A review by neverwithoutmybook
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

4.0

I love a restaurant memoir! Sex, drugs, celebrities, food…I am always in! This one intrigued me because the focus is on the front of the house and not the kitchen. The author is a career mâitre d’hotel who has worked in the hottest restaurants in NYC. He tells us how restaurants really run, why there are open tables when you are told the restaurant is booked, and how to palm the mâitre d’hotel to get the table by the window. Of course there are celebrity appearances, including an unflattering portrayal of the Duchess of Sussex, and the fraudster, Anna Delvey (Sorokin). Read this if you liked: Kitchen Confidential, Sweetbitter, anything by Ruth Reichl, Notes From a Young Black Chef, Yes, Chef.