- BLT Prime, the Trump DC hotel restaurant, used to receive spoiled products, according to a former chef.
- According to the Washingtonian, food suppliers sent the chef “rotten products and cuts of meat below average”.
- Rudy Giuliani was a regular at the restaurant and treated his table like a work space.
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While the BLT Prime restaurant at the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC was marketed for its sophisticated sensibilities, it often received spoiled products, the former steakhouse executive chef told Washingtonian magazine.
With former President Donald Trump out of office and living in his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, several employees spoke about their experiences at the hotel.
After Bill Williamson, BLT Prime’s executive chef at Trump International Hotel from February 2018 to March 2020, joined the restaurant, food suppliers he had worked with successfully in the past “suddenly sent him rotten products and below average cuts of meat and fish, “according to Washingtonian.
“I guarantee that someone in that warehouse choosing this product saw where he was going and said, ‘Oh, f — that, give them that stuff,'” said Williamson.
Former executive chef Shawn Matijevich, who worked at BLT for 2017 and 2018, said a green supplier he used in the past has stopped working with him, saying his “conscience” prevented them from serving the hotel’s restaurant.
Williamson also noted that Rudy Giuliani was a frequent presence at BLT Prime and had a regular table, despite doing more work than reading the restaurant’s menu.
“It was basically his office,” he told Washingtonian. “He was doing more paperwork there than eating. Some days, he was there all day.”
Although the coronavirus pandemic forced the restaurant to temporarily close last year, as restrictions were gradually lifted, ex-president supporters were often seen dining without masks, which forced employees to ask guests to use their facial protectors.
“I doubt that so many restaurants in the city have to put up with adult men rolling their eyes when we ask them to put on their masks,” said a former employee.
According to the magazine, several employees are concerned that they will not be able to find new vacancies if they list the restaurant on their resumes.