I know what I would do… and it isn’t remotely close to what someone in the music industry is doing with the money. According to news reports, a major music promotion executive dropped $3,900 to deliver food to rapper Kayne West.
Here’s the story. West and seven other guests are meeting with a music promoter in New York on Wednesday. To impress the men someone from the music company decided to have the meal catered. Only, the meal isn’t coming in from Queens, New Jersey, or even Philly. Rather, it’s being flown in from Cardiff, Wales (as in across the Atlantic Ocean).
According to New York newspapers, British Raj’s restaurant is creating a feast of onion bhajis, chapati breads, biryanis, pappadums, a specially prepared fish dish and vegetables on the side for the group to dine on during their Wednesday meeting. (The music promotion company had previously ordered food from the restaurant for an after-show party for a Snoop Dogg concert in London not too long ago.)
To put this culinary request into perspective consider this: typically the eatery doesn’t deliver outside a 3-mile radius of the city, which is about 150 miles west of London. In order for the rapper to nosh on his pappadums the food will need to be flown more than 3,300 miles across the Atlantic.
“I was horrified when I heard about this request because of the distance involved,” the restaurant’s headwaiter told reporters. “It’s a long way, and our reputation is on the line. We are doing every thing to make sure the food gets there safely and every thing is aboveboard.”
To accomplish the feat, restaurant managers say the meal will be prepared, cooled, shrink-wrapped and packed in dry ice in the British Raj’s kitchens. Then, the meal along with the restaurant’s head chef will be flown via helicopter from Wales to London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday. From there the meal and the chef will hop a flight to New York, clear customs, and head for Manhattan in time for the business lunch (or dinner—depending on when the food arrives).
Frankly, after finding out what was involved, $3,900 sounded like a bargain. I later found out the fee doesn’t include the transportation and accommodations for the chef. Rather, the total was calculated by estimating the restaurant’s takings for two evenings, the time the chef would be away.
Hope it’s worth it.
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