Summary
The shocking secrets of the world’s finest kitchens
What makes a restaurant hot? Whose name do you need to drop to get a table? Why is one place booked solid for the next nine months while somewhere equally delicious is as empty and inhospitable as the Gobi desert?
Welcome to the restaurant business, where the hours are punishing, the conditions are brutal and the Chef’s Special has been languishing at the back of the fridge for the past three days.
This is an industry…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552167123 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552167126 |
| Author: | Imogen Edwards-Jones |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
A glorious behind-the-scenes account of London’s debauched hospitality business.
A glorious behind-the-scenes account of London’s debauched hospitality business. * Observer *
Shocking and at times jaw-dropping, this is a must-read for any Babylon fans or those who like eating out. **** * Heat *
Edwards-Jones gets away with stories far more bizarre than anything you would believe in a novel. Sometimes you laugh out loud at the outrageousness of it all…[her] mission is to amuse and entertain – Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *
What’s not to like? – David Sexton * Evening Standard *
Very thoroughly researched * Observer Food Monthly, Books of the Year *
About The Author
Imogen Edwards-Jones
Imogen Edwards-Jones is the bestselling author of Hotel Babylon, Air Babylon and Fashion Babylon, as well as novels such as The Witch’s Daughter and Have You Got Anything Stronger? A broadcaster, columnist and journalist for over twenty-five years, she lives in London.
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