Ely got his start at Buckingham Palace (yes, that Buckingham Palace; this guy is the real deal) and more recently worked for Brooke Astor, the famous philanthropist. He's now teaching weeklong classes at the French Culinary Institute. (You really need to read the whole article. It's a hoot!) Among other things, students learn that:
A bed should not be made immediately after one wakes, but rather, left alone, preferably near an open window, to allow the sleeper’s perspiration to evaporate.
When laying out an employer’s clothing, drape the trousers over the seat of a chair first, with a dress shirt folded — unbuttoned and with cuff links attached — atop them, and underclothes in turn atop the shirt, in reverse order of the boss’s getting dressed. Shoes, without horns, to the side, socks laid over them. Leave out three ties — the boss’s only choice to make in the morning.
Meat tenderizer is good for blood stains in cotton.
And that last one reminded me of this famous Seinfeld bit:
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