Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware - Taking flight to La La Land

Episode Date: April 25, 2022

Lennie and I became California girls for a couple of weeks and took Table Manners to La La Land! Thanks to Virgin Atlantic, we travelled in style and documented our journey in the air! We recorded part of this special episode at 35,000 feet. Two weeks of food, drinks, guests and palm trees! Table Manners the Los Angeles Affairs begins this Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to Table Manners. You may hear that my voice is rather dulcet and sultry. Is that because champagne, darling? It is and it's that upper class clubhouse life, mother. It's the upper class feeling that's going right through my veins and soul. As is that cosmopolitan that you've parked. Clink, clink, yeah. Clink, clink. Cheers. Cheers, yeah. Clink, clink. Cheers.

Cheers, darling. Where would you get a cosmo except in Virgin Atlantic Upper Class? This is the beginning of a special series which finds Mother and I in Hollywood. Talking to Hollywood people. Yes. We are in the clubhouse. We have left the children. There are many of them.

And we've gone into a kind of soundproofed office bit, which is actually very comfy and gorgeous. We've passed the Peloton that they have here. Right. You're not going to get on that, Mum? No, darling. As long as I stick near the champagne station, I'm fine. I've already got you the smoked salmon at the deli. Delicious.

I would have liked a little more. Oh, sorry. Well, you know, it's all you can eat. So you're all right, Mum. OK. And we can put some bread rolls in your purse for later. OK. Darling, I won't need that. Well, I just all you can eat. So you're all right, Mum. And we can put some bread rolls in your purse for later. OK, darling, I won't need that.

Well, I just said that to Sam. I was like, you know, maybe we should get a few bread rolls for the baby. He was like, you need to chill out. He said, oh, do you want to take those dried flowers too? They'd look nice on your bloody seat. And I said, all right, chill out. Anyway, you can see that we don't fly upper class that much. And so we're quite overexcited.

And I think we, I don't know, people don't look too pissed off with us. It's actually quite a vibe in here. Yeah Jessie can I just say thank you to the lovely Brenda who's Brenda who's the lady that brought us. Janice. Oh thank you Janice. Thank You Janice. Oh what a delightful young woman she was so gorgeous you know what she told me she does 20,000 steps a day. Well, maybe you need a job in Heathrow Terminal 3. Ferrying people up and down to the first class lounge. Well, you know what?

Maybe we need to all be here. All the time. Anyway, so I'm sipping on my champagne. We've got an order in. We're going to try all the food. Well, actually, I'm a bit worried it's going to come when we're away. Yeah, let's hurry up first. Anyway, so we're starting this adventure this adventure sadly we couldn't do the live

shows in hollywood it was a situation out of our control however we were going and we wanted to still do the podcast so we decided to think of some recipes invite some people around to our house with god bless benny blanco who's letting us stay at his place oh i'm so excited as well mum we're gonna have to order a trestle table because he actually doesn't have who's letting us stay at his place. Oh, I'm so excited as well. Malibu, darling. Mum, we're going to have to order a trestle table because he actually doesn't have a table to eat on. Yeah, I know that. So do you think we can order one in?

Otherwise we're all going to be sitting on the floor and we should get a shisha pipe out or something and I don't know. Well, there's a coffee table as I remember. I mean, that works for me, but I don't know if it'll work for our big... There is a breakfast bar, isn't there? But no stalls, Mum. Oh. Benny likes to stand up and eat that's his thing okay so i could

lie on the bed all right all right chill out um anyway over the next few weeks we will be giving you guests from hollywood you know you may have eaten up our new york special we attempted years ago when i was doing coachella, we did a Randy Jackson. We tried it out on him, a little afternoon tea. Do you remember? Yeah, he loved it. He loved it.

So, Jessie, do you think they'd let us stay here forever? You know, like that film with Tom Hanks when he lived in the airport. I could live here. So Virgin Atlantic are,

look at, oh, yep, she's down. Empty. Darling, we need another. Brenda. I think I'll go on to the champagne. So if I hadn't just downed a champagne, I probably would have been on the Peloton.

Maybe I'll do that on the way back when I'm full of self-loathing after eating too many burgers. They've probably got one on the plane. Oh, man. That is the best notice I've ever read. What are you looking at? Scan for champagne. Or whatever you fancy.

Should we do it? They don't know where I am. Oh, they'll find you, Mother. You're the only woman drinking Cosmos at one o'clock in the afternoon, so they'll find you. We have been treated royally by Virgin Atlantic. Thank you so much. Yeah, thank you.

