A chef took his revenge on a party of 60 rude customers by carefully arranging their desserts in order to resemble male genitalia.
Anton Lofthouse, 34, is head chef at a south London pub and had a large party of 60 people pre-booked for a three course meal last week.
However when the large group turned up over an hour and a half late and failed to even bother apologising, frustrated Anton decided to have the last laugh.
A chef took his revenge on a party of 60 rude customers by carefully arranging their desserts in order to resemble male genitalia
The chef, originally from Middlesbrough, arranged the two scoops of ice cream together and then squirted on the chocolate sauce into a phallic shape.
Despite his stunt being spotted by colleagues while serving, it appeared to go unnoticed by the customers who ate it without complaint.
Mr Lofthouse, who has been head chef at the unnamed establishment for seven months, said: ‘A large party of 60 people were booked in. When such a large group are booked in we can’t serve food to anyone else so had to close to the general public.
‘We only have a tiny kitchen and there was only myself in there so three courses for 60 people is a massive job for one person.
Anton Lofthouse, 34, is head chef at a south London pub and had a large party of 60 people pre-booked for a three course meal last week
‘But they turned up an hour and a half late and offered no apologies or anything like that and they were a bit of a nightmare. So I decided to have a bit of fun.
‘Catering for 60 is OK when they turn up on time but when they are late that can really set you back. The timings are tight so it is best if they let you know.
‘It especially bad if they are late and we’re missing out on other money we could be earning as we’re turning customers away while waiting for them.’
‘They had asked for ice cream and stipulated that they wanted it in a big bowl rather than the small tubs we traditionally serve them in.
‘But in a big bowl there is a lot of space left and obviously they also wanted chocolate sauce on it.
‘So I thought they best way to do chocolate sauce with two scoops of ice cream was like that.
‘There were two other staff working that night, one being my general manager and both noticed straight away. They both found it hilarious.
‘They were quite concerned that the customers might notice but I said ‘look, it’s just chocolate sauce with ice cream’.
‘They weren’t going to say anything if they don’t realise what I’ve done. And they didn’t notice it, it was fine.
‘We noticed it, but they didn’t. It was just a little thing for our amusement that caused no harm.
‘It felt like a funny way to get our own back considering how tough a shift it had been that was a bit of harmless fun.
‘I did have a little bit of a worry that they might spot it. Especially when my colleagues noticed it straight away I thought ‘oh god, they’re going to notice it straight away’.
‘But nobody did, nobody said anything. They were happy to have it and they ate it all so it was fine, there was no drama.
‘I think even if they would have noticed it, I would like to think they’d have seen the funny side of it anyway, definitely.’
It’s not the first time the chef has managed to play harmless pranks on problem customers.
In fact, he has done a very similar stunt involving a rude bangers and mash – but again the guests enjoyed the food without batting an eyelid.