Cooked: From Streets to the Stove, From Cocaine to Foie Gras
Oct 2009 · Harper Collins
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By twenty-one, Jeff Henderson was making up to $35,000 a week cooking and selling crack cocaine. By twenty-four, he had been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges. It was an all-too-familiar story for a young man raised on the streets of South Central LA. But what happened next wasn't.
Once inside prison, Jeff Henderson worked his way up from dishwasher to chief prison cook, and when he was released in 1996, he had found his passion and his dream—he would become a professional chef. Barely five years out of federal prison, he was on his way to becoming an executive chef, as well as being a sought-after public speaker on human potential and a dedicated mentor to at-risk youth. A window into the streets and the fast-paced kitchens of world-renowned restaurants, Cooked is a very human story with a powerful message of commitment, redemption, and change.
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Arthur: Jeff Henderson
I like this book because he actually talks about everything that happend in his life and how he reached up to his goal.
I feel like this book is worth reading eaven though its pretty long. Its worth reading because it shows how someone can change from a really bad person to good person and how someone can actuelly reach there goal eaven though they had a bad start to it. I also feel like people can actually reach their goal if they actualy belive in themselfes like he did.
Sharon Johnson
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February 9, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this book. Chef Jeff you are definitely an overcomer. ..congratulations and praise the Lord. This book is a must read for those who feel like giving up...keep the faith...chef Jeff did!!!
Tiffany McNair
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October 28, 2014
Great read. Extremely inspirational. ..
About the author
Award-winning chef Jeff Henderson made history in Las Vegas when he became the first African-American executive chef at the world-renowned Bellagio Hotel. In fall 2008, his own TV show will debut on the Food Network and his first cookbook, Chef Jeff Cooks, will also be published. Chef Jeff lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Stacy, and their three children.
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