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Apr 9, 2019 · Where Notes from a Young Black Chef really excels, and makes such an interesting counterweight to Kitchen Confidential, is in its discussion of race in the kitchen. While Anthony Bourdain openly addressed the sexism faced by women in the kitchen, he painted a pretty rosy picture of racial equality, describing a truly multi-ethnic melting pot kitchen where chefs are judged solely on skill.
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About Notes from a Young Black Chef A memoir from “the most important chef in America” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) and chef of Tatiana, the New York Times #1 Restaurant in New York City 2023. “Kwame Onwuachi’s story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African American communities but around the world.” —Questlove
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Apr 9, 2019 · Notes from a Young Black Chef is an inspiring tell-all about the reality of being a young Black chef in the world of fine dining and all the roads taken to become a culinary sensation.” —Edouardo Jordan, chef/owner of Salare, Junebaby, and Lucinda Grain Bar “In a decade, when fine dining restaurant kitchens are filled with—and run by—Black people wearing chef whites, Kwame Onwuachi ...
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Apr 13, 2021 · Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein. 3.79. 252 ratings62 reviews. This memoir, now adapted for young adults, chronicles Top Chef star and Forbes and Zagat 30 Under 30 phenom Kwame Onwuachi's odds-defying fame in the food world after a tough childhood in the Bronx and Nigeria. Food was Kwame Onwuachi's first great love.
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Notes from a Young Black Chef: Directed by Phillip Youmans. With LaKeith Stanfield. Based on Kwame Onwuachi's memoir which tells his unprecedented journey from childhood in the Bronx with a mostly single mother to opening a fine-dining restaurant in Washington D.C. at the age of 26.
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Mar 31, 2020 · Notes from a Young Black Chef. : A memoir from “the most important chef in America” (San Francisco Chronicle) and chef of Tatiana, the New York Times #1 Restaurant in New York City 2023. By the time he was twenty-seven years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened—and closed—one of the most talked about restaurants in America.
“Notes from a Young Black Chef might be the literary heir to Kitchen Confidential. . . . With the same mix of brutal honesty, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and atmosphere-conjuring prose. But Onwuachi’s story is completely his own.” —Entertainment Weekly
