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Zonfrillo, Jock, 1976-2023, author.
Call Number
641.5092
Publication Date
2021
Summary
A coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption in the high-stakes world of Michelin star kitchens. From reckless drug addict to one of Australia's top chefs and television stars: MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo's powerful life story will shock and inspire. Jock's life spiralled out of control when he tried heroin for the first time as a teenager while growing up in 1980s Glasgow. For years he balanced a career as a rising star amongst legendary chefs with a crippling drug addiction that took him down many dark paths. Fired from his job at a Michelin star restaurant in Chester, England, after a foul-mouthed rant, Jock made his way to London looking for work and found himself in front of the legendary Marco Pierre White. He credits White for saving his life, but Jock continued to struggle with addiction in a world of excess, celebrity, and cut-throat ambition. On New Year's Eve 1999, Jock shot up his last shot of heroin before boarding a plane to Sydney, where he would find passion and new meaning in life in the most unexpected places. There would be more struggles ahead, including two failed marriages, the closure of his prized restaurant during COVID-19, his time on-country, and some very public battles. This is his unforgettable story.
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Chicago Tribune (Firm).
Call Number
641.5092 ACH
Publication Date
2012
Summary
A collection of articles taken from the Chicago Tribune , this book is an up-close examination of chef Grant Achatz's personal history and international impact in the culinary world, from his expansion of modern culinary trends and series of world-renowned, top-rated restaurants.
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Staff, Chicago Tribune.
Call Number
641.5
Publication Date
2012
Summary
Now updated through late August 2012: A fast-paced biography chronicling the rise of Charlie Trotter and his eponymous Chicago-based restaurant, his 20-plus year reign atop the city's fine dining scene, and his restaurant's August 2012 closing, as told by the Chicago Tribune journalists who were there from the beginning.
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