THE RESTAURANT
Anatomy of a World that nourishes and consumes peopleBy Julien Vindal
Length5h 42m
About this audiobook
THE RESTAURANT
**THE RESTAURANT** is an intimate, honest, and often humorous journey through a life shaped by hospitality.
From a childhood in a family restaurant to kitchens across Europe and Asia, Julien Vindal explores the people, pressures, sacrifices, and unexpected beauty behind the world of gastronomy.
More than a memoir, it is a story about freedom, identity, human connection, and the search for a place to call home.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length5 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 23, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE RESTAURANT
26Julien, the goofball.
2PROLOGUE
27Fast Julien.
3Less public. More important to us.
28Not of submission.
4Right underneath my bedroom.
29More like a very simple thought:
5The second ring meant business.
30Of course.
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
6Pots. Footsteps. Voices. Doors.
31Fantasies.
7But often.
32CHAPTER FOUR
8From the plate to the room.
33Do Something Sensible
9Monday Was Sunday
34Look, Julien.
10Public holidays.
35Curious.
11My big brother in the truest sense of the word.
36Learn languages.
12Family.
37Functioning.
13Quite the opposite.
38But:
14Or between six and forty-five.
39A lot of knowledge.
15No moment with a contract, a handshake and someone announcing:
40We could both live with that.
16The Black Fiesta
41Harbour. La Mer. Find the owner.
17More often.
42“Je suis le boucher de La Rosière.”
18Silences.
43“Why?”
19The eighties.
44A visionary businessman.
20The black Ford Fiesta.
45Every day.
21Decided.
46From morning to night.
22We lived on Venloer Strasse, around Friesenplatz.
47Two hours off.
23Full stop.
48The French Riviera.
24My mum.
49Then back to the cockroaches.
25Exhaustion.
50Actual endurance.
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