Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove -- Jeff Henderson

<p>By twenty-one, Jeff Henderson was making up to $35,000 a week cooking and selling crack cocaine. By twenty-four, he had been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges. It was an all-too-familiar story for a young man raised on the streets of South Central LA. But what happened next wasn't.</p><p>Once inside prison, Jeff Henderson worked his way up from dishwasher to chief prison cook, and when he was released in 1996, he had found his passion and his dream--he would become a professional chef. Barely five years out of federal prison, he was on his way to becoming an executive chef, as well as being a sought-after public speaker on human potential and a dedicated mentor to at-risk youth. A window into the streets and the fast-paced kitchens of world-renowned restaurants, <em>Cooked</em> is a very human story with a powerful message of commitment, redemption, and change.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jeff Henderson<br><b>Publisher:</b> William Morrow & Company<br><b>Published:</b> 02/26/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.57lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.92h x 5.41w x 0.76d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780061153914