Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
“There hasn’t been a food memoir this deliciously wicked since Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.”—Portland Oregonian The Devil in the Kitchen is legendary chef Marco Pierre White’s memoir of growing up working-class in Leeds and going on to become a king in the culinary world—the original celebrity chef. The first British chef (and the youngest chef anywhere) to win three Michelin stars—and also the only one to ever give them all back—is known equally for his astonishing talent and for...
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“There hasn’t been a food memoir this deliciously wicked since Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.”—Portland Oregonian The Devil in the Kitchen is legendary chef Marco Pierre White’s memoir of growing up working-class in Leeds and going on to become a king in the culinary world—the original celebrity chef. The first British chef (and the youngest chef anywhere) to win three Michelin stars—and also the only one to ever give them all back—is known equally for his astonishing talent and for being a chain-smoking, pot-throwing enfant terrible of the kitchen. In The Devil in the Kitchen he takes readers on a revealing and raucous ride, featuring some of the biggest names in the food world and beyond. It’s truly a decadent feast for anyone who loves food or just a great story.
Introduction: Another Day, Another Dinner viiOff My Trolley 1Blue Skies over Leeds 5Gambling, Greyhounds and Grief 10I Delivered (the Milk) 17The George 24Black and White into Color 35It Was Meant to Be 46The Boss of Bosses 53Dining with the Bear 64Raymond Blanc: The Oxford Don 73White-Balled 85Coming Home 92The Christening 101Beautiful Doll 120No Bill, No Mink 134Banged Up and Butchered 148Not a Lot of People Know This 157The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me 164The Dream Becomes Reality 171Just Another Day 184Everything I'd Worked For 196Blue Skies over Leeds, Again 201Rough Seas 205Letting Go of Status 214Life Without the Props 221Acknowledgments 233Recipes 235Index 249
