Short interview: Food Lover Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova, being a tennis celebrity, was interviewed by Eater. The former World No.1 and Grand Slam winner said that she doesn't like to use her celebrity status to get table reservations at popular restaurants. As a result she, like anyone, sometimes waits for hours to get a table.

In the interview Sharapova says, “I feel like that’s part of being a food lover - the process, not just the food but getting there." About a recent experience she had while at the the bar at Felix' in Venice Beach, California, “A gentleman next to me was like, ‘Have you tried that restaurant that was featured on Chef’s Table in Russia yet?’ And I was like, God, that’s a random question."

They got talking, and the meal ended with Sharapova’s new friend gushing about Totoraku, a Los Angeles hotspot that requires a direct line of contact with the chef to get in. She continued, laughing: "So next thing you know he’s like putting the contact details of chef Kaz into my phone and he’s like, ‘You got to try this place out, and I’m like, God, that’s so random, I wonder if this place even exists”.

A week later, Maria Sharapova decided to go to the Totoraku restaurant: "It was honestly one of the best food experiences that we had, and I look back at that moment, I was like, if I had never sat at the bar, and just walked in casually and having a nice little time with my friend, we would have never walked into this guy and never gotten that recommendation”.

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