There's no outrunning your culinary celebrity — not even while you're getting a mammogram. Gale Gand, pastry chef at TRU, writes in the ChuffPo:
... the nurse comes to me and says something I'd never heard before...she said what you never want to hear..."The doctor would like to see you in his office." Gulp...The doctor wants to see me in his office? Huh? What does that mean? I mean, what does that really mean?As an aside, we're pleased to see how easily Ms. Gand is taking to this whole blogging thing. There's absolutely no more surefire way to get pageviews than to be a woman talking about your boobs on the internet.So I go and sit in a quiet little office and wait...and wait...and wait. And finally he comes in and says, "Sorry to do it like this, and I usually don't, but...can you help me get a reservation at your restaurant? I've been trying for weeks to get the date I need for my wife's and my anniversary and your reservationist tells me you're fully booked. So I was wondering if somehow, maybe...well, you know." I wait for my blood pressure to go down, the flush to leave my neck and checks, I breath, and then I say, "Sure, let me see what I can do, doctor."
What Some People Won't Do To Get A Reservation [ChuffPo]
TRU [MenuPages]
TRU [Official Site]
[Photo via Chicago Mag]
