Balthazar staff lash out at James Corden after he claimed omelet tantrum was caused by egg allergy

The infamous omelet saga began on October 9 when Corden and his wife Julia dined at the restaurant with friends. Julia asked for an all-yolk omelet – something that is not on the extensive brunch menu.

When it arrived, the dish contained some egg whites.  Corden sent it back to the kitchen and when it returned, he says it was still ‘wrong’.

‘My wife explained that she has a serious food allergy. The meals came, my wife was given the food that she was allergic to…her meal came wrong to the table the third time,’ he said last night on his CBS show last night.

He apologized making a ‘snide’ remark that he should cook it himself, and has been completely forgiven by Keith McNally, the restaurant owner who was the first to shame him over the incident.

‘It takes a real man to do this. In the past, I’ve behaved much worse than Corden, but wasn’t man enough to apologize. For this reason, I’m going to lift the ban on Corden,’ McNally said on Tuesday.

But staff at the restaurant weren’t buying Corden’s apology on Tuesday.

‘I’m sorry but that is bulls**t,’ one server, who declined to be named, told DailyMail.com.

James Corden last night apologized for being rude to staff at Balthazar and said the reason he was so upset was that he was trying to ensure his wife Julia, who has a ‘serious food allergy’, wasn’t given something that would make her ill

The mid-week breakfast menu at Balthazar. There are only two omelet options on this menu and on the brunch menu, which Corden ordered from. Both contain egg whites

Corden’s wife ordered the Omelette with Herbs but requested it be cooked using only egg yolks and no egg whites

There are only two omelets on the menu at the famous New York City eatery; the $25 Omelette with Herbs, and the $27, Egg-White Omelette. Both come with a side of home fries or salad.

The servers explained that Corden was asking for something that is not offered, and was angry when it wasn’t up to his standards.

‘He wanted an omelet that had only egg yolks. Not the egg-white omelet, just egg yolks.

‘Firstly, how do you know that you’re allergic to the white but not the yolk? And secondly, why then would you even bother ordering an omelet?’ he asked.

There are plenty of egg-free options on the Balthazar Sunday brunch menu, including Belgian waffles, pancakes and nine entrée options like the house burger or salad.

The staff at Balthazar suggested that the egg allergy was not the real reason for Corden’s outburst, and that he had been rude to them in the past.

‘We deal with that kind of behavior from people all the time.

‘But he… he was very, very rude,’ George, one of the barmen, said.

The egg-white menu at Balthazar which is served with salad or home fries. Staff on Tuesday offered a complimentary glass of champagne when ordered. They previously told the owner that Corden began ‘yelling like crazy’ when Julia’s all-yolk omelet was brought out with home fries instead of salad

Corden and his wife Julia eating at Scott’s in London in 2018. He said his wife told staff politely that she had a ‘serious food allergy’

Some doctors advise that a person with an egg allergy can safely eat cooked egg yolks, since yolks contain less protein than whites and are therefore less allergenic.

At the foot of the long breakfast and brunch menu is a note to inform diners that while ‘every effort will be made to accommodate food allergies’ but that staff ‘cannot always guarantee’ it will be possible.

Balthazar owner Keith McNally

A female diner having brunch with her partner at the bar on Tuesday sent back her dish quietly.

She had ordered the egg-white omelet, but was served the yolky alternative.

George apologized and promptly swapped them, insisting it was ‘entirely his fault’.

The woman gladly accepted the replacement.

McNally also owns Pastis, Minetta Tavern and Morandi in the West Village – three well-known, well-respected New York institutions that are regularly frequented by celebrities.

He first shamed Corden on Instagram, telling his followers how the comedian had twice abused staff.

Balthazar owner Keith McNally forgave Corden on Tuesday after his on-air apology

On the first occasion, he said Corden demanded free drinks for his entire table after finding a hair in his food, which McNally accepted was ‘diabolical’ but happens in most restaurants occasionally.

The brunch incident occurred on October 9. Julia ordered an all-yolk omelet – an uncommon request.

McNally’s original description makes no note of the egg-white allergy.

‘Mr. Corden’s wife ordered an egg yolk omelette with gruyere cheese and salad.

‘A few minutes after they received the food, James called their server, M. K. and told her there was a little bit of egg white mixed with the egg yolk. M. K. informed the floor manager, G.

‘The kitchen remade the dish but unfortunately sent it with home fries instead of salad.

‘That’s when James Corden began yelling like crazy to the server: “You can’t do your job! You can’t do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelette myself!’

Corden, last night, claimed he was calm, did not yell and therefore did not think he’d done anything wrong.

In an interview with The New York Times the day after McNally’s post, he said the subject was ‘beneath’ discussion.

‘I just think it’s beneath all of us. It’s beneath you. It’s certainly beneath your publication,’ he told the reporter.

Last night, he apologized on his show for being ‘snide’.

‘Because I didn’t shout or scream, I didn’t get up out of my seat, I didn’t call anyone names or use derogatory language, I have been walking around thinking that I’ve not done anything wrong.

‘But I have. I made a rude comment,’ he said, adding that he ‘values and respects’ anyone and everyone in the service industry.

Corden’s current contract with Viacom CBS for his Late Late Show expires next year.

He and his wife are selling their $9.7million home in Brentwood and are planning to return to the UK next year.