Tart
Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
An instant Sunday Times bestseller
'A sexy, frank and delectable memoir' The New York Times
'An instant, hedonistic culinary classic' The London Standard
'It's the two best things in the world: food and sex'
Slutty Cheff is an anonymous London chef who knows what it's really like to work in the capital's hectic restaurant scene.
From working sixty-hour weeks in windowless kitchens and being the only woman in the changing room to the pure thrill of a busy service, falling in love with other chefs and cycling home through a city bubbling over with potential, Slutty Cheff's misadventures in food and sex are about experiencing and embracing life to the fullest. The pleasure and the chaos included . . .
An exquisite broth of raw Anthony Bourdain-style honesty with a pinch of the sharp wit of Lena Dunham's Girls, Tart Is THE book for those who like to eat and f**k.
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'Audacious yet vulnerable' Kate Nash
'A startlingly gripping and funny glimpse into what goes on behind the kitchen doors, with sauce of all kinds oozing from every page' Ed Gamble
'A book every young cook should read' Angela Hartnett
'I devoured this book like a ravenous customer and I love it wildly. It's the most visceral food and sex writing out there – utterly delicious and utterly new.' Lena Dunham
'A young Anthony Bourdain which we haven't seen in female food writing before – visceral, hedonistic and gutsy' Dolly Alderton
'I don't know whether to be hungry or horny – I absolutely inhaled this book either way' Angela Hui
'One great sweaty, sweary, sexy ride' Marina O'Loughlin
'Perfect' Max Rocha
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Anonymous food blogger and British Vogue columnist Cheff debuts with a charming behind-the-scenes glimpse at the culinary world. After burning out at her nine-to-five, Cheff took a chance by applying to culinary school, and became hooked on restaurant work after a single shift. As in her columns, Cheff turns a wry eye toward the hazards of life in the kitchen, be they gender-based—including unwanted advances from male coworkers—or purely occupational: after being burned by hot oil and sliced by knives, Cheff quips, "My minor injuries may be ever-growing, but my arse, on the other hand, is looking excellent; twenty thousand steps a day will do that to you." She also serves up spicy musings on her love life, recalling trysts both good and bad, including one memorable lover who got another woman pregnant while dating Cheff. Lively prose ("I don't want my oyster to be the size of a little snot rocket; I want it to be a fleshy bulbous pearl swimming in an iridescent sea of salty juice") and a devilish sense of humor make this a compulsively readable treat. It's a refreshing forkful of food and sex. Agents: Abigail Koons and Kathryn Toolan, Park, Fine & Brower.
