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Sadie On A Plate
by Amanda Elliot
Ok, Sadie on a Plate was a super cute book! There is romance but it takes a back seat to the main plot, which is a Food Network style cooking competition show for chefs to get their own restaurant. Chef Supreme sounds like The Next Food Network Star, which they can't obviously use.
Sadie Rosen was a sous chef at a popular Seattle restaurant until some scandal left her fired and disgraced. We find out later what happened, and it made me mad because while she might have used poor judgment she was also a victim of something. And it had nothing to do with her cooking. She gets a call to talk to producers of Chef Sipreme and then is invited to be a contestant in their next season. So off she goes to New York City. She meets a handsome guy who sits next to her on the plane, and they hit it off. Except Sadie wonders if he is competition because they are both chefs. They share an unforgettable meal before they part, and Sadie then finds out Luke is actually a judge. His dad is a famous chef and expects him to succeed in French cuisine, but his Korean grandmother taught him the love of food. His dad is a major snob / racist about ethnic food which makes me wonder why he married a Korean American woman.
Anyway, Sadie wants to cook her grandma Ruth's Jewish cooking with a modern twist. She soon meets her competition and the challenges start. I was interested as I enjoy watching these types of shows. One of the person who competes is named Kel and their chosen pronouns are they/them (nombinary) so the author did an excellent job writing this even though it might have been easier without as there were a few confusing sentences.
When Sadie initially starts the Chef Supreme show, and there are cameras *everywhere* Luke pretends he doesn't know her and even calls her by the wrong name. Sadie knows it is an act to keep her out of trouble with the show, as he praises her dishes. They seem to keep meeting by the bathroom where there's no cameras. But then Sadie finds herself face to face with her old head chef who fired her. She becomes so flustered that she drops a plate and botches the challenge. I wish that there would have been more emphasis on what the chef did as revenge because her food was better liked than his- was actually illegal- I'm not sure about the state of WA but in New York it is- [revenge redacted] and he likely did it on purpose to get possible collateral on her.
Anyway, it was a cute romance as we got a HEA and Sadie got her restaurant dream. As to whether she won Chef Supreme or was in the top 4, you'll have to read the book to find out. Plus points for Jewish representation, especially cooking which is the heart and soul of a Jewish bubbe (grandmother) showing love through food.
4/5☆
Sadie Rosen was a sous chef at a popular Seattle restaurant until some scandal left her fired and disgraced. We find out later what happened, and it made me mad because while she might have used poor judgment she was also a victim of something. And it had nothing to do with her cooking. She gets a call to talk to producers of Chef Sipreme and then is invited to be a contestant in their next season. So off she goes to New York City. She meets a handsome guy who sits next to her on the plane, and they hit it off. Except Sadie wonders if he is competition because they are both chefs. They share an unforgettable meal before they part, and Sadie then finds out Luke is actually a judge. His dad is a famous chef and expects him to succeed in French cuisine, but his Korean grandmother taught him the love of food. His dad is a major snob / racist about ethnic food which makes me wonder why he married a Korean American woman.
Anyway, Sadie wants to cook her grandma Ruth's Jewish cooking with a modern twist. She soon meets her competition and the challenges start. I was interested as I enjoy watching these types of shows. One of the person who competes is named Kel and their chosen pronouns are they/them (nombinary) so the author did an excellent job writing this even though it might have been easier without as there were a few confusing sentences.
When Sadie initially starts the Chef Supreme show, and there are cameras *everywhere* Luke pretends he doesn't know her and even calls her by the wrong name. Sadie knows it is an act to keep her out of trouble with the show, as he praises her dishes. They seem to keep meeting by the bathroom where there's no cameras. But then Sadie finds herself face to face with her old head chef who fired her. She becomes so flustered that she drops a plate and botches the challenge. I wish that there would have been more emphasis on what the chef did as revenge because her food was better liked than his- was actually illegal- I'm not sure about the state of WA but in New York it is- [revenge redacted] and he likely did it on purpose to get possible collateral on her.
Anyway, it was a cute romance as we got a HEA and Sadie got her restaurant dream. As to whether she won Chef Supreme or was in the top 4, you'll have to read the book to find out. Plus points for Jewish representation, especially cooking which is the heart and soul of a Jewish bubbe (grandmother) showing love through food.
4/5☆