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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

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Kitchen Confidential

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Publish Date
30 April 2020
Run Time
8 hours 37 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Rating
4.5 (2 reviews)

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What to expect

Bloomsbury presents Kitchen Confidential, written and read by Anthony Bourdain

The classic bestseller from the star of Parts Unknown and No Reservations: 25th Anniversary edition, with a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh.

THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY, STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA JONES.

‘More gripping than a Stephen King novel' Sunday Times
'Bawdy, bolshie and bursting with energy' Daily Mail
'Nothing will be as sustaining and classic as this book' A. A. Gill

After twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all – and he meant all.

From his first oyster in the Gironde as a child, to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain’s tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.

In the twenty-five years since it was first published, Kitchen Confidential has become a modern classic for its uncensored, razor-sharp insight into the restaurant kitchen at boiling point.

‘Rarely has a book been seized upon by a profession as the true gospel in such a manner' Jay Rayner

‘Extraordinary … written with a clarity and a clear-eyed wit to put the professional food-writing fraternity to shame’ Observer

User Reviews

Book 4.5

Narration 5.0

  • 5.0 5.0

    Funny book filled with lots stories from various kitchens that Bourdain worked in. His narration is superb, he is greatly missed.

    The Postman 2025-03-16

Details

Author
Anthony Bourdain
Narrator
Anthony Bourdain, Irvine Welsh
Duration
8 hours 37 minutes
Release Date
30 April 2020
ISBN
9781526629449
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre
Cookery / food and drink / food writing / cookbooks, Memoirs, Hotel, hospitality and catering trades, Food and drink service industries, Humour
Rating
4.5(2 reviews)
Narration
5.0(2 reviews)

Synopsis

Bloomsbury presents Kitchen Confidential, written and read by Anthony BourdainThe classic bestseller from the star of Parts Unknown and No Reservations: 25th Anniversary edition, with a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh.THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY, STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA JONES.‘More gripping than a Stephen King novel' Sunday Times'Bawdy, bolshie and bursting with energy' Daily Mail'Nothing will be as sustaining and classic as this book' A. A. GillAfter twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all – and he meant all.From his first oyster in the Gironde as a child, to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain’s tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.In the twenty-five years since it was first published, Kitchen Confidential has become a modern classic for its uncensored, razor-sharp insight into the restaurant kitchen at boiling point.‘Rarely has a book been seized upon by a profession as the true gospel in such a manner' Jay Rayner‘Extraordinary … written with a clarity and a clear-eyed wit to put the professional food-writing fraternity to shame’ Observer

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