I've been buying a lot of books regarding foods and chefs, such as becoming a chef, culinary artistry, couple of Gordon Ramsay's biographies, kitchen confidential by Bourdain, and so on...
I read all of these books and I have to say that my favorite one is the’ Becoming a Chef’ by Dornenburg & Page. This book gives you a clear insight of chef's career. The good thing about this book is that it’s not solely covered by how wonderful the cooking career is, on the other hand, it also explains how hard to be a good chef. Dornenburg & Page explains that chefs have to work long hours, sacrifice weekends, and most of all, the culinary world is not financially rewarding. Now, based on this information do you still strive to be a chef?
After reading ‘becoming a chef’ it showed how those famous chefs have been persevering under difficult circumstances in kitchen and in life. In this book, it contains small interviews of many great chefs mostly from America. They tell you what has inspired them to be a chef, how they opened their restaurant, and how to balance their life between inside and outside of the restaurant.
I also had fun reading G.Ramsay’s biography and Anthony Bourdain’s kitchen confidential. Especially the kitchen confidential was a pleasure to read, because the author who is the head chef of Les Halles describes the reality of kitchen life in such a hilarious way.
I think by reading these books helped me to broaden my views about restaurant business, as a result I’m feeling that the reading will take a crucial part in my culinary career.
Posts
