Gube isn’t the only person who brought his own horological props to the show. In episode two, Sidney sends Gary “Sweeps” [the restaurant’s head sommelier] to Alpana—a real Chicago restaurant run by Alpana Singh, the youngest woman to receive the rank of master sommelier—to learn about wine pairings. In a scene with the real Singh, a Tiffany watch is visible as she raises her glass to taste. As with Gube, this wasn’t one of Roeper’s props but Singh’s own timepiece.
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