Raw: My Autobiography - Hardcover

Worrall Thompson, Antony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593049276 ISBN 13: 9780593049273

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2003

Antony Worrall Thompson’s passage to culinary stardom has not exactly been smooth. Abandoned by his father, a Shakespearean actor, when he was just three, Antony was sexually abused and maltreated throughout his childhood. His extra-curricular activities at boarding school included pushing cars into the swimming pool and generally getting on the teacher's nerves.

Antony’s story very nearly came to an abrupt halt at sixteen when his face was crushed in a horrific rugby accident, which left him badly disfigured and chronically insecure. But pioneering surgery saved the day, enabling him to pursue what was to become the enduring love of his life – cooking.

After much hard graft and some close encounters of the violent gangster kind, AWT’s flamboyant style as a restaurateur soon bought him to the attention of cookery’s cognoscenti. Things didn’t always run according to plan, however – he once had to serve tinned tomato soup, tarted up with croutons and basil, to the customers in his restaurant because there wasn’t time to make his own from scratch. (They loved it.) And today Antony is to the culinary establishment what a bull is to a china shop. His no-nonsense style in the kitchen is loathed by a few, but loved by millions.

Stuffed with hugely entertaining anecdotes and lightly sprinkled with AWT’s no-holds-barred opinions, RAW is a heartrendingly honest story of triumph over adversity. Along the way we go behind the scenes with the foodie mafia and Antony lifts the lid on a few triple-Michelin-starred scandals. The knives (and the forks!) are very definitely out ...

Product Description:

390 pages. Ex-Library. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. Abandoned By His Father When Only Three Years Old, He Was Sexually Abused And Maltreated Throughout His Childhood.He Is Now One Of England's Best Known Cooks.

Review:

'Every bit as colourful as his campfire confessions . . . a lot of juicy, fascinating ingredients.' -- Heat Magazine

. . . graphic and touching. He is good on his brutal, abusive chiche of a prep school. -- Evening Standard

Raw is a damn sight funnier, more interesting and less pretentious than 99 per cent of the competition. -- The Daily Telegraph

A caustic tale of food, sex and ambition, and remarkable insight into the world of a controversial and talented chef. -- The Party Magazine

The story of this consummate enthusiast is infectious. -- The Irish Times

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0593049276
• ISBN 13: 9780593049273
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400