A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE KITCHEN

For readers of Wine Girl, Hungry, Taste, and Burn The Place Down, this memoir reads as if Dolly Alderton wrote Kitchen Confidential.

Everyone at Fleet fell in love with this book including Publisher Ursula Doyle who said, 'I knew that Sally Abe would write something steel-sharp and witty and warm, as well as truthful and sincere. The outline feels like a great menu, and the sample chapter is lively and funny and engaging and above all interesting, assuming nothing about its readers; this book will be an inspiration to many, as well as a call to arms on some aspects of kitchen life, and a brilliant piece of storytelling.'

Sally Abe first fell in love with food while cooking in her student apartment in Sheffield. She didn't plan it, had no clue what to do, but she fell fast and hard into an industry where only 17% of the workforce are women despite the cultural expectation that women do all the cooking at home. Moving down to London, she entered the hospitality industry which was at times glitzy, shocking, hilarious, cringe worthy, but also wonderful.

A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE KITCHEN is Sally's journey from Sheffield to The Savoy, from living on the breadline to running her current restaurant The Pem, which boasts a brigade of 80% female chefs. Sally brings readers along a journey through famous kitchens where she was shouted at by famous chefs, introduces them to the best wine and meals they will ever have, and shows that kitchens Michelin starred kitchens to be exact are the best place for women to be creative and artistic. This is simultaneously Sally's love letter to the industry she has worked in for over 15 years, as well as a call to arms to show that women can tackle this male-dominated industry, and that they should. It is time to show everyone that a woman's place is in the kitchen - a fine dining, Michelin starred kitchen.

Sally Abe is a fine-dining chef at the top of her profession. She has worked in some of the best establishments in the UK, including The Savoy, The Ledbury, and she retained a Michelin star at The Harwood Arms, the UK's #1 gastropub. She currently runs The Pem, named after the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, which boasts a team of 80% women producing some of the finest dishes in London. She was named Female Chef of the Year in 2021 by SquareMeal, and was shortlisted for GQ's overall Chef of the Year in 2021. She is constantly working to get women into the hospitality industry and create fair, safe, and happy living standards within kitchens across the UK.