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Rien ne prédestinait Guillaume Gomez, gosse du 93 et fils de brocanteurs, à entrer dans les cuisines de l’Élysée à 18 ans et à se retrouver orphelin à 22. Il est devenu, à 25 ans, le plus jeune lauréat de sa catégorie à remporter le concours Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, puis à servir quatre présidents de la République dont il sera le chef attitré. Après avoir officié auprès de Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande et Emmanuel Macron, il devient en 2021 le premier ambassadeur de la gastronomie française de notre histoire.

A rags-to-$9-billion-riches story. A crash course in Burger King history and fast food in America, The Burger King is McLamore's candid and conversational memoir. Written before his death in 1996, he talks of his life, the birth of the Whopper, and the rise of Burger King. McLamore's account of Burger King offers an instructive and inspiring tale to young entrepreneurs. Here's a story of entrepreneurship development from one of the top entrepreneurs of fast food chains.

Ruhlman propels himself and his readers through a score of kitchens and classrooms, from Asian and American regional cuisines to lunch cookery and even table waiting, in search of the elusive, unnamable elements of great cooking.

Before the heyday of the Food Network, there was Chef Tell - TV persona of Friedemann Paul Erhardt, America's first TV showman chef. Big on personality and flavor, Chef Tell was once called by Philadelphia magazine the "affably roguish Bad Boy of the Philadelphia restaurant world." Chef Tell explores how a young German American chef became America's biggest TV celebrity chef of his time. Most of Chef Tell's forty million baby boomer viewers - a number comparable to Julia Child's - never knew his fascinating, hardscrabble life story. Until now.

Depuis ses jeunes années, Paul Bocuse aura été fidèle à son adage. C’est dans le village de Collonges-au- Mont-d’or que grandit Paulo en enfant sauvage, unique héritier d’une dynastie d’aubergistes. Formé auprès de la mythique Eugénie Brazier et du géant Fernand Point, chef triplement étoilé jusqu’à sa mort en 2018, pape de la « Nouvelle Cuisine » et bête médiatique, Paul Bocuse traverse la vie au pas de course. Mais plus que le destin d’un homme, c’est le xxe siècle qui se raconte depuis ses cuisines.

Tea Malmegård interviews ten chefs she greatly admires from various parts of Scandinavia. By visiting the chefs in their natural habitat – the kitchen of their famous restaurants – Tea is able to break down the barrier that normally exists between guests and the secret world of chefs.

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A podcast for food safety professionals, foodservice operators, crew members and anyone involved in the preparation, service, or delivery of food to the public. Hosted by Dr. Hal King, expert in public health and food safety management, author, and keynote speaker, the podcast will bring together food safety experts to engage in a broad range of topics from the back to the front of house and everything in between.The podcast is sponsored by Sani Professional, the food safety division of PDI, a global leader in infection prevention. As the #1 brand of foodservice wipes*, they provide simple and...

Bijna twee jaar lang kocht Ashlee Piper niets nieuws. Door haar eigen ervaringen, handige tips en praktische stappenplannen te delen heeft Ashlee wereldwijd duizenden mensen geïnspireerd om ook meer grip te krijgen op hun tijd, (impuls) aankopen en mentale welzijn. Ashlee creëerde de Geen Nieuwe Spullen-challenge om in dertig dagen een leven vorm te geven dat minder in het teken staat van spullen kopen, zonder aan stijl, gemak of plezier in te moeten leveren.

How and why did humans begin to treat sick and injured animals? And how did those practices, and the associated attitudes, evolve from prehistory to the present day? To answer these questions, Dr. Schott shares stories of twenty-two different animal healers and veterinarians from across eras and continents, examining the always fascinating, often unexpected, and sometimes hilarious veterinary methods employed by these people and their colleagues. But at the heart of the tale lies the evolution of the human-animal bond, which has been more cyclical than linear.

Fireproof charts Chef Curtis Duffy's rise in spite of trauma, to being mentored by and recognized among the world's top chefs. Amid childhood chaos in rural Ohio, a young Duffy first found refuge in Home Ec class, then at one of Columbus's best restaurants, where he honed his skills. His passion ignited, Duffy was dead set on leaving Ohio and breaking the Duffy family curse. But the tragic deaths of his parents jeopardized his promising trajectories.

Culinary Leverage: A Journey Through the Heat is about exposing the dysfunction of an industry through the eyes of a highly decorated chef who, through hard-won experience, resilience and grief, soul searching and moments of reckoning, finds a healthier way forward, not just for himself but for the restaurant business as a whole.

According to The Waiter, 80 percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining 20 percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths.

Waiter Rant offers the server's unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in the most unlikely places.

Prolific cookbook author Brigit Binns's coming-of-age memoir—costarring her alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother—reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect lead Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth. Peppered with humor and seasoned with optimism, Brigit's story is an entertaining tribute to female resilience.

The Last Supper Club reveals the ups and downs of a waiter's workday and offers an insightful perspective on what makes a job good, bad, or great. For Batt, this job turns out to be considerably more fun, and possibly more rewarding, than his academic career, and his insider's view of waiting tables extols the significance of our food and the places where we gather to enjoy it-or serve it.

Born and raised in New York to a food-phobic mother and food-fanatical father, Elissa was trained early on that fancy is always best. After a childhood spent dining everywhere from Le Pavillion to La Grenouille, she devoted her life to all things gastronomical, from the rare game birds she served at elaborate dinner parties in an apartment so tiny that guests couldn’t turn around to the eight timbale molds she bought while working at Dean & DeLuca, just so she could make tall food.

From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye‑opening road trip adventure into a pocket of iconic pop culture—professional wrestling—starring the Iron Sheik, Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana, and many more larger‑than‑life characters of the WWF of the 1980s. In 2005, Brad...

Tohle je svět chlapů s vařečkou v ruce. Z kuchyní, které jedou na plný plyn. Šéfkuchař Anthony Bourdain předvádí čirou radost z přípravy kvalitního pokrmu na profesionální úrovni a chce, abyste poznali, jak to vypadá a voní v rámusící a syčící kuchyni velkoměstské restaurace. Akčně vás zasvětí do žargonu a černého humoru, jaký lze zaslechnout v předních kuchařských liniích. Začíná svým prvním kulinářským zážitkem a přes školní léta se konečně dostává do opravdové kuchyně. S tím přichází i historky, z nichž tuhne úsměv na rtech, aby se posluchač za chvilku nezřízeně rozesmál.

The nation’s best-loved vet looks back at the funniest, most absurd or heart-breaking animal encounters and situations he has been in over his long and highly successful career.

Burt, the hound of Beelzebub, has risen from the dead; Gadget, the miniature horse, has moved into the kitchen; and Tommy has decided to expand his beer business and on the advice of his wife, Rose, is thinking about distilling gin. What can possibly go wrong? With Brexit looming, a second baby on the way and sales of IPA beer plummeting, trouble is brewing in the Loire.