Celebrities get to dine at some of the best restaurants around and, as a result, have access to some of the finest food in the world.
But Victoria Beckham has left people baffled after revealing her favourite comfort food is actually something incredibly simple – toast sprinkled with salt.
Speaking to Ruth Rogers on the River Café’s Table 4 podcast, the 47-year-old fashion designer admitted that she was a restaurant’s “worst nightmare” thanks to her plain food palette.
“This is where I sound even more boring in the food department. I like whole grain toast with salt on it. It’s that carbohydrate that makes you feel comforted and I love salt,” Beckham said.
“To most restaurants I’m probably their worst nightmare,” she added.
“I love some steamed vegetables, some balsamic vinegar and then to season myself. I like things to be cooked in a very simple way. I don’t like oils or butters or sauces.”
Her restrictive diet has even raised the eyebrows of none other than celebrity pal and chef Gordon Ramsay.
“Even Gordon Ramsay, a very good friend of ours, says he’s never seen anybody as disciplined about the way that they eat,” she said.
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While acknowledging she is “not the most exciting eater”, Beckham said she does like a tipple with her dinner.
“I’m not the most exciting eater but I do like to have a drink with my dinner and I can become a very good dinner guest,” she said.
It’s safe to say that listeners were baffled by the toast and salt revelation.
With Victoria Beckham revealing that her favourite meal is salt on toast experts are now warning that shops could run out of Saxa before Christmas 🍺🚬
— An Only Twin 🍺🚬 (@paulJpitt1967) September 30, 2021
Apparently @victoriabeckham's favourite comfort food is salt on toast. My "comfort food" is a litre of pistachio icecream w/ chocolate chips, a bag of spicy potato chips, half a kilo of dried buffalo meat, cheesesticks and a mountain of momos.
— Sambhranta Bashyal (@sambhrantab) September 30, 2021
I'm sorry is SALT an acronym for something?? Salmon Aioli Lettuce Tomato??
— Stef Kiper Schmidt (@StefWaterStBook) September 29, 2021
Something about the phrase “salt on toast” brought me to mirth tears this morning. Salt on toast! 😂
— Chantel Acevedo (@chantelacevedo) September 29, 2021
Others raised concerns about her strict diet:
Eating disorders rob you of the spontaneous joy of life, I remember. I feel sorry for Victoria https://t.co/HpTz7KMdPh
— Nichi Hodgson (@NichiHodgson) September 29, 2021
Someone else pointed out that they had never seen a story by which a man “describes enjoying a diet of bland bread and flavourless vegetables.”
Can't recall ever reading an article in which a man describes enjoying a diet of bland bread and flavourless vegetables. #Depressingashell #notinspirational
— jizlack (@jizlack) September 29, 2021
Victoria Beckham reveals her favourite meal is SALT on toast https://t.co/lRG7XDYNUV via @DailyMailCeleb
Though a person on Twitter did defend Beckham’s food preference by explaining that they used to make the same snack.
So my siblings and I used to eat frozen white bread with salt on for a snack. Don’t knock it guys https://t.co/krfWbAb9uW
— Juliette (@jubo85) September 29, 2021
Variety is the spice of life, eh?
