In 2007, friends of ours, from San Jose, flew to our house for Christmas. Their birthday’s are right around Christmas Day and that year, they decided they wanted to get out of town for the celebrations and just relax at our house. We had plans to go to a nice dinner and see the Nutcracker on stage. After that, we came back and they were very insistent that we sit down and watch a movie. The movie they wanted to watch was Ratatouille. I was tired, but we had never seen the movie before, so we watched it. Little did I know, this was all a themed plan. I truly had no idea what was coming, but our friends were very excited for me to open my Christmas gift right after the movie was over. Still not knowing what was going on, I opened my gift and there was my chef coat! It was personalized with my name on it (in lowercase letters, just the way I spell it!), had a “name” for my restaurant, and I was labeled as “Executive Chef”. The trim and buttons on my coat is teal in honor of my hockey team the San Jose Sharks and on each arm is a flag representing my heritage…Greek and Italian. It has to be one of the coolest gifts I have EVER gotten! It fit perfectly and I wear it ALL THE TIME when I’m in the kitchen.
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