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Knives and Spoons

Alasdair Gill
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781037401442
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Jul 2026
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

From working in some of London’s most prestigious restaurants to scrubbing fat from kitchen floors, Alasdair Gill’s life as a chef has been a series of exhilarating highs and harrowing lows. But so too has his private life. Taking readers behind the swinging kitchen doors of London’s dining scene, he shows us the major contradictions in his life, from crossing paths with Anthony Bourdain and preparing dishes for the ultra wealthy to hiding in drug-fuelled kitchen dens and a wake-up call that nearly ended his life.

Knives and Spoons is a raw and honest look at the chaotic and often toxic world of professional kitchens, filled with fierce and unforgiving moments, but also a testament to the power of finding one’s craft and the long road to recovery.
About Alasdair Gill
Alasdair Gill is a chef and writer whose career has taken him from the pressure-cooker environment of London’s finest dining establishments to his current work as a private chef. His writing can be regularly found in The Sunday Times, Vice, Times 2, ST magazine, ST style, You magazine and Tatler. Knives and Spoons is his first book.

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