Irish J1 student doesn't recognise she's serving Leo Varadkar at work 5 years ago

Irish J1 student doesn't recognise she's serving Leo Varadkar at work

Wait your turn, Taoiseach.

When you're on your J1, you expect to meet a lot of Irish people but you never think that you will meet someone as well-known as this.

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While Leo Varadkar, the Taoiseach of Ireland, might be well known to me, you and nearly everyone in this country, he just wasn't a familiar face to Emma Kelly.

Kelly is on her J1 in Chicago where Varadkar is taking a little vacation and the Dublin student just didn't clock who it was.

Posting a tweet she said: "Leo varadkar comes into our restaurant in Chicago, first I ask is he Irish then I put him on a wait list and then I put him at a tiny table."

Not only has poor old Emma Kelly completely blanked the fact that it's the Taoiseach she's also given him some unintentional cold treatment.

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Then, the realisation hits Kelly like a Dublin bus and after she has the lightbulb moment that the Irish man in the casual attire is who he is, she tries to save it all by taking a photo with him...

Leo Varadkar saw the funny side to the whole thing and decided to reply to Emma's tweet about her awkward encounter with him.

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Varadkar said: "Thanks Emma. The food & service was gr8. Enjoy the rest of your J1."