Marco Pierre White was a Savage

Gordon's Job Interview with Marco Pierre White +
I walked into this dingy alleyway, and said to the guy standing there "can I speak to Marco?" The guy turned around and looked at me. It was him. "Stand there."

For twenty minutes, I just stood there as he prepared pig's trotters. Part of me wanted to go "fuck this" and walk out, but another part was so fascinated watching him work, I stopped noticing how much time had passed.

Finally, we sat down in the dining room. "Look" he said. "We work so fucking hard here. This kitchen will be your life. There's no social life, no girlfriends, and it's shit money. Do you want to leave now?" "No, not at all." And that was it-- he told me to get changed, and come into the kitchen.

{ Relevant Books (look on Google and Amazon.com) }
White Heat (25th anniversary edition)
Roasting in Hell's Kitchen (Gordon Ramsay autobiography)
The Devil in the Kitchen (MPW autobiography)

| Recommended Cookware |
$86 Matfer Bourgeat Carbon Steel Pan (11.89")
$45 Victorinox Chef's Knife (8")
$90 HexClad Cutting Board (15.75")
$21 White Ceramic Honing Rod