No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman

No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken

No Experience Necessary is Chef Norman Van Akenâ€™s joyride of a memoir. In it he spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobsâ€”including the fateful job advertisement in the local paper for a short-order cook with â€œno experience necessary.â€

Long considered a culinary renegade and a pioneering chef, Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred, sweated and seared his way to cooking stardom with no formal training, but with extra helpings of energy, creativity, and faith.

After landing on the deceptively breezy shores of Key West, Van Aken faced hurricanes, economic downturns, and mercurial moneymen during the decades when a restaurant could open and close faster than you can type haute cuisine. From a graveyard shift grunt at an all-night barbeque joint to a James Beardâ€“award finalist for best restaurant in America, Van Aken put his trusting heart, poetic soul, natural talent, and ever-expanding experience into every ventureâ€”and helped transform the American culinary landscape along the way.

In the irreverent tradition of Anthony Bourdainâ€™s Kitchen Confidential, and populated by a roguesâ€™ gallery of colorful charactersâ€”including movie stars, legendary musicians, and culinary giants Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, and Charlie Trotterâ€”No Experience Necessary offers a uniquely personal, highly-entertaining under-the-tablecloth view of the high-stakes world of American cuisine told with wit, insight, and great affection by a natural storyteller.

Country	USA
Author	Norman Van Aken
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781589799158
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Taylor Trade Publishing
Manufacturer	Taylor Trade Publishing
NumberOfPages	353
PublicationDate	2013-12-07
Publisher	Taylor Trade Publishing
ReleaseDate	2013-12-07
Studio	Taylor Trade Publishing

No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken

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