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After a mistake in an exam Tia is wondering whether she can deal with the pressures of being a chef, but after a trial night in the hottest restaurant in town she finds that her fears were unfounded and it’s her natural domain. However, the owner of the restaurant is a handsome Frenchman and as he examines her performance she finds that she likes his attention, but all the while her boyfriend is just mere meters away.
Written by Odette Haynes
Published by AmorBooks
Tia looked around nervously at the other students. Lily gave her a sympathetic smile but everyone else was focused on their own station. Tia’s short brown hair was tied back underneath a hair net and before her lay a variety of ingredients. Everyone had their own meal to prepare, but Tia was sure her nerves were jangling the most. They echoed around her head like chains in a jail cell. She was a good chef, she knew that much, but she always panicked when she felt the pressure of time.
She was one of the best, if not the best, in her class when it came to pure talent, but through her culinary course she had learned that talent would only get her so far. To actually achieve her dream of becoming a chef and working in a high-end restaurant she had to be able to survive the fast-paced pressure-cooker world of a busy kitchen. Her placements…