This is the biggest treat ever. It's an amazing way to start the holiday. And actually, is it quite sad that I don't think I'll ever experience this ever again? So I'm just going to make the most of it and drink and eat everything. Darling, you're just going to have to work harder. Okay, Mum. So, Hardin, we're going to order the drink. Let's see.

I'm ordering you a Cosmo, or do you not want one? Yeah, I think I do, actually. Oh, do you? Very nice. It's only been a minute since you finished your last one. Bubbles. Hold on. I love cocktails. Hold on a minute. Oh finished your last one bubbles hold on I love cocktails

hold on a minute oh chips yeah I'll have some chips sure fuck it add that to the order add more items oh mum they've got kosher

there you go what have they got kosher chopped liver chicken noodle soup they've got chicken noodle soup maybe we need to try it yeah let's try some chicken noodle soup

what else Jessie do they have oh they've got lots of stuff kosher white wine. No, don't you, Dad. You don't discriminate when it comes to alcohol, do you, Mum? No. So, okay.

What else, darling? They've got, I think we need to just try the chicken noodle soup. Hold on a minute. Let me just get... Is there any chopped liver? There isn't chopped liver because I think they realise that that may not be a... Sustainable. A favourite amongst people.

I think it's quite, and I'm getting myself Bloody Mary spicy. Oh yes. Come on. I'm just worried they won't find us. They'll find us mum. Good. So not only are we going to be cooking for our guests, we're going to be eating and drinking. I've already basically got a full itinerary of where I'm going.

Jessie, we noticed. Alex just couldn't believe it. Yeah, I need you for babysitting actually. I'm not babysitting a lot because I need you for babysitting, actually. I'm not babysitting a lot. Why? Because I need to see... Being lost. So we are going to meet my sister's boyfriend for the first time. And he has a restaurant called Greekman's in Silver Lake, which we will be eating. Yes.

What about if you don't like the food, Mum? I will definitely like the food. And even if I didn't, you'd never know. No, we're very excited about this. Who can you tell us? I'm going to take never know and the other thing is I'm going to take his family out for dinner where are you going to take them I was thinking the sunset tower oh darling so you can have oysters and you don't eat oysters I don't like oysters dirt martini I love sunset tower I love sunset tower so will you be able to find a little window I don't know yeah

um I thought when we moved back to West Hollywood from Malibu. Oh, the boo. When we moved from there. Actually, everyone says there's not that many places to eat in Malibu. There's Malibu No Boo, but I don't think we'll get in. Oh, I can get us in. Oh, my God, stop. Yeah, of course I can through Andrew. Do you think they allow children in there? Oh, text him.

Do you want me to text him? Yes. Okay. I can't believe I'm asking my mum to get me into a restaurant. This is... What the fuck's going on? It's not what you know, it's who you know, darling. Oh, my God. Okay. I can't believe I'm asking my mum to get me into a restaurant. This is... What the fuck's going on? It's not what you know, it's who you know, darling. Oh, my God.

Brilliant. I was going to go on the Malibu Pier because it's lovely. Well, you know what, actually? Good old Joe Wicks, who is an old guest of ours, he has a place in Santa Monica and he's spent a lot of time here. And? And so I've asked him for some tips for the kids. And?

And because he's such a great guy of course he gave me a massive list of stuff to do with the kids love that guy so we've got Greekmans on there no boo malibu if they allow the riffraff in I'm going to Sushi Park Benny's taking us out to a taco a taco day of course you're invited to everything um or courage bagels where else do you want to go and eat I don't know, but Alex told me about some famous place. Is it Snowcrest or something that everyone's trying to get into? Marina's had to book like four weeks in advance. That is one thing about LA that's quite different.

Hannah asked us about reservations, two months, because I think you can't get into places. But I'll tell you what, I'm going to go and eat something now. All right, OK. She says eat. She's just seen her cosmo come so we're now on board and we're in the loft which is a little social spot between upper and premium equanory with a cocktail do you think they've ever done a podcast on a Virgin Atlantic long haul? No, I don't think so.

