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“She walked in with all her glam,” Scott recalled of the model and TV personality, who has dined at some of the world’s ritziest restaurants. “I was so nervous I was going to do something wrong.”
The 21-year-old Scott got a $1,000 tip.
Scott said she never saw such a large tip — way, way, way above the customary 20 percent — coming.
"People kept saying you are going to get a fat tip," Scott said. "I was like 'Oh my god, praise the Lord,'" Scott said of the 516 percent tip on a $193.81 bill.
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Teigen, the wife of singer John Legend, a Springfield native, ordered a glass of Pinot Grigio and a list of appetizers that included a Steakhouse Quesadilla and Outback's famed Bloomin' Onion.
“‘You have to take this away from me,’” Scott recalled Teigen saying. “‘I am going to eat it all.’”
At one point, Legend and his father Ron Stephens came, picked up baby Luna and left to meet friends at nearby Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Scott said.
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Teigen, who ordered a crispy chicken sandwich for her meal, is on record as a big fan of the Australian-themed chain restaurant’s Bloomin’ Onion.
Earlier this year, the "Lip Sync Battle" star and foodie got a private lesson on how to make the appetizer from an Outback chef, according to People magazine.
She and Legend documented that experience on social media.
Scott, a two-year Outback employee, said the biggest surprise came after she delivered the bill to Tiegen and her party.
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The extra money came in handy for Scott and her husband Jordan, an Outback employee cooking in the kitchen that night.
The couple’s cars are on the fritz.
Scott shared part of the money with her coworkers. The rest will be used towards car issues.
She’s always wanted to wait on a famous person.
“It was an awesome experience,” Scott said of waiting on Teigen.
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@chrissyteigen daughter is wearing a shirt with blooming onions on it...... can she be my mom?¿ pic.twitter.com/NoxtTj8A1M
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![Chrissy Teigen and John Legend first met on the set of Legend's "Stereo" music video in 2007. "I'm not going to lie. We hooked up. [And then when he went on tour] I left him by himself for a while," she told Cosmopolitan. "The worst thing you can do is try to lock someone like that down early on, then have them think, 'There's so much more out there.' I played it cool for a long time. Never once did I ask, 'What are we?' Marriage was never my goal, because I've never been very traditional. I was just happy to be with him."](https://www.daytondailynews.com/resizer/v2/XC2EZY7QYGNZUF4UERIJXASSEM.jpg?auth=32d0000437723d2aa95ce315a53f6651f0a318a8080a3d26a7eaa17af7c957f8&width=2000&smart=true)
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Waaaaaaaaay more than the standard 20%.
Posted by Dayton.com on Thursday, November 2, 2017
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