I’m Not High-Maintenance (As Long As Everything’s Perfect): A Chef’s Diary- 30 Years of Kitchens, Cooking and Chaos by Matthew H. Gladstone

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  • ISBN 10 8271599127
  • ISBN 13 9798271599125
  • Published Oct 19 2025
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 82
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Independently published

Publishers Text

I have had more burns, long nights and impossible clients than I can count in my thirty years as a chef. A few thought that a “private chef” meant personal therapist — they weren’t wrong. This isn’t a cookbook; it’s a confession and shares the unfiltered truth about what really happens behind those perfect families. From kitchens with too many egos to estates with too much money, from whispered chaos to dinners for people who don’t actually eat and it’s all held together with sarcasm, salt, and a stubborn refusal to quit.

If you’ve ever cooked for crazy, or just wondered what happens once the kitchen door swings shut — pull up a stool. Thirty years, a thousand kitchens: Still standing. Still laughing. Still not sugarcoating a damn thing.