“She changed the whole menu!” TV chef reveals Victoria Beckham’s ‘strange’ dinner demands, including constant bottles of coconut water and bowls of mints at footballer Sergio Ramos’ wedding
- The Spanish chef has said she made him sad with her dinner demands
- Three Michelin star chef Dani Garcia, 46, said she ‘changed the whole menu’
- Garcia was the chef at Sergio Ramos and Pilar Rubio’s wedding in June 2019
- He said Victoria was constantly on “coconut water, mints and hydroalcoholic gel.”
- Victoria previously confessed that she is ‘every restaurant’s worst nightmare’
- A source close to Victoria, who questioned Dani’s version of events, said: ‘This is a great story, but it’s not fair or accurate.
Victoria Beckham comes under fire from a famous Spanish chef for causing him grief celebrity wedding with her ‘complicated’ dinner requirements.
Three Michelin star chef Dani Garcia, 46, claimed the Spice Girl “changed the whole menu” when former Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos tied the knot with his model and TV host, wife Pilar Rubio in Spain in 2019.
Dani recalled how Victoria carried coconut water “all the time” as well as bowls of mints, calling the habits “strange” in a new interview.
Ooh! Victoria Beckham has come under fire from a Spanish chef for causing him grief at a celebrity wedding with her ‘complicated’ dinner requirements (pictured at the 2019 wedding)
Speaking of what it was like to cook for the fashion designer, 48, at the June 2019 wedding banquet near Seville, Dani told Spanish TV on Monday evening: ‘It was very strange. Victoria Beckham changed the whole menu.
“It was very sad, because when you put in such an effort, not only me and my team, but also the bride and groom and everyone else have put together a unique menu.
“Her’s was completely different and based only on vegetables. And then there were some strange things that I’ve never seen in my life.
“She had coconut water all the time, a bowl of mints and on the other side hydroalcoholic gel which is very famous now, but not then because the Covid pandemic hadn’t started yet.
Opinion: Three Michelin star chef Dani Garcia, 46, claimed the Spice Girl ‘changed the whole menu’ after former Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos tied the knot with his model and TV host, wife Pilar Rubio
Celebrity wedding: Dani was the chef at the wedding of Sergio and his wife Pilar Rubio (pictured on their wedding day in 2019)
“It was complicated to give Victoria her menu that night.”
A source close to Victoria, who questioned Dani’s version of events, said: ‘This is a great story, but it’s not fair or accurate.
Dani, who got his first Michelin star when he was just 25, made his comments about Victoria on a popular evening show called El Hormiguero, which has hosted Justin Bieber and Will Smith regularly over the years.
It is one of the most watched prime time programs in Spain in its evening slot on the Antena 3 channel with approximately 2.5 million viewers.
Victoria’s ‘strange’ eating habits have been the subject of intense research for years.
Yummy! Foodie David confessed to the River Che Table 4 podcast earlier this year: ‘Food and wine makes me quite emotional, when I eat something great I want everyone to try it’
Eating habits: During Euro 2004 (pictured), she reportedly stuck to a diet of strawberries washed down with mineral water
During Euro 2004, she reportedly stuck to a diet of strawberries washed down with mineral water.
The mother of four has previously revealed that she will not eat foods cooked in oil, butter or sauces and will not eat red meat or dairy.
Last year, she said her comfort food was whole-wheat toast with salt on it and admitted, “For most restaurants, I’m probably their worst nightmare.”
Former England captain David confessed to the River Che Table 4 podcast earlier this year: ‘I get quite emotional about food and wine, when I eat something great I want everyone to try it.
“Unfortunately, I am married to someone who has been eating the same food for 25 years.
‘Since I met her she only eats grilled fish, steamed vegetables, she will rarely deviate from that.’
Sergio Ramos, now with Paris Saint-Germain, became a father to his beautiful wife for the fourth time in July 2020 after they gave birth to son Maximo Adriano.
Dani is the first chef of the province of Malaga with three Michelin stars.
No thank you! The mother of four has previously revealed that she will not eat foods cooked in oil, butter or sauces and will not eat red meat or dairy
Who is the famous chef Dani Garcia?
- Spanish-born Dani García was born in Marbella in 1976, making him 46
- I studied cooking at La Consula Hospitality School in Malaga
- Dani was one of the pupils of Martín Berasategui, an expert in Basque cuisine and owner of a restaurant of the same name in Lasarte-Oria
- In 2004 he was hired by the hotel group Meliá to set up the restaurant Calima in Marbella
- I received the third Michelin star in 2018
- Together with José Carlos García and Ángel León, he leads the way to the new Andalusian cuisine
- He currently has a number of projects in the works. The first is called Casa Dani