{"id":105037,"date":"2022-10-22T20:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T20:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-markles-handler-made-demands-at-nyc-restaurant-book\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T20:25:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T20:25:58","slug":"meghan-markles-handler-made-demands-at-nyc-restaurant-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-markles-handler-made-demands-at-nyc-restaurant-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s Handler Made Demands at NYC Restaurant: Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Ex-ma\u00eetre d&#8217; Michael Cecchi-Azzolina alleges Meghan Markle&#8217;s handler demanded a private table in a new book. <\/li>\n<li>Cecchi-Azzolina writes that Markle was silent and &#8220;aloof&#8221; while her handler spoke. <\/li>\n<li>His memoir, &#8220;Your Table is Ready: Tales of a New York City Ma\u00eetre D&#8217;,&#8221; comes out December 6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup &#10;                        headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"morning_brew\" data-list=\"Morning Brew\" data-acq-source=\"morningbrew\" data-origin=\"MorningBrew\" data-campaign=\"celebrity\">\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon \" version=\"1.1\" role=\"img\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                        <title>loading<\/title>\n                        <desc>Something is loading.<\/desc>\n                        <path fill=\"#111\" d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\">\n                          <animatetransform attributetype=\"xml\" attributename=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" from=\"0 25 25\" to=\"360 25 25\" dur=\"0.6s\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\"\/>\n                        <\/path>\n                      <\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"success-container__mobile d-none\">\n<p>Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p>                            Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you&#8217;re on the go.<br \/>\n                            <button class=\"rounded-button headline-bold white-button download\" type=\"white\"><br \/>\n                              download the app<br \/>\n                            <\/button>      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>Former ma\u00eetre d&#8217; Michael Cecchi-Azzolina claims that Meghan Markle&#8217;s handler demanded a private table in 2017 at the Michelin-starred restaurant Le Coucou in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail obtained a copy of his upcoming memoir, &#8220;Your Table is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maitre D&#8217;,&#8221; where Cecchi-Azzolina details the alleged encounter with Markle and a staffer.  The former ma\u00eetre d &#8216;alleged Markle and her handler arrived for the reservation 20 minutes early and immediately requested special treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cecchi-Azzolina, Markle stood by silently while her handler demanded a private table, claiming it was &#8220;for someone who is dating a prince.&#8221;  At the time Markle was dating Prince Harry, who she would go on to marry a year later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you aware my guest is dating Prince Harry and about to be a duchess?&#8221;  Cecchi-Azzolina wrote in reference to the unnamed staffer.  &#8220;Don&#8217;t you have a private area for us to wait?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cecchi-Azzolina, who worked at Le Coucou for two-and-a-half years, recalled telling them he didn&#8217;t have a private table available. <\/p>\n<p>In his book, Cecchi-Azzolina details his reaction to the request.  &#8220;My first impulse was to laugh. I could give two shits about Prince Harry&#8217;s date, and by the attention the escort was drawing from the crowd at the bar, nor did anyone else,&#8221; he writes. <\/p>\n<p>While the handler spoke to Cecchi-Azzolina, he wrote that Markle &#8220;didn&#8217;t say a word,&#8221; and described the Duchess of Sussex as &#8220;aloof.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 2448 \/ 3264)\">\n<p>                        <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/63543232390dfe00196d8b9a&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:3264,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:2448}}\" alt=\"Anna Wintour and Naomi Campbell were named as rude customers in new book\"\/>\n                      <\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"image-source-caption undefined\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n<p>                                Anna Wintour and Naomi Campbell were names as poor customers in new memoir.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><\/p>\n<p>                        Gotham\/Getty Images;  Ricky Vigil M\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>Representatives for Markle did not immediately respond to Insider&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to his memoir, Markle wasn&#8217;t the only celebrity that left a bad taste in Cecchi-Azzolina&#8217;s mouth.  He includes their alleged interactions with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and supermodel Naomi Campbell, citing their behavior as &#8220;absolutely horrid&#8221; and &#8220;rude,&#8221; respectively. <\/p>\n<p>Cecchi-Azzolina&#8217;s book will be available for purchase on December 6.<\/p>\n<p>The memoir&#8217;s release comes days after the ongoing feud between late-night host James Corden and Balthazar owner Keith McNally.  McNally took to Instagram Tuesday to claim that Corden was &#8220;abusive&#8221; to his servers and was banned from dining at his restaurant as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the two have exchanged apologies and backtracked.  Corden and McNally still appear to be on bad terms after Corden told The New York Times &#8220;I haven&#8217;t done anything wrong,&#8221; in an interview on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-ma\u00eetre d&#8217; Michael Cecchi-Azzolina alleges Meghan Markle&#8217;s handler demanded a private table in a new book. Cecchi-Azzolina writes that Markle was silent and &#8220;aloof&#8221; while her handler spoke. His memoir, &#8220;Your Table is Ready: Tales of a New York City Ma\u00eetre D&#8217;,&#8221; comes out December 6. loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! 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