Miss Amelie owner and executive chef David Kapay said kitchen banter had been taken out of context in a video posted to the restaurant's Instagram page on Sunday.

In the video Mr Kapay says: "I think there's going to be some semi-hot b****** in the crowd."

He said he was regurgitating words used earlier by a female chef.

"I thought it was a video of me plating up canapes," Mr Kapay said.

"I didn't even think it had audio; it captured inappropriate kitchen banter. I'm extremely apologetic; I was stupid to post it."

A Melbourne-based Border Mail reader, who grew up in Albury, said he was shocked when he noticed the Instagram post on Sunday: "I just think it's a bit disrespectful to his customers."

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David's wife, Sally Kapay, said her husband and father to their two daughters was a wonderful role model.

She said five out of seven kitchen staff at Miss Amelie were female and there were no men working on the floor.

"He is a role model and champion for women in the industry," she said.