jamie Oliver.

We met in a tapas restaurant for a bite to eat but first the wine list.  I fancied some Zinfandel and he said he loved white wine but wasn’t keen on red.  I pointed out Zinfandel was Rose; he argued that in fact it was white wine as it was pale and he should know as he was the expert! 

The waitress said they were out of Zinfandel so I ordered a glass of Shiraz and he asked for the same.  I said that I thought he wasn’t keen on red and he said “oh no is it a red Shiraz”.  He proceeded to ask the waitress if they had any white Shiraz while I prayed for the ground to open up and swallow me as the waitress explained to him that they didn’t stock a white Shiraz (bless her she deserved an award for diplomacy ).  He wanted to know why not and asked to see a manager so he could complain about the poor selection.  I interjected to highlight to him that there was no such thing as a white Shiraz and that the waitress was merely being polite.

Before I left him alone in the tapas restaurant arguing about why they served such small portions; I decided to ask where he was currently working and he said he was ‘in between jobs at the moment’ – I wonder why?

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