I’m a private chef – here’s the $2000 pizza I made for a celebrity client

A private chef in Beverly Hills has sparked fierce backlash after she showed off a $2,000 pizza complete with gold flakes and caviar. against the sky-high costs of inflation.

Los Angeles celebrity chef Brooke Baevsky went viral after describing her daily routine as an elite chef in the lavish heart of California, whipping up dozens of delicious meals and shopping at the famously expensive market known as Erewhon.

And while her viewers tend to get a kick out of what it’s really like to work for celebrity clients, Brooke or Chief Bae as she is known on social media, recently caused quite a stir online when she shared footage of herself making a pizza with a very expensive price tag.

The clip of the expensive pizza – which she revealed was an appetizer – has been viewed more than 4.5 million times and received many comments criticizing Chef Bae for being insensitive to those struggling to make ends meet .

Chef Bae took viewers to Erewhon, the grocery store known for its celebrity clientele and high-quality organic produce.

Erewhon is known as one of the most upscale supermarkets in all of California with expensive, locally sourced and organic items.

The most elite celebrities shop at the grocery store, including Kourtney Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and Kaia Gerber.

Chef Bae has posted several videos of her shopping at the luxury grocery store, showing her choosing $33 nuts and a cart full of what many would call “basic” items.

She filled her shopping cart to the brim and picked up two $30 bottles of water, $7 figs, “the whole line of” mushroom powder at $53, and balsamic vinegar at $35, along with other luxury goods.

Filming herself checking out, she left viewers stunned when she revealed her total came in at $944.

In addition to her precious Erewhon haul, the chef also boasted about $200 honey she shipped overnight from New Zealand and $200 caviar.

“I then go to work with my pizza dough with beauty powder, collagen powder, Erewhon flour, Erewhon olive oil, Erewhon $30 water, and I mix it and give it a need and let it sit for about 30 minutes,” she said . while preparing her pizza dough.

After making the dough, she topped it with superfood pesto, almond milk ricotta, and some tomatoes.

After baking the pie, she adds more gold-filled pesto.

She said the total cost of her pie was $1,394.48, but she didn’t include the price of the 24-carat gold flakes she topped her pizza with, which can range from $20 to $300.

And while she said her celebrity client — whose name she didn’t reveal — “drooled” over the pizza topped with green pesto and gold flakes, her followers couldn’t help but notice how the pie was “more than [their] rent.’

One person said, “No shade for your work, but all I can think of is how many homeless people can be fed for the price of a pizza!”

“I’m a teacher and I eat ramen noodles because I can’t afford groceries until payday. But dead,” another person added.

Someone else wrote, “This makes me think about how many children go hungry at night in our country and there are others who live like this.”

“I think it’s crazy to think that some people can’t afford water and food, but some can afford $2,000 of pizza,” another person commented.

Another user added, “I appreciate your work and all, but why do people spend so much on groceries, filtered tap water would make that dough just as good.”

“Never in my life would I say I want a $2,000 pizza entree… no matter how much money I have. This is wild for me lol,” commented one user.

Someone else wrote, “It’s funny how some people don’t have money to live on and others pay people to put gold flakes on their pizza.”

Another person commented, “This is so sad. So many people are starving, but hey, let’s make a $2k pizza with flakes of gold. $2k could have fed a homeless shelter.”

“This is so unnecessary and says a lot about the celebrity. I also work for celebrities as a chef, and they are definitely not extra like this,” one user added.

“This is so tone deaf lol,” someone else said.

Although inflation has slowed in recent months, it remains high at 7.1 percent.

According to consumer data agency Dunnhumby, a third of households skip meals or reduce portion sizes to save money.

Researchers found that 18 percent of the 2,000 survey participants noted that they weren’t getting enough to eat.

In addition, 31 percent of households have reduced their portion sizes due to empty pantries due to rising supermarket prices.

In addition to food costs, millions of people across the country have no financial safety net.

According to researchers, 64 percent of participants admitted that they would not be able to raise $400 in an emergency.

Many have suffered from inflation, which has sent prices of basic goods skyrocketing – including meat and poultry prices at 10.4 percent, grains at 15.1 percent and fruit and vegetables at 8.1 percent.

Gas prices are another point of pressure for many people across the country, rising nearly 60 percent in the past year, with the cost of airline tickets rising by more than 34 percent and the price of used cars by more than 7 percent.

Clothing costs are up 5.2 percent, total lodging costs are up 5.5 percent, and delivery services are up 14.4 percent.