The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef

The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef

by Marco Pierre White
The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef

The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef

by Marco Pierre White

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Overview

An exhilirating memoir from the legendary Godfather of Bad Boy cookimg and a thrilling look behind the doors of a 3-star kitchen.

Without question, the original rock-star chef is Marco Pierre White. Anyone with even a passing interest in the food world knows White is a legend. The first British chef (and the youngest chef anywhere) to win three Michelin stars - and also the only chef ever to give them all back - is a chain-smoking, pot-throwing multiply- married culinary genius whose fierce devotion to food and restaurants has been the only constant in a life of tabloid-ready turmoil.

In The Devil in the Kitchen White tells the story behind his ascent from working-class roots to culinary greatness, leaving no dish unserved as he relays raucus and revealing tales featuring some of the biggest names in the food world and beyond, including: Mario Batali, Gordon Ramsay, Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc, Michael Caine, Damien Hirst, and even Prince Charles.

With candid honesty and wicked humor, he gives us insight into what it takes to become a great chef, what it's like to run a 3-star kitchen, and why sometimes you really do need to throw a cheese plate at the wall.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596914971
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 05/27/2008
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 114,621
Product dimensions: 5.46(w) x 8.12(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Marco Pierre White was born in Leeds in 1961. After training in Britain's finest kitchens, he opened Harveys, which earned two Michelin stars and was London's most talked-about restaurant. From there, he went on to win a third star and build a gastronomic empire that includes many of the most acclaimed restaurants in the U.K. In 1999, he retired from the kitchen and handed back his Michelin stars, but he maintains his presence in the culinary world with Luciano and the Frankie's restaurants, among others. He lives in West London with his wife, Mati, and their three children. He also has a daughter by his first wife.

As a gossip columnist in the late eighties, James Steen phoned Harveys to speak with Marco Pierre White. A Maitre d' answered the phone and ranted on in a strong French accent about how White was "a monster, a crazy man, a lunatic to work for." The "matre d'," it transpired was White. The relationship went from there.

Steen, a freelance journalist, lives a short stroll from what was once Harveys, with his wife Louise, and three children, Charlie, Billy, and Daisy.

Table of Contents


Introduction: Another Day, Another Dinner     vii
Off My Trolley     1
Blue Skies over Leeds     5
Gambling, Greyhounds and Grief     10
I Delivered (the Milk)     17
The George     24
Black and White into Color     35
It Was Meant to Be     46
The Boss of Bosses     53
Dining with the Bear     64
Raymond Blanc: The Oxford Don     73
White-Balled     85
Coming Home     92
The Christening     101
Beautiful Doll     120
No Bill, No Mink     134
Banged Up and Butchered     148
Not a Lot of People Know This     157
The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me     164
The Dream Becomes Reality     171
Just Another Day     184
Everything I'd Worked For     196
Blue Skies over Leeds, Again     201
Rough Seas     205
Letting Go of Status     214
Life Without the Props     221
Acknowledgments     233
Recipes     235
Index     249
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