Tart, Slutty Cheff
Tart, Slutty Cheff
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Tart
Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef

Author: Slutty Cheff

Narrator: Charly Clive

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2025


Synopsis

An Instant Sunday Times (London) Bestseller
A New York Times Best Nonfiction Book of Summer 2025
A Vogue Best Book of 2025 So Far
A Service95 Must-Read Book of 2025

A hilarious, hot, and steamy account of coming of age in and out of the kitchen, from the anonymous chef and columnist, Slutty Cheff.

“It’s the two best things in the world: food and sex.”

When Slutty Cheff finds herself bored and fed-up with her 9–5 job in corporate marketing, she turns to the only thing that she really likes to do: cooking. So she quits her job, swaps emails for emulsions, and sets off to pursue her dreams of becoming a chef.

The world of London’s fine dining restaurants is so much more than she imagined: it’s more challenging, and more exciting too. There are the exhausting lows of sixty-hour work weeks in windowless kitchens, and the shock of stepping into the changing room as the only woman. There are the thrilling highs of a busy night, when service is running smoothly; electrifying run-ins with hot bartenders and even hotter chefs; and, always, the exhilaration of cycling hands-free through a city that is still sleeping, on a morning where anything can happen.

This is a story about searching for your purpose, and experiencing and embracing life to the fullest along the way. The pleasure and the chaos too…

An exquisite mix of raw Anthony Bourdain-style honesty with the sharp wit of Lena Dunham’s Girls, Tart is THE book for those who like to eat and f**k.

About Slutty Cheff

Slutty Cheff writes anonymously about sex, food, and being a woman in the restaurant world. She first started writing on her @SluttyCheff Instagram account where she posted stories anonymously while cooking full time in London restaurants. She now has her own column in British Vogue, has also written for The Sunday Times (London), and has been interviewed by the Financial Times, the Evening Standard (London), and Interview magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wulf on August 30, 2025

During this extremely warm summer, I'm writing bite-sized reviews at best. Oh, well, this is kind of mistitled and the pen name is strongly misleading: This should have been called "Running" because our self-styled "Slutty Cheff" sounds more like a manic-depressive person who's telling us about how s......more

Goodreads review by mimi (depression slump) on October 09, 2025

It’s really a shame this story is labelled as literary fiction because I’d have enjoyed hating on her a lot more knowing she wasn't a real person. (I decided to laugh at this and not think about my recent strike of mediocre books, or this could have been my last straw.) In a few words: what an obnoxio......more

Goodreads review by Jillian on August 13, 2025

Tart is a love story between a woman and cooking. And it’s also maybe just an excuse to overshare about her sex life for 300 pages. The food writing in this memoir was the best part- I really felt the passion Cheff has for cooking. I also really appreciated the details of working as a woman in male-......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on October 12, 2025

A twenty-something woman flees the corporate world to pursue cooking, specifically high-end restaurant work. She comes from some means and seems to struggle with anxiety. But she’s brave enough to try a creative career, albeit one with a high propensity for pressure. It’s probably not the subject ma......more

Goodreads review by Amelia on July 20, 2025

3.75 Hm. Her voice is very unique which is refreshing and it’s nice to read something that is incredibly to my taste yet new and slightly different. I think slutty chef’s articles are an art form yet the book didn’t satisfy me as much so maybe short form is her sweet spot. I often felt passages dwind......more