In preparation for his May 2 bout with Filipino eight-division title holder Manny Pacquiao, undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr hired a chef to prepare him meals that cost $1,000 per plate. She chef is known as Chef Q.

She is Quiana Jefferies, born in Los Angeles but had a grandmother from Louisiana who taught her how to cook southern dishes, reports Business Insider. The graduate of Culinary Arts Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena, after working in various dining establishments from hotels to shelters, was part of the reality show Guy’s Grocery Games by restaurateur Guy Fieri and then cooked for celebrity life coach Tony Gaskins.

Chef Q became part of the Money Team when she was invited to cook for Mayweather preparation for his rematch with Argentinean boxer Marcos Maidana in late 2014. Her deal was only for eight weeks but because Mayweather liked her dishes, she was hired as fulltime chef and cooks for him whenever the boxer wants a particular dish.

“I am available to him 24 hours a day 7 days a week,” said Chef Q who cited organic beef tacos, spaghetti with homemade sauce, any type of Cajun fish, organic barbecue shredded beef or gumbo as among Mayweather’s favourite food.

However, his all-time favourite is oxtail smothered in gravy with mash potatoes and broccoli. Although Mayweather eats whatever he likes, she ensures that his diet is high in protein, low in carbohydrates and has a lot of veggies.

With each meal, she juices organic fruits and veggies for Mayweather to get the proper nutrients and vitamins that would rebuild his system before and after each workout, Chef Q shares. She plans to place her champ’s recipes in a cookbook and dreams of having a food show on Oprah Winfrey’s network. But she plans to remain Mayweather’s private chef forever.

Meanwhile, tickets to the fight are expected to begin selling at 8 pm of Thursday, reports Eurosport. Ticket prices are from $1,500 to $7,000. With the ticket sales and pay-per-view sales as well as other sources of income, both boxers are expected to come home richer by $100 million each, their biggest in their career histories for a single bout.

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