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Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame OnwuachiMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
3.5 stars but I rounded up.
Kwame Onwuachi had been in a gang, dealt drugs, been kicked out of college and had hit rock bottom. But rather than let that define him, he took inspiration from his mother - a caterer - and followed his love of food and cooking to the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. He parlayed that into working in some of the most exclusive high end, fine dining restaurants. By the time he was 27 he had earned acclaim, been on Top Chef, served food to the President of the United States, opened and closed a high end restaurant in Washington, DC and faced his share of discrimination for daring to be a young black chef who broke into fine dining. But he keeps picking himself up and moving forward.
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I found this story inspiring and also entertaining. I did this as an audiobook and hope to borrow the physical book from the library as I want to get the recipes he mentions as they sound very intriguing (having never experienced Nigerian food).
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