What Does Marc Jacobs Have In His Kitchen?

Marc Jacobs has his own private chef. The designer met Lauren Gerrie through a mutual friend, and she cooks his every meal in his two "really, really beautiful" kitchens.

"One is a downstairs pantry that is fully stocked," said Gerrie. "I don't really cook in that kitchen that much but do a lot of prep work in there. The main kitchen is a dream, you know, beautiful equipment and the counters are marble. It's obviously not commercial at all. It's a home kitchen and was beautifully designed by Bulthaup. This is his house and his baby. But now it's my kitchen."

Marc Jacobs

Jacobs doesn't plan any of his meals, preferring Gerrie "to handle all of that" - she also makes his favourite cookies (a homemade almond-butter cookie with spelt flour, if you must know), carrot cake and fresh apple juices. Apparently, the designer is a "huge snacker" and has a penchant for filet mignon, pasta cooked in marinara sauce and hamburgers, although he isn't so keen on acidic foods.

Gerrie doesn't wear a chef's uniform at work, although it is important to look well dressed in the designer's kitchen - last summer, she wore a lace crop-top and "African pants" for a barbecue that Jacobs hosted on his roof. As the chef told Du Jour magazine, "Not having to wear a uniform is a great thing about working for Marc - he hired me because of who I am and the food that I cook. It's actually become kind of a joke, because both my partner and I did not get into cooking so that we could wear ugly chef's coats and stuff. We dress sexy in the kitchen."