The Australian restaurant manager breaks her silence after the waiter claimed Kim Kardashian spent $576 on Italian food and left him a hefty tip.
A Cairns restaurant manager has responded to reports that Kim Kardashian and her team collected a $576 bill and left a “hefty tip” before flying out of Queensland on Tuesday.
The rumor mill went into overdrive after a waiter at Italian eatery Piccolo Cucina posted on Instagram what he believed to be a receipt from Kardashian’s lunch order.
Manager Jolene Aiello said the staffer was “very excited to get close to such an amazing person,” but clarified that it hasn’t been 100 percent confirmed that the order was placed by the reality star and her entourage.
A Cairns restaurant manager has responded to reports that Kim Kardashian (pictured) and her team collected a $576 bill and left a “hefty tip” before flying out of Queensland on Tuesday
‘Your host may have placed a takeout order [a flight attendant]’ Ms Aiello told the Courier-Mail on Wednesday.
‘She told him [the waiter] She was a flight attendant from a flight departing for the States.
“All we can say as a company is that this is a possibility [Kardashian’s] Plane and she could enjoy something on the way home.’
The rumor mill went into overdrive after a waiter at Italian restaurant Piccolo Cucina posted on Instagram what he believed to be a receipt from Kardashian’s lunch order (pictured).
Manager Jolene Aiello (pictured) said the staffer was “very excited to get close to such an amazing person,” but clarified that it’s not 100 percent confirmed that the order was placed by the reality star and her entourage became
Piccolo Cucina is on the first floor of the luxury Pullman hotel, an hour’s drive from Kardashian, where her boyfriend Pete Davidson was staying.
“Took Kim K.’s order at work today. Thanks for the hefty tip @KimKardashian,” the waiter claimed alongside a photo of him posing outside the restaurant.
He uploaded a receipt for Kardashian’s $576 order, which included four $15 Caprese salads, two $19 Arancini truffles, two $20 Margherita pizzas, and two $42 seafood dishes.
“There was an order for take out of possibly her wafer… All we can say as a company is that’s a possibility [Kardashian’s] Plane and she could enjoy something on the way home,” Ms Aiello told the Courier-Mail on Wednesday. (The restaurant can be seen here)
Kardashian’s team clearly had a sweet tooth, as the bill also showed they ordered two slices of $16 chocolate cake and a $16 Nutella pizza.
Although he praised the mother-of-four for her generosity in tipping, the waiter didn’t reveal the exact tip.
“I’ve just finished work and I seem to have a ton of Kimmy fans. Here’s her bill,” he wrote alongside the bill, which was timestamped at 11:58 a.m. Tuesday.
The restaurant “proudly specializes in handmade pasta and hand-stretched pizza” and supports “local quality producers and their seasonal ingredients” (stock image)
“Kimmy K Diet Starter Pack,” he jokingly added.
Piccolo Cucina describes itself as “a traditional Italian restaurant in central Cairns” that “proudly specializes in handmade pasta and hand-stretched pizza” and supports “local quality producers and their seasonal ingredients”.
It comes after the manager of another Cairns restaurant claimed to local media in June that Kardashian and Davidson had eaten at his venue – but it was just a hoax.
It comes after the manager of another Cairns restaurant claimed to local media in June that Kardashian (left) and Davidson (right) ate at his eatery – but it was only a hoax
Matt Black, the manager of Botanica Cafe Bar Kitchen in Edge Hill, claimed to ABC Far North the couple visited the restaurant – sparking a media frenzy as news outlets across Australia reported a sighting that never happened.
D Australia was the first to sound the alarm over the hoax, pointing out that Kardashian was pictured in LA just hours before she was reportedly spotted having brunch 11,000km away in far north Queensland.
Kardashian stayed at the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas, almost an hour from Cairns, during her recent trip to Queensland to see her partner.
She traveled by car from Port Douglas to Cairns on Tuesday, just hours before boarding a private jet bound for the United States
Kardashian began dating Davidson after Kanye West divorced