Generation Chef: Risking It All for a New American Dream
✍ Scribed by Stabiner, Karen
- Book ID
- 109271544
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 773 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780698195806
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✦ Synopsis
Inside what life is really like for the new generation of professional cooks --a captivating tale of the make-or-break first year at a young chef's new restaurant.
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For many young people, being a chef is as compelling a dream as being a rock star or professional athlete. Skill and creativity in the kitchen are more profitable than ever before, as cooks scramble to reach the top--but talent isn't enough. Today's chef needs the business savvy of a high-risk entrepreneur, determination, and big dose of luck.
The heart of Generation Chef is the story of Jonah Miller, who at age twenty-four attempts to fulfill a lifelong dream by opening the Basque restaurant Huertas in New York City, still the high-stakes center of the restaurant business for an ambitious young chef. Miller, a rising star who has been named to the 30-Under-30 list of both Forbes and Zagat, quits his job as a sous chef, creates a business plan, lines up...
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