Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door
“An essential guide for how to appreciate food and cooking through the lens of a chef.”
–Will Blunt, Managing Editor, StarChefs
With a foreword by renowned chef Elizabeth Falkner, Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door is Emmanuel Laroche’s collection of dialogues with award-winning chefs from various backgrounds and cultures, sharing their personal experiences of where and why food culture is where it is today. The book builds upon the flavors unknown podcast and focuses on key learnings from Emmanuel’s discussions with fifty top chefs. It is filled with advice that will help entrepreneurs, professionals, and home cooks improve their craft and get more enjoyment in the process.
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As my library of podcast interviews was growing, I realized I had more to say about the common threads and insights I had gained into how chefs think, their methodologies, and their inspirations. Combined with my own experiences in the food industry, it was clear I had a story to tell. The result is my book, Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door. Whether you’re a professional in the industry or just a dedicated food enthusiast, I’m confident you’ll enjoy reading it.
–Emmanuel Laroche
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Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door is NOT a collection of podcast interview transcripts. It’s a detailed look at the chefs’ true stories and life circumstances, including both successes and failures, providing insight into how they achieved success.
If you’re a working chef or other foodservice professional, you’ll learn that product always come first, that creativity cannot be expressed without proper techniques, and that you should look beyond mastering French techniques and expand your horizons. You’ll understand that the quickest way to succeed is to learn from mentors.
If you’re a food enthusiast, you’ll find resources on how to be more creative, how to choose quality ingredients, the importance of building relationships with farmers at farmer’s markets, and how to find inspiration while traveling. You’ll build the confidence to prepare dishes without following recipes.
If you’re a food entrepreneur, you’ll find the critical aspects needed to develop the right offers, understand the importance of branding, and build online engagement. To be successful in this industry, good food is not sufficient; you have to act as a leader and be resilient by nature.
Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door is a modern-day gastronomic travelogue across America bringing to light everything that drives today’s culinarians. The book artfully and whimsically weaves a tale about some of the chefs and their food in America that is reminiscent of Twain’s writings about the foods he loved most. With wonderfully visual portrayals of his own personal culinary adventures as a foundation for exploration, Emmanuel brings us something way more valuable and eye-opening than any cookbook that I’ve read. An absolute must-read for any curious culinarian looking for inspiration told via an epic story.
–Chef Jeremy Umansky, owner of Larder Deli & Bakery in Cleveland and author of Koji Alchemy
“As a Marketing professional in the food business, Emmanuel Laroche takes us on a fascinating ride behind the scenes from American restaurants and bars. He knows what questions to ask chefs so they will reveal more of the secrets about their food and the restaurant business. This book is full of culinary insights for both the amateur and professional foodie.”
–Jeremy Gutsche, CEO of Trend Hunter and New York Times Bestselling Author