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In the kitchen

In this story of the rich and fascinating London subculture of chefs and kitchen denizens, Gabriel Lightfoot, executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, is trying to run a tight kitchen but his integrity--to say nothing of his sanity--is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own, and a worker found dead in the kitchen's basement.

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  • "In the kitchen"@it
  • "In the kitchen"@pl

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  • "Gabriel Lightfoot, the executive chef at the posh Imperial Hotel, has more than one pot set to boil over. Beside the unusual nuisance of brash diners, unpredictable kitchen staff, and an absolute ogre of a genreal manager, Gabriel finds further difficulty just under his nose when a Ukranian porter turns up dead. Throw in a mysterious woman from Belarus, add a dash of family trauma, and it's obvious the beleagured chef is overseeing a complicated menu that even he might not be able to master."
  • "Gabriel Lightfoot, originally from a northern England mill town, is making good in London as executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel. But his integrity, to say nothing of his sanity, in under constant challenge from the competing demands of a multinational staff, gimlet-eyed hotel management, and secret plans to start his own restaurant. Not to mention the worker found dead in the basement ..."
  • "In this story of the rich and fascinating London subculture of chefs and kitchen denizens, Gabriel Lightfoot, executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, is trying to run a tight kitchen but his integrity--to say nothing of his sanity--is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own, and a worker found dead in the kitchen's basement."
  • "In this story of the rich and fascinating London subculture of chefs and kitchen denizens, Gabriel Lightfoot, executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, is trying to run a tight kitchen but his integrity--to say nothing of his sanity--is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own, and a worker found dead in the kitchen's basement."@en
  • "Chef des cuisines de l'hôtel Imperial à Londres, Gabriel Lightfool est un homme en pleine effervescence : un palace plus à la hauteur de sa splendeur d'antan et des partenaires avec qui il projette en secret d'ouvrir sa propre affaire, une équipe cosmopolite et chahuteuse et une direction soupçonneuse, une petite amie, Charlie, chanteuse de jazz et un père atteint d'un cancer..."
  • "De chef-kok van een groot hotel in London wordt tijdens zijn midlifecrisis geconfronteerd met zijn multi-culturele personeel, vriendinnen, zakenpartners en zijn stervende vader."
  • "This novel opens with a mysterious death in the cellars of a smart, cosmopolitan hotel and over the course of the ensuing pages, peels back the layers of polyglot London to reveal the melting pot which exists below."
  • "Gabriel Lightfoot, the executive chef at the posh Imperial Hotel, has more than one pot set to boil over. Beside the unusual nuisance of brash diners, unpredictable kitchen staff, and an absolute ogre of a genreal manager, Gabriel finds further difficulty just under his nose when a Ukrainian porter turns up dead. Throw in a mysterious woman from Belarus, add a dash of family trauma, and it's obvious the beleagured chef is overseeing a complicated menu that even he might not be able to master."@en
  • "Gabriel Lightfoot, a chef in London, is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, and secret plans to move to his own restaurant; and then a worker is found dead in the kitchen's basement."@en
  • "The immigrant workers who staff the city's restaurants and hotels and the personal hopes, histories and secrets they must conceal as they cook the food and make the beds for London's elite. It all begins with the discovery of the dead body of a Ukrainian porter in the cellar of the Imperial Hotel."
  • "Gabriel Lightfoot is an enterprising man from a northern England mill town, making good in London. As executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, he is trying to run a tight kitchen. But his integrity is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, and secret plans to move to his own restaurant. Despite the pressures, all Gabriel's hard work looks set to pay off - until a worker is found dead in the kitchen's basement."

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  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "English fiction"
  • "Bestseller 2009 (Englisch)"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Popular literature"

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  • "In the kitchen"
  • "In the kitchen"@en
  • "In the kitchen"@it
  • "Chu fang si liao yi ge da za gong"
  • "In the Kitchen"@en
  • "En la cocina"
  • "En la cocina"@es
  • "I køkkenet"@da
  • "Hotel Imperial : Roman"
  • "廚房死了一個打雜工"
  • "Od kuchni"
  • "Od kuchni"@pl
  • "En cuisine"
  • "Chu fang si le yi ge da za gong"
  • "In The Kitchen"@en
  • "In The Kitchen"
  • "In the kitchen : a novel"@en
  • "In the kitchen : a novel"
  • "In de keuken"
  • "V kuchyni"
  • "Hotel Imperial Roman"
  • "U kuhinji"

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