Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.36 (568 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061153915 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Getting Absorbed by Cooked M. JEFFREY MCMAHON I first heard about Jeff Henderson from his television show The Chef Jeff Project in which Henderson, who spent 10 years in jail for drug trafficking, mentors troubled young adults in the area of fine cooking with the hope of steering them in the right direction and hooking . Amazon Customer said we have a wonderful commercial kitchen and I work all year with students. I am a culinary teacher and all of my students are "AT RISK". we have a wonderful commercial kitchen and I work all year with students toget them ready for the world of work. I really do have students that are naturally talented and do an excellent job cooking.I will use you. "Good autobiographical read" according to Amazon Customer. The book is a good account of Chef Jeff's life on the street and ability to overcome the challenges of becoming a repeat offender when he got out of prison. Be aware that much of the book takes place on the street so there is a lot of street language.
By twenty-four, he had been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges. Barely five years out of federal prison, he was on his way to becoming an executive chef, as well as being a sought-after public speaker on human potential and a dedicated mentor to at-risk youth. By twenty-one, Jeff Henderson was making up to $35,000 a week cooking and selling crack cocaine. But what happened next wasn't.Once inside prison, Jeff Henderson worked his way up from dishwasher to chief prison cook, and when he was released in 1996, he had found his passion and his dream—he would become a professional chef. It was an all-too-familiar story for a young man raised on the streets of South Central LA. A window into the streets and the fast-paced kitchens of world-renowned restaurants, Cooked is a very human story with a powerful message of commitment, redemption, and change.
All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly How one of San Diego's most successful cocaine dealers became an award-winning chef is the question that drives this sporadically inspired memoir. In addition, Henderson's casual reference to methods and equipment particular to the industry may leave amateur foodies nonplussed. After serving nine years, Henderson got an early release and began a series of grueling, occasionally demeaning jobs in kitchens, eventually working his way up to leading roles in Caesars Palace Hotel and el