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Kitchen Confidential

25th Anniversary Edition

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About this listen

 Bloomsbury presents Kitchen Confidential, written and read by Anthony Bourdain.

The classic bestseller from the star of Parts Unknown and No Reservations: 25th Anniversary edition, with a new introduction written and read by Irvine Welsh.

BEFORE THERE WAS THE BEAR, THERE WAS BOURDAIN.

‘Elizabeth David written by Quentin Tarantino’ A.A. Gill
‘Fantastic: as lip-smackingly seductive as a bowl of fat chips and pungent aioli’ Daily Telegraph

After twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all – and he meant all.

From his first oyster in the Gironde as a child, to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain’s tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.

Kitchen Confidential will make your mouth water and your belly ache with laughter and leave you wanting more.

‘Compelling … with its intriguing mix of clever writing and kitchen patois … more horrifically gripping than a Stephen King novel’ Sunday Times

‘Extraordinary … written with a clarity and a clear-eyed wit to put the professional food-writing fraternity to shame’ Observer©2000 Anthony Bourdain (P)2000 Penguin Random House Audio Culinary Professionals & Academics
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loved it hearing from Mr Bourdain himself...provides unique insights into the culinary world. do not miss

good one

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Very well narrated. Takes you around the world of Chefs and food. Really well written as well.

Great performance

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I am envious of all those who got to read this masterpiece in 2000 and then go on to this legend become a living god. RIP.

The discovery of a genius

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Took me back to my kitchen days in hotels and restaurants Ive worked in. Its so similiar, I guess all chefs lives ate more or less the same. Absolutely loved each incident and made my memories come back to life.

loved it

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Anthony Bourdain is a delight to read and the voice over is the topping over the cake

Exquisite

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it started very well but i couldn't keep up my interest after few pages. it was okay for me

found it ok ok

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the best part about this is the narration, which is done by Anthony Bourdain. it does get a little repetitive but that voice sort of makes up for it.

best voice ever!

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