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nightmares, blunders and fuck ups, who doesn't had any! In Dont try this at home we get Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs, and reading this has been a absolute blast.
We get stories from greats like Anthony Bordain, Jamie Oliver,  Ferran Adria, Heston Blumenthal, Raymond Blanc and Michel Roux, you might not know all of them but these are some of the best chefs in the world, and reading them fuck up, and i mean fuck up so badly is fun to read.
All these are short stories and end with a couple recuring questions, Highly recomended for foodies and all kind of kitchen people, Some catastrophes i had in myyears of being a cook include working with idiots, a totally prepared buffet forpeople which we prepared a day early and had to chuck nearly everything away, cutting myself so badly i had to go to the hospital on my first day off a new job and fall flat on my ass withcouverts portions of prepared fish, because a colleague of mine already decided to clean the floor.
. This is a relatable read and again a must for people who worked in the kitchen or are food minded, Most of the stories in this book were either hilarious or embarrassing, which makes me applaud the chefs that wrote them for sharing such moments! I won't say all the stories really grab the reader but

they are all intimate stories of working in kitchens all over the world.
They give a true day in the life of a chef, and I feel that anyone who wants to be a chef should read this book before diving into that world.
Funny stories about life behind the swinging kitchen doors, The writing isn't exactly stunning there's a reason these people are chefs and not storytellers, but it made for good quick reading just before bed, Some of the stories were quite enjoyable, but others were just soso, A very fun and hilarious read, It's a great pick me up when you feel embarrassed about a minor incident you've recently experienced, "The lobsters are off!"
, . . is not something you want to hear when you are catering a dinner for thirtytwo hundred people,

And this is only one dilemma faced by chefs and wouldbechefs in this book of collected tales detailing all that can, AND WILL go wrong in the culinary world.


Here is every disaster imaginable, from an overly sensitive sprinkler system to a kitchen floor squirming with escaped eels,

sitelinkMario Batali exacts a "salty" revenge before walking out on a nightmare boss,

sitelinkAnthony Bourdain spins a wild story does he tell ANY other kind of a kitchen drinking game that gets out of hand, and a New Year's Eve dinner gone horribly wrong.


And remember, if all else fails, try blaming it on the dog,

Some of the stories are funnier and more memorable than others, but there are plenty of chuckles to be had, This book was fine. But I am not sure many of the vignettes really count as catastrophes, In most of them, the plot line is "something happened to my ingredients and I had to think quick! Which I did, " Which is not really gripping reading, One One was an actual disaster, It involved black pepper hollandaise sauce,

Overall the book was pleasant enough, A collection of short essays written by chefs about some of the worst mistakes they've made during their careers, Funny, but a bit repetitive as many of them have made similar mistakes,challenge category: book about food Cast in its most positive light, with the exception of language that is, in my opinion, inappropriate to the situation or the reading audience, this collection of chefs' "outrageous true tales" depicts the restaurant industry as the "downstairs" of the Public Television series Upstairs Downstairs.


What societal pressures created these often mean spirited chefs and cooks who cannot ask for help, identify that they even need help, or acknowledge at the time, to the customer the food "catastrophe" and how they created it by their own driving, planning, timing, preparation, inflated ego, lack of knowledge, etc.
and how they plan to make it right When did honesty become the last policy One chef goes so far as cast blame on "the dogs": Michel Richard's Alibi.


With these glimpses of what goes on behind the scenes, can I comfortably eat out again

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But we had big problems finding support in the kitchen or the dining room.
It quickly became apparent to me that no matter how many ads we ran in the paper, and no matter how many phone calls I made, we were going to have trouble filling all the positions.
As for the few employees that we did manage to find locals who had worked in diners and greasyspoon joints they could barely handle the pressure, Most of them stopped showing up for work after a few day, never to be heard from again,

