A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen: 'Fantastic, exciting deep dive into kitchen life from one of Britain's leading young chefs' (Tom Kerridge) - Softcover

Abé, Sally

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349727775 ISBN 13: 9780349727776

Publisher: Fleet, 2025

Synopsis

From the star of the Great British Menu, for readers who loved Kitchen Confidential and couldn't tear their eyes away from Boiling Point, a book that reveals the reality of working in restaurant kitchens - and how they need to change for the better.

About this title

About the Author

Sally Abé is a fine-dining chef at the top of her profession. She has worked in some of the best establishments in the UK, including The Savoy, The Ledbury, and she retained a Michelin star at The Harwood Arms, the UK's #1 gastropub. She currently runs The Pem, named after the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, which boasts a team of 80% women producing some of the finest dishes in London. She was named Female Chef of the Year in 2021 by SquareMeal, and was shortlisted for GQ's overall Chef of the Year in 2021. She is constantly working to get women into the hospitality industry and create fair, safe, and happy living standards within kitchens across the UK.

From the Back Cover

'An insightful, honest account of a young cook's journey to an inspirational chef' Angela Hartnett


It's a familiar trope: angry men berating each other as pots boil, sauces burn and a giant slab of beef rests in the background. Chaos, fury and the male ego dominate the idea of a professional kitchen. Why then do we also hear that women 'belong in the kitchen' if, professionally, they're all but erased from them?

This is the story of Sally Abé's rise to become an award-winning chef in the brutal world of restaurant kitchens. It's also a stirring manifesto - drawing back the curtain on restaurant kitchens to show how she is trying to change them for the better. With stories of Michelin-starred food, the relentlessness of kitchens, as well as hope for the culinary world's future, Sally's memoir is set to become a classic.


'She doesn't so much pull back the curtains as yank them away, revealing the plain truth of what it takes to get dinner on to your plate' Observer


'Sally Abé is lifting the lid on what being a woman in male-dominated, professional kitchens is really like' Independent


'An exciting deep dive into kitchen life from one of Britain's leading young chefs' Tom Kerridge

Edition details

• Publisher: Fleet
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349727775
• ISBN 13: 9780349727776
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272