'What Frustrates You Most About Diners?'
WINE&DINE|January/February 2018

With the kind of avant garde, experimental, polarising cuisine they serve, the fine dining price tag, and a long list of accolades, expectations can run really high at Tippling Club. We caught up with Ryan Clift, chef-owner of Tippling Club and the industry’s straight-talking bad boy, on what makes him seethe when it comes to diners

Mia Chenyze
'What Frustrates You Most About Diners?'
I’ve been in fine dining since I was 14. It’s been 28 years now, but my perspective of diners has largely remained the same. As a professional chef, my work is about making customers happy. The way I see it, customers come to a fine dining restaurant because they are seeking an experience—a first date, a romantic dinner, a business meal—and it’s my responsibility to deliver.

While I’ve had my fair share of differences with customers, I see those interactions as a private matter between me and my customers; I’m not going to discuss anything they have said or done, good or bad.

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