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Sous chef : 24 hours on the line

Gibney, Michael (Author).

Summary: "The back must slave to feed the belly. In this urgent and unique book, chef Michael Gibney uses twenty-four hours to animate the intricate camaraderie and culinary choreography in an upscale New York restaurant kitchen. Here readers will find all the details, in rapid-fire succession, of what it takes to deliver an exceptional plate of food--the journey to excellence by way of exhaustion. Told in second-person narrative, Sous Chef is an immersive, adrenaline-fueled run that offers a fly-on-the-wall perspective on the food service industry, allowing readers to briefly inhabit the hidden world behind the kitchen doors, in real time."--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780804177887 (e-book)
  • ISBN: 9780804177894 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0804177872 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • ISBN: 9780804177870 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • Physical Description: xvi, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Kitchen Floor Plan -- Kitchen Chain of Command -- Morning -- Rounds -- Finesse Jobs -- The Team -- Plats du Jour -- Getting There -- Break -- Service -- Message -- Close -- Bar -- Home -- Morning -- Author's Note -- Selected Kitchen Terminology.
Subject: Gibney, Michael
Cooks New York (State) New York Biography
Food service management New York (State) New York
Kitchens New York (State) New York Management

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

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Erlanger Branch 641.5092 G447 2014 (Text) 33126022688026 Adult Nonfiction Available -

Michael Gibney began working in restaurants at the age of sixteen and assumed his first sous chef position at twenty-two. He ascended to executive sous chef at Tavern on the Green, where he managed an eighty-person staff. He has worked in the kitchens of Morgans Hotel Group, 10 Downing in Manhattan, and Governor in Brooklyn’s DUMBO, among many others. Over the course of his career, he has had the opportunity to work alongside cooks and chefs from many of the nation’s best restaurants, including Alinea, Per Se, Eleven Madison Park, Daniel, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, Bouley, Ducasse, Corton, wd~50, and Momofuku. In addition to his experience in the food service industry, Gibney also holds a BFA in painting from Pratt Institute and an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.


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