Listen, every staff member that we've met is fabulous. Who's your new favourite? Look, Mark in upper class is already calling me Jess. Jess. So I think we need to have a chat with him. And, yeah. And, you know, Alex is sorting all the others out. She's fabulous dawn lover um

yeah we're having a lovely time i've seen the canapes my brother said have you got canapes because look a little information my brother and et al they may be an older another class to us so mum and i are living the high life worthy old alex is worried about canapes worthy old old Alex, Dr Alex is worried about whether we're getting canapes and he's not. We're not getting canapes. There is a menu. Shall I tell you what it is? Hot smoked salmon with beetroot tartare, horseradish cream and sorrel cross. How many drinks are we on now mum? About eight. Grilled asparagus with quail's egg with chive mayonnaise, rocket and parmesan salad. Oh, that sounds nice. Breaded chicken breast filled with garlic truffle butter.

I think we're talking about chicken kiv. Kiv, yeah. Garlic and ginger prawns. That's what I'm having. With Thai green curry sauce. I'm having prawns on a flight. I feel okay, actually. I'm not sure.

I feel fine. Or fig and goat's cheese tart. Oh. What about a little... They're small plates, aren't they? Can't we all get all of them? Yeah. What about passion fruit and chocolate dough?

I'm never bothered about... I like the cheese board. Oh, there's cheese and port. Oh, God. There's also warm apple and blackberry crumble. Oh, yeah. With fresh cream. I'm on a G&T. You're on a... Champagne, darling. blackberry crumble with fresh cream.

I'm on a G&T, you're on a... Champagne, darling. I'm sticking with the champagne. And my son's on a cheese muffin that I made before... Jessie the mess. That's just about defrosted and I've just made a mess in the loft. Well, it's done, isn't it? Jessie, you shouldn't have done this. Yeah, I know. OK, fine. Let's just change him over to a baguette.

Whilst Mark takes our order, we've got Dawn, who's the manager, the boss, aboard. Hi, Dawn. Hi. What would you recommend for dinner? Well, this is a new menu today, but all our food is excellent. Oh, fancy saying that. All right, fine. What would you have

if you were us chicken is very nice the prawns you're never gonna you're not gonna go wrong with the with the prawns we're fine

that's it prawns it's done and I've just made a mess so I'm getting a dustpan I'll get that Jess you definitely went for the prawns prawns yeah

love it Mark Mark's already calling me Jess we're not even an hour and a half in Jess love him him and Joanna Lumley are calling me Jess and I love it I'm here for it

so what films are you going to watch mum even though I'm cross with Will Smith I am watching King Richard and he is bloody good I'm watching Z Richard and he is bloody good He's amazing isn't he I'm watching Zola Who's in that

It's about these tweets By this dancer She did like 150 tweets It's all about this kind of road trip And about what happens in these 48 hours Jessie what have you done with your eyebrows Why They look completely different

from normal well I got them dyed by Billy Joe yesterday they look like they need a saucer of milk mum can we talk about piss off I've just looked at the kids they're eating with their little salt and peppers their little aeroplane salt and peppers living the life are they happy they are so happy they've got a little children's meal. They're eating everything. Of course, they like plain food more than their mother's food. Everybody loves plain food. I'm excited about that cheese plate. I get so excited about plain food. I always remember Zachary Quinto talking about how much he loves it.

Shout out to Jay Thirlwall, who always sits in upper, but gets the economy meal because she loves a korma on a plane. I love a korma. What plane i love a korma what what's your name my name is katie katie can i ask you a question what's the weirdest thing that someone's ordered from you or requested oh my word can i have can i have a few minutes yeah can i also ask you have you ever found anyone joining the mile high club yes oh my god shut up how many one what did you do did you say were you kind of proud of them or shocked absolutely not no it's a really inappropriate thing to be doing on an aircraft i think

as much as we all think it might be a really raunchy idea but it's a really great idea. Where were they flying to? I don't think I can say. Oh. What was the question? Las Vegas. It was a well known party room anyway. Oh no come on it couldn't have been Ibiza because that would have been a very wham bam thank you man wouldn't it? We changed to Ibiza at Virgin Atlantic. Oh so I think I got it right. Oh interesting. What was my first question? The weirdest thing that someone's requested on a flight. It would just be random drinks, like a tea and a coffee mixed together. Oh, wow.

No. Did you give it to them? Did you give it to them? Actually, still to this day, I thought to myself, I must try this and see what it tastes like. Absolutely no idea because I've still not done it, but I must. It might be a bit like chai. I mean, shall we all try one now? Shall we? I must try this and see what it tastes like. Absolutely no idea because I've still not done it in five months. It might be a bit like chai.

I mean, shall we all try one now? No, I'm not having one. No thanks. On that note, do you guys want anything else to drink? Anything alcoholic, non-alcoholic? I'll have a glass of wine with dinner. Fancy that mum. I'm going to pull Mark for a chat.

