The Devil in the Kitchen

Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef

By: Marco Pierre White, James Steen

Narrated by: Timothy Bentinck

Without question, the original rock-star chef is Marco Pierre White. Anyone with even a passing interest in the food world knows White is a legend. The first British chef (and the youngest chef anywhere) to win three Michelin stars - and the only chef ever to give them all back - is a chain-smoking, pot-throwing multiply married culinary genius whose fierce devotion to food and restaurants has been the only constant in a life of tabloid-ready turmoil.

In The Devil in the Kitchen, White tells the story behind his ascent from working-class roots to culinary greatness, leaving no dish unserved as he relays raucous and revealing tales featuring some of the biggest names in the food world and beyond, including: Mario Batali, Gordon Ramsay, Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc, Michael Caine, Damien Hirst, and even Prince Charles. With candid honesty and wicked humor, he gives us insight into what it takes to become a great chef, what it's like to run a three-star kitchen, and why sometimes you really do need to throw a cheese plate at the wall.

©2006 Marco Pierre White and James Steen (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

A chef / restaurateur must.

The book is not only funny and interesting it will well up strong, usable passion.

Amazing book. Greatest narrator ever.

absolutely love the book. Marco Pierre White is fascinating. I listen to it 3 times. I must say the narrator really gets into it. He's great. Definitely recommend.

Loved this book❣️ Thank you!

The Devil in the Kitchen is my first book about anyone in the restaurant business. I decided to listen while I was cooking like crazy through the isolation of Covid 19. I could relate to so much of Marco’s background and what drove him to perfection, yet I am thrilled that he made it full circle to what in life is real, and important!He’s a class act, and someone I’ll probably never meet, nor eat in any place he has touched, but I’m glad he touched so many! Thank you, Good Man❣️

Starts strong and stick the landing

I grabbed this book for a love of food and a simpleton's awareness of Marco Pierre White. I finished with a love for this man's story.
Passionate, focused and honest.

Props to narrator Timothy Bentinck as well for a superbly voiced telling.

Enlightening & Incredibly Motivating

As a chef myself, Chef Marco's story has further inspired me. Chef Marco's upbringing and background resignated with me because my relation to his struggles were similar enough for me to become immersed. His sort of "working class hero" status as a culinary professional was earned and and has motivated me when I needed it.
The performance if the narrator could not have been any better than what Audible delivers in this product as well.