Meghan Markle Bought the Crew on ‘With Love, Meghan’ This Thoughtful Gift

Meghan Markle isn’t a professional chef, but With Love, Meghan’s director Michael Steed said of the Duchess of Sussex that “Her cooking is pretty spot-on.”

Steed, who previously worked on the Emmy-winning series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, told People that the show wasn’t meant to make it seem like she is a chef, “but there’s just a love of cooking that is palpable.”

Throughout the eight-part series—which premiered on Netflix on March 4—Meghan mentioned multiple times that it was okay to embrace imperfection, an ethos that Steed echoes. “For me, imperfection is a wonderful thing,” he said, adding, “I really wanted to embrace and celebrate all of the mistakes and mess and all that good stuff.”

Chef Roy Choi joined Meghan for episode 3 of the show, and said of her culinary skills, “She was great. This wasn’t an act, you know? This is something she truly loves to do. She was very natural in the kitchen. She knows how to welcome people—that’s a big part of cooking, too.”

Steed describes Meghan as “friendly” and as someone who created a “comfortable environment” for everyone on set. For her part, Meghan called the on-set experience “communal,” and Steed said, “Her relationship with the crew became really tight fairly quickly. She has an understanding of what it means to be on set, and she connected with the crew more than anyone.”

“She’s a pro,” he added.

A crew member on the set told People, “Most of the time, we're expected to fade into the background, to be invisible. But in this show, we were part of it. We were included. It was a very unique and refreshing experience.”

“She made sure everyone felt included, from Netflix executives to our director to every PA on set,” the crew member continues. “No one was left out,” adding of the crew, “Meghan made us feel seen.”

He also detailed that Meghan provided a coffee cart in the morning and, on one hot day, she made sure a shaved ice truck was there at lunch. On other days, she had an ice cream cart with local homemade ice cream, and on another day, she had an acai truck for the crew. At the end of filming, crew members were given a sauté-style fry pan and a personally monogrammed spoon with “Thank You, Crew” written in her handwriting.

“It was really lovely,” he said.

With Love, Meghan will return for a second season later this year, the Duchess of Sussex announced on March 7.

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