The Surprising Reason Johnny Depp Never Enjoyed Playing Around Chocolate
Johnny Depp has spent decades playing the most eccentric characters Hollywood has ever seen. But as it turns out, the real man behind Captain Jack Sparrow might have the most unexpected food story of all.
From a dish he’d kill for to a sweet treat he can barely stomach, Depp’s relationship with food is as strange and layered as any character he’s ever played. And once you find out what’s actually on his plate, you won’t look at him quite the same way.
The One Dish He’d Literally Kill For
Cochinita pibil stands out as Depp’s ultimate favorite food. This traditional Mexican dish is made from slow-roasted pork marinated in citrus juice and achiote paste, wrapped in banana leaves, and cooked until impossibly tender.
Depp loves pork so deeply that he has claimed it is the best food in the world, and that he genuinely cannot understand how anyone could choose not to eat it. The man has opinions.
In ‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico,’ his character orders it everywhere he goes, always paired with a tequila and lime, describing it as his all-time favorite. That obsession, it turns out, was not entirely fictional.
A Kentucky Boy Who Went Mexican
Born in Kentucky and having spent years living in both France and Italy, Depp’s deepest culinary loyalty still belongs firmly south of the border. His favorite cuisine is Mexican, spanning tacos, elote, enchiladas, and chilaquiles.
He reportedly ate eggs benedict every single morning while filming in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Larder Cafe. The café eventually named their eggs benedict dish after him.
The Willy Wonka Who Couldn’t Stand Chocolate
Depp was allergic to chocolate as a child, even suffering from rashes because of it. He eventually outgrew the allergy, but the love for the stuff never really followed.
Juliette Binoche later revealed that while filming ‘Chocolat,’ Depp was quietly spitting out chocolate between every single take. The man starred in two chocolate-themed films and was not a fan of either experience.
Fine Wine, Cheap Chocolate, and a Paris Restaurant
Despite playing Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp actually prefers fine wine to rum, gravitating toward bottles like Chateau Calon-Segur and Chateau Petrus. When he steps outside the wine world, a blueberry and ginger bourbon sour is reportedly his go-to.
He once co-owned a Paris restaurant-bar called Man Ray with Sean Penn, John Malkovich, and Mick Hucknall, housed in a former cinema near the Champs-Élysées. Because of course he did.
For dessert, despite everything, Depp reportedly reaches for either cheap chocolate or a classic British sticky toffee pudding. The man contains multitudes.
Johnny Depp turns out to be a man of beautiful contradictions, a slow-roasted pork devotee who co-owned a Paris supper club, a Kentucky boy who went full Mexican, and a chocolate factory owner who was quietly spitting it into a bin between takes. Honestly, it only makes him more interesting.
