Balthazar Restaurant

But

then would James Corden stop them? Do you remember him treating the staff at Balthazar badly? I remember hearing about that because

the press actually called my husband when that happened.

What? Because Jared worked on that show.

Oh, because I thought he was, because he's the creator of egg yolk omelets.

Jared is the,

Jared is Balthazar.

That is, he is the man behind Balthazar.

I met Keith.

Uh, I went to one of the, um, sort of now legendary, uh, book party dinners at Balthazar-

Mm-hmm

... for Keith's book, which was just...

...

I met Keith.

Uh, I went to one of the, um, sort of now legendary, uh, book party dinners at Balthazar-

Mm-hmm

... you know, maybe I'll go down to the lobby and do some editing with a, with a cold brew and see if Alexa Chung is there or, or not.

And, and then we got this Chanel event over at Balthazar.

Do you think that's gonna be a tray pass or, or should I get a little nibble before?

No, no, I'm sure it's a...

No, that's...

No, that's dinner for sure.

You don't buy out Balth- you don't buy, buy out Balthazar for tray pass-

Really?

However, he also expects his staff and crew to maintain a certain amount of respect and politeness and doesn't take kindly to anyone who doesn't have patience for others, especially waiting staff, something James Corden doesn't even expect of himself.

In 2022, the owner of a popular restaurant named Balthazar took to Instagram to tell the world about his employee's experience with Corden.

He described him as a tiny cretin of a man.

before explaining how on two separate occasions, Corden had shouted at his servers to money free drinks by the threat of a nasty review on Yelp after discovering a hair in his food the first time, and absolutely exploded the second because his wife egg yolk omelette accidentally had a bit of egg white mixed in, and after the dish had been made, the server brought it out with fries instead of salad.

Conversation.

I reckon the most famous example of this, if people are sitting there being like, "The name rings a bell, but I can't remember the instance," you of course won't forget the instance of his restaurant, Balthazar, in New York and the James Corden of it all.

Hmm.

So he posted, this is back in maybe October 2022, he posted a zoomed-in photo of James Corden's face on Instagram with the caption, "James Corden is a hugely gifted comedian, but a tiny crescent of a man, and the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago.

I don't often ban a customer, but today I banned Corden.

It did not make me laugh.

Instagram.

What's his restaurant? Balthazar.

Oh, that guy.

Yeah.