Gawain Barker
Kitchen Napalm
To be confronted by a roaring demon of heat and flames in the work place is an unwelcome jolt. Radiant heat and weird shadows fill the...
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For three decades I've been a gypsy knife-for-hire in the super-heated world of professional cooking. Now I've written a memoir about my unique journey and it's a trip I'd love you to take. Come and see the remote resorts and feral jungles of tropical North Australia. Check into a neurotic grand hotel in Switzerland and enter the corporate skyscrapers of London and Melbourne. Party all week long at giant outdoor music festivals and slip backstage with the superstar TV chefs. And with many other stops along the way.
200 Kitchens is not just packed with food and cooking - it's also about amazing places and bizarre situations. I also want to give you a taste of the dangerous physicality and mental pressure that cooking professionals must cope with. My story is down-to-earth, full of love and good humour, and told with a deep respect for the joy that the world's oldest pleasure can bring.
200 Kitchens is available at the links below.
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This blog features all new material not in the book - more true tales of the kitchen and posts where I put one particular thing on the chopping board and slice it wide open for your edification and entertainment. So turn up anytime you like to see what's new on the menu and sample some of my thought-provoking, laughter making and mouth-watering stories.
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