Whilst working as Head Chef of a fine dining Italian restaurant called The Tuscany Inn located in Middlesburg Virginia, I was lucky enough to cook for Paul Newman 3 times….( I think it was 1992 or 1993 scratching his head) anyway that year quite few movers and shakers walked into The Tuscany Inn including members of the Kennedy clan who where polite and yet low key. On the other hand The Smothers Brothers got drunk & rude in equal proportion. Arguing in public which of them was the funnier, eventually they were asked to leave.

Mr Newman was one of several movie stars at the time that had a horse ranch or working farm in Virginia, a place to get away from the glitz and hype of Hollywood.
Like most of the other famous people I’ve met I found him to be gracious and polite.
For a large part of his life horses and fast cars have been Paul’s two other loves after his wife Joann Woodward. I also admire the way his food company since it’s beginning in 1982 donate all their profits and royalties after taxes for educational and charitable purposes. Currently the amount is over $200 million dollars.