In Chinese entertainment, many stars live as real, spending fortunes to satisfy personal standards. But nobody seems demanding like Brigitte Linwhose culinary standards once guided a better chef to resign despite having earned a disconcerting annual salary of 5 million RMB.
According to the Chinese outlet 163, the chef Simon, a former luxury restaurant Tsim Sha Tsui a Hong Kong, hired the job after seeing the profitable offer. After half a year of rigorous tests, he learned that his employer would be nothing more than Brigitte Linwhich resided in a sumptuous home on top of Victoria Peak.
Yet Simon admitted that he is the most difficult customer I have ever served. The actress was notoriously particular on the ingredients, eating only the “Opinion” parts of food. For example, he requested only the shots of the vegetable center, which means that almost ten kilograms of products had to be reduced to make a single small plate. For the meat, he ate only about 200 grams of the more refined cut, refusing to touch the rest.
Its rules extended further: each ingredient had to be collected freshly collected and cooked within 12 hours, without allowing frozen or chilled objects. Any unused food had to be discarded daily and if the quality was not less, not only the chef, but also the entire domestic staff had to face penalties.
Adding to the challenge, Brigitte Lin At least eight unique dishes for meal required, without repetition. On average, Simon had to prepare 168 completely different dishes every week: harmful, nutritious and controlled by calories to maintain his figure. After four exhausting years, his hair became gray and finally resigned, even rejecting his offer to double his salary.
While his extravagant lifestyle and expensive habits have attracted criticism, Brigitte Lin It remains an icon loved thanks to his extraordinary career as an actor and artistic dedication, continuing to enjoy a vast base of fans between generations.
