Jordi Cruz is one of the most recognized faces in the world of cooking, but also in television. The renowned chef has been part of the MasterChef jury for more than a decade, and has three Michelin stars. In the last few hours, he has given an extensive interview to Mara Torres on El Faro, a program on Cadena SER, where he has talked about several unknown personal episodes in his life, specifically, one that he lived with a young man who was the apprentice of him.
During the interview, the chef revealed how the moment occurred when he thanked the sincerity of a member of his team, who had to put his feet on the ground. The one from Manresa (Barcelona) acknowledged that he has had moments during these years of fame in which he “was stupid.” “Even if you are a person from the neighborhood and small, when they call you handsome on the street, there is some moment in which you can become a little arrogant and a little stupid,” he was honest.
And the success he achieved was in a short period of time, since they gave him the third Michelin star, he began to appear on TV, he began to have money and he came to think “damn, I’m a great guy.” In one of those moments, Alberto, who was her apprentice and later the head chef of one of her restaurants, told her privately “you are very stupid.” “The first reaction was ego, it was, ‘Should I rip your head off?'” the chef revealed in the interview.
That’s when Cruz asked him why he said that. Alberto told me that “lately” he had been “very stupid.” “You’re not with us that much, we notice you’re distant. I kept quiet and the next day I told him ‘hey, thank you’. Maybe you’re right, maybe I’m a little stupid,” Cruz said. Since then, his perspective changed. “I can’t believe I’m something I’m not. I’m a scammer, I’m a burner. And I love being that,” Jordi said.
Regarding Alberto’s gesture, he thanked his “balls” for exposing himself to losing his job, since his boss could have taken it badly and it could have ended in a big fight. And, even though sometimes some celebrities may stop playing with their feet on the ground, they are still people. And there are those who can cause them to land on land again without any shame, as in the case of Alberto.
