This is a fascinating look inside some of London's most celebrated fine dining kitchens through the eyes of someone who experienced the highs and lows of them. From her early days at the Savoy to running her own kitchens and designing her own restaurant, Sally Abe writes with a frank, but reflective honesty of her time as a chef. She draws the reader into lunch and dinner services in some of London's top restaurants, working her way up from garnishes and cold starters to head chef. She even touches on how covid nearly decimated her industry and how she mobilised with other hospitality workers to keep people and key workers fed during the pandemic. I highly recommend the audiobook (Abe narrates it herself) - I got incredibly hungry listening to it and also felt incredibly proud of the work of she's done to achieve gender parity in professional fine dining kitchens. A great foodie memoir.