This trick will ensure that your room service arrives quickly - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Travel This trick will ensure that your room service arrives quickly By You Magazine - August 13, 2018 Ordering room service while on holiday isn’t always as glamorous as it sounds. In fact, the entire experience can quickly be ruined when you’re stuck waiting around for much longer than you expected – and on top of that, the food is cold when it does arrive. Getty Images Well luckily, global restaurateur Jason Atherton has some advice on exactly how to avoid such a situation in the future. Jason, who trained under celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, revealed in a recent interview with LiveMint that he makes a point of making one specific request when ordering his room service at hotels – that his food is served before anyone else’s. We know, it sounds very Mariah Carey, but hear him out, as there’s a much nicer way of phrasing it. ‘If I order room service, I always, always say: “I don’t want my food in a hot box. Leave it on the table with a cloche on top.” Because any food in a hot box, pasta or steak, will stew and go soggy, of course – but they will bring your food first, because it can’t be left to sit around (and get cold),’ he explained. Getty Images Atherton insists that while a hotel wants to deliver room service to guests as quickly as possibly, a delay in inevitable – especially if it is a large hotel. So by asking for a cloche, he knows his food will be delivered first as the kitchen can’t rely on a hot box to keep the meal warm. If that isn’t an effective insider’s tip, we don’t know what is – and his wise words didn’t stop there. The Michelin-starred chef also pointed out that anyone who is keen on trying out a newly opened restaurant should wait a year before doing so. ‘After about a year, a restaurant matures and really starts to find its feet,’ he said. ‘You want all of that hullabaloo to die down, so you get a real experience of what that restaurant could really do. So make sure a restaurant you book is at least one year old.’ And having opened 17 of them, he should know. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Hotel review Wyndham Residences Costa Adeje National Trust is giving away free tickets this autumn Hotel review Una St Ives Cornwall DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved