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Trump Employs QAnon Believer As Pastry Chef at Mar-a-Lago
Pastry chef Elizabeth Alfieri bakes cakes and posts about her belief in a conspiracy theory that Democrats are pedophiles.
Pastry chef Elizabeth Alfieri bakes cakes and posts about her belief in a conspiracy theory that Democrats are pedophiles.
Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago resort appears to employ a pastry chef who frequently posts online about her belief in the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory.
Elizabeth Alfieri, a Florida pastry chef, has posted dozens of times on Instagram using QAnon hashtags and slogans, often using pictures taken at Mar-a-Lago itself. Alfieriâs Instagram posts were first reported by 1100 Pennsylvania, a newsletter that reports on Trumpâs properties.
On Christmas, for example, Alfieri posted an Instagram picture of a gingerbread house in what appears to be a Mar-a-Lago ballroom. The side of the gingerbread house is emblazoned with a âQâ made of blue frosting and dusted with glitter.
It wasnât clear whether Alfieri herself had added the frosted âQ.â
âMerry Christmas from the Jewel of Palm Beach,â Alfieri wrote, adding a â#QAnonâ hashtag and the acronym âWWG1WGA,â a reference to the QAnon slogan âWhere we go one, we go all.â
QAnon centers on thousands of clues posted by an anonymous person called âQ,â who posits a world of Satanic rituals reminiscent of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. QAnon believers think that Trump is engaged in a shadowy secret war against pedophiles in the Democratic Party and Hollywood.
QAnon believers have been involved in dangerous incidents, with one charged with shutting down a bridge near the Hoover Dam with an improvised armored truck and another accused of murdering his brother with a sword because he thought he was a lizard.
Alfieri and the Trump Organization didnât respond to requests for comment. Alfieriâs LinkedIn page shows her in a chefâs uniform with the Mar-a-Lago logo on it, and sheâs described on the menu for a charity fundraiser as a chef at Mar-a-Lago.
Alfieri made her Instagram private after being contacted by 1100 Pennsylvania, although some of her posts are preserved online through aggregator sites and in screenshots.
In her profile on a pro-Trump groupâs website, Alfieri writes that she quit her last job to âhave the privilege of using my talents for the service of the First Family.â Since then, Alfieri appears to have gained access to Mar-a-Lagoâs inner-workings.
On New Yearâs Eve, she posted an Instagram picture of a fishing-themed birthday cake intended for Donald Trump Jr. when it was still in the kitchen, adding QAnon-related hashtag to the post. A Google Reverse Image search doesnât turn up any other examples of the picture online that werenât related to Alfieriâs Instagram.
Trump Jr. later posted a picture of himself with the same cake on Instagram.
Alfieri also claimed to interact with the Secret Service at Mar-a-Lago. She posted pictures of  Secret Service security pins, tagging them with QAnon-related hashtags.
Those arenât the only QAnon references on Alfieriâs Instagram. She once posted a picture of a Mar-a-Lago table marked â17,â a number that is important to QAnon believers because âQâ is the 17th letter of the alphabet.
âMerry Christmas Anons everywhere! #wwg1wga #Qanon #Q,â Alfieri wrote, alluding to QAnon believers who call themselves âAnons.â
Alfieri has found ways to tie her passion for baking into QAnon. In January, she posted a picture of a bundt cake with a slice cut out to form a âQ.â
âNothing to see here,â Alfieri wrote in the caption, adding the hashtag #doyouseemeQ.
Alfieri has also made QAnon references on her Twitter account, which has been deleted. She uses QAnon slogans in her Twitter bio. She also interacted on Twitter with â@TheRealRAnon,â a Twitter account that pretends to be John F. Kennedy Jr., who QAnon believers claim is still alive.
This isnât the first time a QAnon believer has been close to a top Trump administration official. Trump met in the Oval Office with QAnon promoter Lionel Lebron in August. A Florida SWAT Team officer wore a QAnon patch while protecting Mike Pence in November, and was ultimately demoted for wearing the patch.
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