I hope that the chef of preceding paragraph, Pino Luongo, learned to do market research before buying and developing subsequent properties, He kept "shooting the messengers" the work force available to him in the remote area where HE CHOSE to locate, As for the pressure he mentions, it was his creation, What could he do to reduce the pressure on new employees so they wanted to return to work Chefs give us the lowdown on some of their biggest mishaps in the kitchen.
Quick read and fun most of the time, The writing fluctuates between great to poor, Still, the book is a good reminder that even the very best of people chefs in this case can make mistakes, Don't try what at home Acting like a pompous chef who knows it all and wants to tell you that you certainly don't Reminds me of Chopped on the Food Network where some chefs get all snotty because they went to culinary school and other chefs, sorry 'cooks', didn't.
There is only one true way of judging food did you enjoy it or not Who cares who prepared it or what training they had If the food is awful then the fact it was prepared by a graduate of the Culinary Arts Institute isn't going to make up for it at all.
Perhaps that's why so many of us go to restaurants and patisseries that state 'homecooked', they've probably got a clientele because of their good cooking although, if someone else is paying, I'm very willing to go to a Michelinstar restaurant no one so far has been willing.


The book is a series of anecdotes where the chefs do a lot of bragging, There was one story where the chef sets fire to the entree and brilliantly converts into a dish he gets praised for, That was about the best the book had to offer as the other anecdotes are tedious,

I only finished the book, months after starting it, because I was in a long bank queue and I'd read all the mortgageloancredit card literature and it was all I had.
Yep, that boring. Before your favorite chef was your favorite, you know that they all had to come from somewhere, This book is a collection of humble beginnings, failures and fiascoes that all built up the greatest culinary minds of the generation,

Reading this book was a good reminder that everything great comes from a mess of failures, and that a stroke of creativity at the right time can make all the difference.
It was also nice to read something from the late Anthony Bourdain, whose legacy still lives on in his tales of a miscreant past, Truly a book for dreamers, and for those who need reminding that the road to success is supposed to be full of fuckups! If I learned two things from this book it is these:

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English chefs have oddball senses of humour,

. American chefs take themselves too seriously, I had fun reading this during, I just wanted to also leave a note that there's some surprise ablism in one of the stories, I'll link this other site's rebuttal,

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Other than that, I was entertained! I can't remember if I had any other, less drastic objections, It wasand who can brain lol, The main character is very fantastic A very funny, over the top collection of stories from famous chefs, both television or not, This one looks at those days when things go very very very wrong, and a chef finds themselves in the middle of chaos, Considering that many in that chaos are angry, have short tempers and are usually handling sharp knives, heavy items or scalding water, it can get real ugly, real fast, A terrific read for any foodie and cautionary tales for those who are considering a career as a professional chef, Recommended.

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sitelink epinions. com/review/DontT stars. i recommend it to people who love culinary and pastries An impossibly opulent wedding, with a,cake included and everything planned down to the last detail, comes up against an unexpected snag.
A very creative chef thinks up a grand menu for New Years Eve at his restaurant, An apprentice teenager navigating a tiny restaurant with a huge tray refuses help, A culinary student sets out to impress a professor and his wife with nothing less than pheasant

Not all of the very personal confessions and reminiscences of the many chefs whose essays comprise Dont Try This at Home are truly culinary catastrophes.
Michael Lomonacos A Night at the Opera, for instance, is only about a disappointment that might have been, and Geoffrey Zakarians The Michelin Man is about eating at Michelin restaurants, not cooking at them.
Jamie Olivers essay, The End of Innocence, is almost exclusively about pranks,

Still, the bulk of these stories are about the completely crazy things that can happen in professional kitchens, The unexpected crisis, the result of someones ego or foolishness or lack of preparedness or simple lack of experience, Some storieslike Anthony Bourdains New Years Meltdownare hairraisingly bizarre and traumatic, while otherslike David Burkes White Lieare a good example of really quick and creative thinking.


Whatever they may be, the essays are all very readable, Some are by chefs who are not just chefs but also wellloved and popular food writers, and it shows in their writing, Others are by chefs who may not be literary figures, but who have such fascinating stories to tell, that it doesnt really matter, Some are slightly meandering reminiscences which aim to convey a message accept your mistake, think creatively, be willing to accept help, and so on, Some are to the point, delightful and even selfdeprecating anecdotes,

It may be that because Ive studied hotel management and worked, even if only briefly, in restaurant kitchens, I liked this book so much, But I think anyone whos fond of cooking and is interested in what goes on behind the scenes, would enjoy this one, What I would have liked, though, is a less EuropeandUS centric book: you cant call this collection one from the worlds greatest chefs if almost every chef in the list is either American or European.

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