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A review by loulaubye
The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef by Marco Pierre White
4.0
I know shit about food. I absolutely know nothing. I couldn't cook to save my life, and I wouldn't cook even if I could. I'm just not interested.
But I am one of those people who stared at Gordon Ramsay in awe when he first made his appearance on TV. I, like many people, wondered why on earth was he such a prick, why on earth did people tolerate him and if his food was as good as he claimed it to be. I watched Kitchen Nightmares and The F Word both filled with curiosity and thoroughly entertained. I mean, people listened to and respected a madman! A foulmouthed madman.
Then I learnt somewhere of Marco Pierre White: the man who made Gordon Ramsay cry. I was hooked just by the idea of it. So I began reading and it didn't took me long to discover that Marco had a very interesting character of his own, a very peculiar life and his very own intense, addicted and obsessive personality.
Marco in his own words seemed to have made a decision of living only inside a kitchen and making his food his sole interest in life. I loved how he recounts incidents as simple stuff that he did, and then speaks of the consequences and of people's and media's perception, because it feels honest. I particularly liked how he talks about the comment he made of his first wife wedding dress: how he said something simple that got turned into a huge scandal; how he didn't deny that people's interpretation was not entirely wrong.
After reading this I looked for clips of Marco on YouTube, and I was completely amused by the calm, serious man that very politely explains how to cook some fish. You would've never known by that what type of life he was leading, and that's what makes his biography so fun to read. (That and all the Gordon Ramsay + other now world famous chefs anecdotes, those were extremely fun).
I still care nothing for cooking, but I'm glad I got a glimpse into the life of someone who made of cooking his life, and got so far with it.
But I am one of those people who stared at Gordon Ramsay in awe when he first made his appearance on TV. I, like many people, wondered why on earth was he such a prick, why on earth did people tolerate him and if his food was as good as he claimed it to be. I watched Kitchen Nightmares and The F Word both filled with curiosity and thoroughly entertained. I mean, people listened to and respected a madman! A foulmouthed madman.
Then I learnt somewhere of Marco Pierre White: the man who made Gordon Ramsay cry. I was hooked just by the idea of it. So I began reading and it didn't took me long to discover that Marco had a very interesting character of his own, a very peculiar life and his very own intense, addicted and obsessive personality.
Marco in his own words seemed to have made a decision of living only inside a kitchen and making his food his sole interest in life. I loved how he recounts incidents as simple stuff that he did, and then speaks of the consequences and of people's and media's perception, because it feels honest. I particularly liked how he talks about the comment he made of his first wife wedding dress: how he said something simple that got turned into a huge scandal; how he didn't deny that people's interpretation was not entirely wrong.
After reading this I looked for clips of Marco on YouTube, and I was completely amused by the calm, serious man that very politely explains how to cook some fish. You would've never known by that what type of life he was leading, and that's what makes his biography so fun to read. (That and all the Gordon Ramsay + other now world famous chefs anecdotes, those were extremely fun).
I still care nothing for cooking, but I'm glad I got a glimpse into the life of someone who made of cooking his life, and got so far with it.