Working in hospitality means it doesn’t take much to get on to a TV screen and become an instant celebrity.
One of the judges on Raymond Blanc’s The Restaurant took their staff down to Cornwall as a trip to say thank you for all their hard work during the year. A nice gesture of course but the staff decided to thank the judge in their own way. They trawled the town for locals (some of which can be seen here) and paid them handsomely to go and ask the judge for their autograph, as they had seen them on TV and were “very big fans”.
Our star struck judge was none the wiser and was heard to say– “I can’t believe the show is so popular in Cornwall”.
The things people will do for a bit of PR eh!