# @benzinga on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zbnyPt6mI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20106948-benzinga-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-29T14:51:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Benzinga | News That Moves (@benzinga) — https://gondola.cc/benzinga

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Despite his vast wealth, Gates has a fondness for simplicity in his diet, particularly when it comes to lunch - he’s known for his love of cheeseburgers.

“If you get the lunchtime slot with Bill, you’re eating burgers. Someone will always be sent to get bags of McDonald’s,” Joe Cerrell, managing director of the Gates Foundation, said.

Renowned Spanish Michelin-starred Chef Jordi Cruz recently reminisced about an unusual encounter with Gates. The billionaire made an unexpected visit to ABaC, Cruz’s award-winning restaurant in Barcelona, leaving everyone perplexed by his choice.

“Some time ago, Bill Gates came to the restaurant. Everyone came with him … his 25 bodyguards, entourage. Bill booked out the whole restaurant, just for him,” Cruz said. “We had prepared the best and biggest for him and his team. And do you know what Bill did? He ordered a Diet Coke and went back to his plane.”

According to Cruz, Gates had reserved the restaurant for two full days, and while his entourage enjoyed the culinary delights of ABaC, Gates opted for a simple Diet Coke. The restaurant’s $313 tasting menu features extravagant dishes such as whipped hazelnut butter with bread crusts and caviar, flame-roasted guineafowl with corn, foie gras, sesame and black mole sauce, along with a dessert offering called a globe of lollipops with strawberry kakigōri, milk chocolate and tonka beans.

When questioned about whether Gates had sampled any of the dishes, Cruz responded with a resounding, “Zero.”

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