Accidental Chef: An Insider's View of Professional CookingAccidental Chef is a sobering account of what it's really like to be a professional chef, not the glamorized, sugar-coated depictions we see on cable television. This book offers a glimpse of what it really like to work in a hotel patry shop and a busy restaurant. When you read Accidental Chef you can't help feeling that you right there with Charles in the kitchen. Through his vivid descriptions you'll be able to imagine the sights, sounds and smells of a real kitchen. Accidental Chef puts a real face on the hospitality industry in America. Charles reveals many of the unsavory aspects of the hotel and restaurant business. For example, he relates true life stories about how our food supply isn't always as sanitary as we might believe. You'll get an idea of just how prevalent drug abuse and sex are in the food world. Through Accidental Chef, Charles also shares some of stories of the colorful characters he's worked with thoughout his long career. He illusrtates how professioanl cooking attracts a variety of characters. Charles introduces you to some of the bizarre people he's worked with. In his own words, Charles gives us the captivating story of how he abandoned a prosperous career in hospital adminstration to become a chef in New Orleans. It's an inspiring story for those who are disenchanted with their career, but are afraid of the risks of a career transition. Above all, Charles reveals the irrepressable determination and genuine love of cooking that made his success possible. |
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Contents
Home Schooled | 1 |
Accidental Chef | 14 |
The Big Easy | 28 |
Blackened Blues | 45 |
Soul Kitchen | 57 |
Happiness Is a Warm Bun | 65 |
Oh Chef My Chef | 78 |
Requiem for a Café | 94 |
Food Network Fool Network | 150 |
A Cookbook | 165 |
Appendix A | 199 |
Appendix B | 240 |
Appendix C | 298 |
Appendix D | 309 |
Acknowledgements | 327 |
Selected Bibliography | 329 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Accidental Chef: An Insider's View of Professional Cooking |
| Author | Chef Charles Oppman |
| Publisher | AuthorHouse, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1463414722, 9781463414726 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General |
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