Tart, which is a fitting title, is about the contemporary restaurant scene, its kitchen and front, and a young woman chef’s love life.
Before requesting the book, I was not familiar with Slutty Cheff, and requested the book solely because of my interest in the food scene, food, the kitchen, hospitality and being curious about the experiences of a woman chef.
I felt like the sex and food had the right balance, with more emphasis on the food, and the sex and the funny commentary of the Slutty Cheff serving as a dressing to add or amplify flavours.
Admittedly, I was more into the food scene aspect.
This is an engaging and entertaining book, and it is relevant.
After reading it, I read a couple of the author’s articles. I would certainly read more by her, especially if food stays as the main character. Have I said food?
Food.

This book does not hold anything back! The honesty and exhilaration from the author brings you so clearly into the center of her world and you can only try your best to keep up. I flitted between laughing out loud and having hunger pangs for the phenomenal food cooked!

I have never worked in a restaurant (although I have worked in food hospitality before) and I have actually never read Slutty Cheff before this, but something compelled me to request this from NetGalley (probably my love of Boiling Point) and I am glad I did! I really enjoyed this book written by an anonymous chef working in London restaurants – the writing is chaotic but good, the food descriptions were excellent, and she conjured up the hectic pace of a kitchen and restaurant life so well. I want to read a sequel, or two. I wanted to read a much longer book. Only complaint is that this book needed a copyedit – I hope all the inconsistencies and contradictions with timelines and locations etc are all sorted out before pub date!

Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef by Slutty Cheff is a memoir about self-discovery and takes you behind the scenes of working in kitchens, especially as a woman. I think anyone who enjoyed watching the series The Bear would enjoy this.