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Keith McNally Kicks out Comedian James Corden from Balthazar
October 17, 2022, 6:09.45 pm ET

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The gloves are off as Keith McNally goes to bat for his staff and kicks out “cretin” James Corden from his French café, Balthazar. In an Instagram post, McNally writes, “James Corden is a Hugely gifted comedian, but a tiny Cretin of a man. And the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago.”

McNally continues, “I don't often 86 a customer, to today I 86'd Corden. It did not make me laugh.”

It’s not the first time the two had a run-in. McNally says Corden behaved similarly at his Café Luxenbourg a few years back. He then went on to detail an incident in June which he referred to as “Mamager’s Report #1.”

McNally writes: 'In June, James Corden was here on table 61. (Although this is diabolical, it happens Very occasionally in all restaurants.) After eating his main course, Corden showed the hair to Balthazar manager G. who was very apologetic. Corden was extremely nasty to G, and said:

“Get us another round of drinks this second. And also take care of all of our drinks so far. This way I write any nasty reviews in yelp or anything like that." '

McNally then outlined another incident he called “Manager’s Report #2:“

'James Corden was at Balthazar with his wife on October 9th for brunch. He asked for a table outside. Brunch Maitre D' Allie Wolters took the party to table 301. Mr. Corden's wife ordered an egg yolk omelette with gruyere cheese and salad. A few minutes after they received the food, James called their server, M. K. and told her there was a little bit of egg white mixed with the egg yolk. M. K. informed the floor manager, G. The kitchen remade the dish but unfortunately sent it with home fries instead of salad. That's when James Corden began yelling like crazy to the server: "You can't do your job! You can't do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelette myself!" M.K. was very apologetic and brought G. over to the table. He returned the dish, and after that, everything was fine. He gave them promo Champagne glasses to smooth things out. G. said that Corden was pleasant to him but nasty to the server.' M.K. was very shaken, but professional that she is, continued to finish her shift.'

So far, no response from Corden. Stay tuned.

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