Part Three: Las Vegas Big Smoke Sunday Seminars

Charlie Palmer Cooks Breakfast

David Savona
Posted: November 19, 2009

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Few people invite Chef Palmer to dinner, so he was excited when a good customer from Aureole asked him to dine at her apartment one night. He showed up, had a glass of wine in the living room with the other guests, and was enjoying his night off from cooking. Then he grew worried for the hostess when she failed to leave the kitchen. He stepped inside.

The breakfast was a hit—the crowd gave Chef Palmer a standing ovation.

She was wounded, clutching her burned hand. She had dropped food into a pan of hot oil, and copious amounts of hot oil had scalded her arm and she was in horrible pain, unable to continue.

"I said, OK, step out of the picture—chef is here. I felt like Superman," he said. The crowd roared in approval. As for the hostess? "We gave her a couple of Vicodin—everything went swell."

Chef Palmer asked the crowd how they liked breakfast, and everyone cheered. He smiled happily, then finished the cutlets, and gave some more advice.

"Remember, don't cook," he said with a smile. "Make reservations."

Then, showing his generosity, the chef drew names from a raffle bin, giving away signed aprons, cookbooks, bottles of wine and gift certificates. Everyone left happy—and full—ready to roll cigars in the next seminar.

Photos by Sjodin Photography

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