Knives Seasoning a Dash of Love by Katrina Kwan EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Katrina Kwan
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Control. That’s what he likes the most about running his own kitchen.
Everything has its place. Everyone has their roles to fulfill.
Everything is measured and timed and seasoned.
Perfection.
He expects nothing less.
He likes his knives dangerously sharp—it’s more dangerous to work
with a dull blade—and he likes his waiters to pick up orders the second the
plates hit the line. He’s never bothered with a chef’s hat because they’re
quite frankly pompous as fuck and it’s hot enough in here as it is. He keeps
his apron clean and the sleeves of his black chef jacket rolled up to just
below his elbows.
Trained at the prestigious Gagnon-Allard School of Culinary Arts with
three Michelin stars under his belt, he’s the pristine image of the worldclass chef everyone believes him to be. He’s the great and mighty Head
Chef of La Rouge, Alexander Chen.
But right now?
Right now, he’s stressed as fuck, and boy howdy does his kitchen staff
know it.
“What the hell is this?” he asks, voice booming over the roar of hood
fans and sizzling skillets. While the noises of the kitchen don’t stop, the
talking does. None of the other chefs dare make a peep.
“A steak,” Peter answers evenly, though the hard set of his jaw betrays
his cool tone.
Alexander stiffens, staring down his nose at the rotisseur. He lowers his
voice, quieter than before and somehow more frightening than when he was
yelling. “I don’t want to make a parody of myself, Drenton. But if this steak
were any rarer, it’d still be alive on the damn pasture. The table wants it
cooked well-done.”
Peter looks like he wants to cry. Embarrassing for a man in his midthirties, but alas—Alexander has that effect on people.
“But these are prime triple A! Just look at the marbling! Cooking them
well-done would be—”
“An absolute travesty and crime against God? I know. But it’s what the
customer wants. Do it again. I need another one on the fly.”
Peter gestures to the stove beside him with a huff. “My station’s
swamped already. I’ve been trying to—”
“I don’t need your excuses. I need a cook who can do their damn job.”
Freddie, the pâtissier, hesitantly clears his throat. “Um, chef?”
Alexander turns in one swift motion, the movement both effortlessly
aggressive and smooth. He’s an owl making a pinpoint turn midair to lay its
sights on new prey. Freddie is only a few inches shorter than Alexander, and
just as broad. Nevertheless, he tries—and fails—to hide a grimace.
“The new hire is here. For the sous chef position.”
Alexander’s nostrils flare. “What sous chef?”
It’s at this exact moment Alexander spots movement from out of his
periphery. All he catches is a glimpse, but it’s more than enough. A wisp of
light brown hair. Tanned skin. The worn-down fabric of a white chef’s coat
that’s seen better days.
Then he remembers. Alexander’s last sous chef, Mitchell, left almost a
week ago. He hadn’t even bothered to tell Alexander that he quit in person.
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