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Chef's Story

27 Chefs Talk about What Got Them into the Kitchen

Chef's Story( )
Author: Hamilton, Dorothy Cann
Kuh, Patric
ISBN:978-0-06-137917-8
Publication Date:Jan 2007
Publisher:HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $13.99
Book Description:

This companion book to The French Culinary Institute's Public Television series hosted by Dorothy Hamilton brings together twenty-seven extraordinary chefs to tell the personal stories behind their culinary triumphs.

Chefs have become figures of heightened interest in our culture over the past decade. We look at chefs as stars and to restaurants as their stage. The twenty-seven fascinating individuals who tell their stories in this book bring us into their world and reveal...
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Author Biography
Hamilton, Dorothy Cann (Author)
Dorothy Cann Hamilton was born in Manhattan, New York on August 25, 1949. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England. She joined the Peace Corps and taught English in Thailand for three years. She worked as a receptionist for her father's trade school Apex Technical School to pay off student loans. She became the financial aid director and received a master's degree in business administration from New York University.

In 1980, she toured European vocational schools as a board member of the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools and visited a training program for chefs in Paris. In 1984, she founded the French Culinary Institute. She was the host of Chef's Story, a PBS television and Heritage Radio Network series that profiled chefs. She wrote several books including Love What You Do: Building a Career in the Culinary Industry. In 2015, she received the Legion of Honor from the French government for promoting French cuisine in the United States. She died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on September 16, 2016 at the age of 67.

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