The Devil in the Kitchen : Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2008
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- Title
- The Devil in the Kitchen : Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
- Author
- White, Marco Pierre
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1596914971
- ISBN 13
- 9781596914971
- Item weight
- 0.631 pounds
- Dimensions
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An exhilarating memoir from the original "bad boy" of cooking and a thrilling look behind the doors of a 3-star kitchen.
Without question, the original rock-star chef is Marco Pierre White. Anyone with even a passing interest in the food world knows White is a legend. The first British chef (and the youngest chef anywhere) to win three Michelin stars-and also the only chef ever to give them all back-is a chain-smoking, pot-throwing culinary genius whose fierce devotion to food has been the only constant throughout a life of tabloid-ready turmoil.
In THE DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN, White tells the story behind his ascent from working-class roots to culinary greatness, leaving no dish unserved as he relays raucous and revealing tales featuring some of the biggest names in the food world and beyond, including Mario Batali, Gordon Ramsay, Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc, Michael Caine, Damien Hirst, and even Prince Charles.
With searing honesty and wicked humor, he gives us insight into how one becomes a great chef, what it's like to run a 3-star kitchen, and why, sometimes, you really do need to throw a cheese plate at the wall.
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About the Author
Born in Yorkshire, England, in 1961, Marco is the son and grandson of chefs. He trained under masters such as Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc and Pierre Koffmann, and then opened his first restaurant, Harveys, in south-west London. His protégés included Gordon Ramsay and Jason Atherton.
Marco's 1990 bestseller White Heat is described as the most influential cookbook ever written. It inspired a generation of young cooks, including Tom Kerridge and Anthony Bourdain.
In 1995, Marco won his three stars at the age of 33, at Restaurant Marco Pierre White at the Hyde Park Hotel.
As a gossip columnist in the late eighties, James Steen phoned Harveys to speak with Marco Pierre White. A maître d' answered the phone and ranted on in a strong French accent about how White was "a monster, a crazy man, a lunatic to work for." The "maître d'," it transpired, was White. The relationship went from there. Steen, an award-winning journalist and food writer, continues to collaborate with chefs on their books. He lives a short stroll from what was once Harveys.
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