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Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir
Written by Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein
Narrated by Kwame Onwuachi
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By the time he was 27 years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened — and closed — one of the most talked-about restaurants in America. He had launched his own catering company with $20,000 that he made from selling candy on the subway, yet he’d been told he would never make it on television because his cooking wasn’t “Southern” enough. In this inspiring memoir about the intersection of race, fame, and food, he shares the remarkable story of his culinary coming of age.
Growing up in the Bronx, as a boy, Onwuachi was sent to rural Nigeria by his mother to “learn respect”. However, the hard-won knowledge gained in Africa was not enough to keep him from the temptation and easy money of the streets when he returned home. But through food, he broke out of a dangerous downward spiral, embarking on a new beginning at the bottom of the culinary food chain as a chef onboard a Deepwater Horizon cleanup ship, before going on to train in the kitchens of some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country and appearing as a contestant on Top Chef.
Onwuachi’s love of food and cooking remained a constant throughout, even when he found the road to success riddled with potholes. As a young chef, he was forced to grapple with just how unwelcoming the world of fine dining can be for people of color, and his first restaurant, the culmination of years of planning, shuttered just months after opening. A powerful, heartfelt, and shockingly honest story of chasing your dreams — even when they don’t turn out as you expected — Notes from a Young Black Chef is one man’s pursuit of his passions, despite the odds.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved it, where can I find the pdf of recipes?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This more powerful than I was ready for. Such a strong story and journey I relate to on so many levels. Truly an inspiration not only as a chef but also as a young black man pushing and striving for that greatness.