The Chef
by Martin Suter
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Pub Date Apr 01 2015 | Archive Date Mar 02 2015
Trafalgar Square Publishing | Atlantic Books
Description
A thriller and love story that has gripped readers across Europe, filled with culinary exploits and sexual adventures, and includes 16 recipes
As the financial crisis tightens its grip on Europe, the gilded world of Zurich's leading restaurant, Chez Huwyler, seems immune to plunging stock markets and collapsing banks. But behind the scenes, even the rarefied world of haute cuisine is feeling the bite and so Maravan, a Tamil dishwasher and undiscovered culinary genius, and Andrea, a stunningly beautiful waitress, find themselves out of work and needing to find another way to survive. After Maravan seduces Andrea by cooking her a dinner that fuses the aphrodisiac recipes of his ancestors with the necromancy of molecular gastronomy, Andrea hits upon a business idea: romantic catering for couples. But even culinary magic can't ward off recession and when their new company begins to struggle, they are forced to enter into a much more unsavory business, plunging them deep into an underworld where murder and sex feed otherwise unquenchable thirsts.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9780857892928 |
PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |
Average rating from 7 members
Featured Reviews
As much as I loved the characters and the odd tale of love, with Maravan falling in love with Andrea after a passionate night, and then finding out she is a lesbian. Their relationship went from unease to business partners. I didn’t consider this a romantic love story.
The thriller part where it talked about arms dealing didn’t take place until about half way through the book. This book had such a slow build up. I kept having to look back at the summary to see if I had read correctly, that there was a murder somewhere in this book.