Mark, can I ask you the weirdest thing that someone's requested on a flight for you? Well, I haven't been here only a matter of weeks. I've had no requests. Are you a newbie? I'm very new. Oh. How does it feel to be part of the team? Well, to be you guys, that's funny, isn't it?

Oh, shut up. I've spent 30 years in the police. You're kidding. What? Oh, they need people like you in case they're doing bad things. Watch out for Lenny. The people I was dealing with before, when I say you guys are nice, before it was the not-so-nice of society.

So now I'm dealing with people who smile and are glad to see you rather than sometimes when you used to knock on a door, they weren't so happy to see you. That's so fascinating that you've gone from the police force to being a flight attendant. 30 years of patrolling the streets of London, and now I'm here. Well, good for you. Well, good on you.

So that's why I say it's nice to be around nice people. Aw, smart. Thanks, Mark. The seatbelt signs will soon be turned on for landing. Just a little bit of information for you now, Let's talk about the fact that you just called memes memes. I thought it was a French word. Oh yes because it's très sophistiquette. That's what I thought. Zou a rom.

It's memes. Zou talor. Okay. Memes. How's your flight been, Mum? It's been all right, darling. Yeah, I know. I haven't seen you all day.

Two rom-coms and King Richard. And I've had some crab cakes for office. This is my favourite. This is my favourite that my mum does. She goes, Darling, I'll look after them. Don, darling, I'll look after them. Don't worry. I'll look after them.

All back turned, all flight. But Sam was in here in my seat. I gave up my seat for him. Oh, oh. For the listeners that are listening to this, she gave up her seat to go to another one further away from the child. Darling? Yeah. Sam was in there with him. Do you want me to get in with your husband as well?

You like this life, don't you? Yeah. Anyway, I did watch one film. I watched At Zola or you call it Zola. Was it any good? Amazing. Are you going to be a stripper next? Absolutely not. Not with the bloody amount that I just bloody ate.

Me too. I won't be dancing on a pole. I have to say the food was delicious. And? I loved my Thai green curry, prawn curry. You know what? I loved Mark who bought it to me because I was looking after the baby in the loft bit, holding him and trying to get him to sleep.

And so he brought my dinner to me and I just thought that was a really nice touch. Where are you going tomorrow Mark? Where am I going tomorrow? We're watching. I'm going we're watching tomorrow yeah. And then go up to the Hollywood sign. Oh the Hollywood sign? Up to the Hollywood sign.

That's quite a schlep, you know that. I did it a few weeks ago. Nigh on killed me because I didn't take any water with me. So this time, I'll remember to take water, like a good boy, and not run for the nearest bar when I get down. It's exciting, that Hollywood sign. Mum, maybe we should walk up to the Hollywood sign for some memes.

Okay, memes. Apart from eating and drinking. Yeah. What will you be doing? Will you be joining me at Runyon Canyon? Yeah, I'll go to Runyon. I'll go to Griffith's. Griffith's.

Observatory. I like Silver Lake. So you can re Silver Lake La La Land The last time I was there I went to Central Station Have you been there with all the food? No It is amazing Oh yeah it's really good

It's so exciting It's like being at Borough Market but bigger In fact that's where you can get your nice locks from Yeah And bagels I'm tired Yeah I'm a bit tired I'm terrified for the night ahead

I think we're going to be alright But I'm very excited Why? To be I haven't been in America for I don't know Since New York Was that the November before

It was November The apocalypse came November 2018 It was We have been doing this a while, haven't we? Yeah. We were due a new American series, Mother. Yeah, and I'm not tired of it.

No? No. Looking forward to meeting new celebs, interesting people. Thank you, Virgin at Lancer. For looking after us like queens. Yeah, honestly, they're very nice. Everyone's delightful and kind and really looked after us. just passing Las Vegas on the right hand side of the aircraft. We're still going to descend into Los Angeles in the next five minutes or so. Latest weather we have, reasonably pleasant evening, a temperature of 16 degrees centigrade and 61 degrees Fahrenheit,

under mostly cloudy skies with a light breeze from the west. For those of you that haven't already done so, you might like to reset your watches to the local time in Los Angeles, which is 8 hours behind London. It's local time now, just coming up to 16 minutes past 7 in the evening. We anticipate landing in a little over half an hour at 5 minutes to 8. Just leaves me to thank you for choosing to fly with Virgin Atlantic and I'm sure we're safe and pleasant on the journey. Thank you. And that's a wrap.