The Making of a Chef

220, illustrated with coloured plates. The edges are bumped, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. "Luke Mangan is one of Australasia's most recognisable celebrity chefs, with an 'empire' of restaurants and four bestselling cookbooks to his name. And by all accounts, his early days in the industry were a heady mix of hard work and wild behaviour. But in this fascinating memoir, Luke Mangan tells of how he 'grew up' - from his unruly Melbourne childhood as one of seven boys, through his early sleepless days and nights as an apprentice in the 80s and his time under Michel Roux in Europe; to take on the mantle of responsibility he bears now, with a network of international restaurants and the commitment to active charity and community work. A real insight into the behind-the-scenes life of a celebrity chef." (Publisher).