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Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard
Going behind closed doors to visit the Playboy Mansion is something many red-blooded American men can only dream of.
Jeff Strom did it almost every day for five months.
"(Tourists) would yell `You're my hero' when I went in the front gate," says the spiky-haired Strom, 31, who has the unique job title of on-call chef at the Playboy Mansion West in Los Angeles. "It was always kind of my dream, to meet (Playboy founder) Hugh Hefner. I grew up around Playboys. My dad was a subscriber."
Although Strom says he's welcome to return to the mansion anytime he wants, at the moment he's focused on opening the Agate Alley Bistro & Bar on East 19th Avenue, in the site of the old Saigon restaurant.
Strom serves as the head chef and kitchen manager. The bistro is set to open in early April.
Doug Beaird, the restaurant's owner, says seeing Playboy on his head chef's resume certainly caught his attention.
"What amazed me is you can actually call the Playboy Mansion and somebody will pick up the phone," said Beaird, who did, in fact, call Strom's references.
Working for Hefner has its advantages and disadvantages, says Strom...
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