The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef - Paperback

Marco Pierre White was born in Leeds in 1961. After training in Britain's finest kitchens, he opened Harveys, which earned three Michelin stars and was London's most talked-about restaurant. He went on to build a gastronomic empire that included many of the most acclaimed restaurants in the U.K. He lives in West London with his wife, Mati, and their three children. He also has a daughter by his first wife. As a gossip columnist in the late eighties, James Steen phoned Harveys to speak with Marco Pierre White. A maître d' answered the phone and ranted on in a strong French accent about how White was "a monster, a crazy man, a lunatic to work for." The "maître d'" in question was White. Steen, now a freelance journalist, lives a short stroll from what was once Harveys, with his wife, Louise, and three children, Charlie, Billy, and Daisy.