Book Launch: A Woman’s Place Is In The Kitchen by Sally Abé

Last night the Mushens Entertainment team attended Sally Abé’s launch party for her memoir, A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE KITCHEN. Held at 58 & Co. distillery in Hackney, it was a festive time filled with champagne, chefs, a giant octopus to celebrate the stunning cover, and lots of fun.

We were treated to a wonderful speech from Sally’s editor, Rhiannon Smith at Fleet Books that applauded this daring book for showing the world of hospitality through the eyes of a female chef. Sally Abé’s speech celebrated the hospitality industry while advocating for change and honouring all that women do in the kitchen.

Congratulations and thank you for sharing your story with us Sally!

From the star of the Great British Menu, for readers who loved Kitchen Confidential and couldn't tear their eyes away from Boiling Point, a book that reveals the reality of working in restaurant kitchens - and how they need to change for the better

It's a familiar trope: angry men berating each other in kitchens as pots furiously boil, sauces burn and a giant slab of beef rests in the background. The dominant view of a professional kitchen is one of chaos and pent-up fury - a gladiatorial contest of male ego. Why then do we also hear the misogynistic refrain that women 'belong in the kitchen' if, in a professional context, they're all but erased from them?

A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen is the story of Sally Abé's rise to become an award-winning chef in the brutal world of restaurant kitchens; how a girl from the midlands who used to cook herself Smash to get by is now one of the most successful fine-dining chefs working today.

More than that, Sally's story is also a stirring manifesto - drawing back the curtain on restaurant kitchens to show how she is endeavouring to change them for the better. Filled with stories of Michelin-starred food, the relentlessness of kitchens, as well as the hope for the future of the culinary landscape, Sally's memoir is set to become a classic.