Sous Chef (2014)

Written in a gripping, immediate second-person voice, Michael Gibney places the reader directly into the relentless tempo of a bustling Friday service. From early morning prep to the deafening cacophony of incoming chits and sizzling sauté pans, every sensory detail is laid bare. It deconstructs culinary glamour by revealing the mechanical precision, intense heat, and sheer panic of surviving a rush.