Interstellar MegaChef, Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Interstellar MegaChef, Lavanya Lakshminarayan
List: $24.99 | Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.49

Interstellar MegaChef

Author: Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Unabridged: 16 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/05/2024

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Looking for your one shot to rise to the "top of the pots" in the cutthroat world of interstellar cuisine? Look no further—you might have what it takes to be an Interstellar MegaChef!

Stepping off a long-haul star freighter from Earth, Saras Kaveri has one bag of clothes, her little flying robot Kili . . . and an invitation to compete in the galaxy's most watched, most prestigious cooking show. Interstellar MegaChef is the showcase of the planet Primus's austere, carefully synthesized cuisine. Until now, no-one from Earth has ever graced its flowmetal cookstations before, or smiled awkwardly for its buzzing drone-cams.

Corporate prodigy Serenity Ko, inventor of the smash-hit sim SoundSpace, has just got messily drunk at a floating bar, narrowly escaped an angry mob and been put on two weeks' mandatory leave to rest and get her work-life balance back. Perfect time to start a new project! And she's got just the idea: a sim for food. Now she just needs someone to teach her how to cook.

A chance meeting in the back of a flying cab has Saras and Serenity Ko working together on a new technology that could change the future of food—and both their lives—forever . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on November 18, 2024

This book was extremely clever. Not perfect, but clever. Between this one and The Ten Percent Thief I’m prepared to add Lavanya Lakshminarayan to my “auto-read” list. This is set about 2000 years in the future. Humans have colonized other planets across the galaxy; the Earth is (still) a shitshow, bu......more

Goodreads review by Emma Wheatley on March 22, 2025

I’m unsure if I liked this. I do know I want a snarky robot friend who lives on my shoulder and whispers a sarcastic commentary. *update* having let it sit a while I’ve realised the reason I’m unsure on this book is the cover and premise both promise lighthearted fun cooking with a hint of romance. T......more

Goodreads review by Jamedi on November 21, 2024

Review originally on JamReads Interstellar MegaChef is the first novel in the sci-fi series Flavour Hackers, a really clever book written by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, and published by Solaris Books. A novel which not only has an excellent plot woven around two deep characters and their way to under......more

Goodreads review by Joanna on September 07, 2024

Thank you Solaris for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own. 2.5 / 5 stars, rounded down Saraswati has escaped a precarious family situation on her home planet of Earth to take part in Interstellar Megachef, the most prestigious cooking show on Primus (whi......more