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Bridget Hones meets Anthony Bourdain
this may be my perfect book. i'd never heard of slutty cheff before picking up this proof at LBF but i'll now be reading anything and everything she writes <3 'tart' follows slutty cheff's (an anonymous female chef) life as a progressing chef in her twenties: the highs and lows of her mental health, the macho culture of hospitality and kitchens, the exploration of well-respected restaurants across london, the men she's seeing that come and go, and the never-ending descriptions of FOOD. this could not be any further up my street! absolutely obsessed. laugh-out-loud funny and fantastic (food) porn (lol). dare i say my favourite book of the year so far?
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Piggybacking on Bourdain’s incredibly popular, incredibly shocking memoir about the realities of being a chef - sex, drugs, and escarole - our nameless narrator shares a romance set against London’s fine dining scene.
The romance is not what you’d expect, though there’s plenty of sex.
The romance isn’t with a man or a woman, but instead with the burst of adrenaline chef gets every time she sets foot into the crazed atmosphere of a kitchen. Between the whirring tickets demanding her attention, the food runners waiting less than patiently for their plates, and her fellow chefs shouting obscenities at one another, our chef is in love.
It’s something made more accessible of late in pop culture, with books and television giving a glimpse, but it becomes clear: if you aren’t really in the kitchen you’ll never understand.
Chef struggles with depression, seeking salvation in a man, in sex, in conversations with her long suffering father, in a wrap full of knives. She falls in love over and over - and it’s hard to say which lovers are worse for her, the men or the restaurants.
Chef is brash and unforgiving. If women talking about sex (and having it) makes you uncomfortable, this book isn’t for you. But if you’re looking for an uncensored look at the obsession required to become a chef, look no further.
It’s a book that will be great for discussion, preferably around a table set with fine silver, a heavy pour of wine, and a meal that knocks your socks off. And while it’s technically listed as non-fiction memoir, it reads like heady contemporary fiction/romance.
It’s also funny as hell.
While it can be repetitive at times, I highly recommend it if food culture interests you. I devoured this one in 24 hours and I’m still thinking about it.
Vibe check: Restaurant Confidential, The Bear
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Thank you goodreads for the copy in a give away. I’m going to be honest it’s a good book. Not at all what I was expecting though. I definitely thought with the authors pen name and the title it would be more explicit so if your a romance reader like myself tame down sexy expectations. The way the author talks about food and cooking however… that was sexy. As this is an ARC copy if you’re taking suggestions before final print. Put in the fish soup recipe, or please send it to me I need it desperately 😭