Private Chefs of Beverly Hills

The tales they could tell! Why haven’t any of the private chefs of Beverly Hills written a tell-all book? Can you imagine what they could reveal about their former employers? Can you imagine such a book being anywhere but on the top of the New York Times’ best seller list?

In these times of celebrity worship, we have heard from so many fronts about the personal lives of those celebrities. The more celebrated the individual or couple seemingly the more chaotic their lives. Of course that would be the case in general, since to remain in the spotlight celebrities seem to have to keep up a frenetic pace in order to meet all of their obligations. Time alone in their “private” quarters - private of course except for the servants and cooks, etc., would be somewhat rare. Of course such time to themselves would also be very valuable and would probably be treated quite differently and possibly selfishly. For a celebrity couple, this could actually be a point of contention. One person may simply want to decompress in front of the boob tube while the other may want to talk or have a nice meal together.

Anyway, back to our imaginings. What do you think a chef for Oprah Winfrey might hear? She is a very intelligent person, who brings so many not-so-intelligent guests onto her shows. In the interest of furthering her empire and global marketing clout, she publicly supports many of the ridiculous claims of many of her guests. Those guests often are presented as experts in their fields but really are just hucksters for some new diet craze, food supplement, miracle cure or other snake oil or fad.

It is very doubtful that Oprah, as smart as she is and with all of the genuine expertise available for her at her whim, would ever subject herself to any of the concoctions advertised on her programs. She probably vaccinates her loved ones against every potential disease that comes along, despite her continued public support of those who stupidly and virtually criminally oppose any and all vaccinations.

What would a chef for Martin Sheen have to say about the recent domestic disturbances at his place in Aspen over Christmas? Maybe a chef would really know. After all, some reports have it that there was a knife involved. Maybe it was borrowed from the kitchen.

Of course, a chef for Tiger Woods would have an inside track for the best selling gossip book of all time and might even beat out the Harry Potter series. Timing is everything, though, and the public will soon tire of the Tiger Woods saga. If such a book is in the works, it needs to hit the store shelves soon. Since the Christmas rush has passed, it is doubtful that such a book forthcoming. Too bad for all of those gossip mongers craving the inside story.