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S5, Ep1 How to Fail: Nigel Slater

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

CHAPTER

The Importance of Being a Chef

St. Ives was a good place for me to be, sending antiques and living with my brother's ex-wife. The problem was the winter - there is no work in St. Ives at that time of year. All anybody does is sit around getting stoned and wife swapping. It just felt wrong and I didn't want any part of it. So I packed my bags and came to London. My sister and I were emigrated to Tasmania. And I ended up on a friend's floor in London just looking for work. Was part of the reason you didn't like the chef's kitchen because it reminded you of a bullying dynamic with your father? Possibly. "

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