Chef Tell The Biography of America Pioneer TV Showman Chef (Audible Audio Edition) John McLain Ronald Joseph Kule Audible Studios Books
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"Tell started all this television madness about chefs." - Regis Philbin. Before the heyday of the Food Network, there was Chef Tell - TV persona of Friedemann Paul Erhardt, America's first TV showman chef. Big on personality and flavor, Chef Tell was once called by Philadelphia magazine the "affably roguish Bad Boy of the Philadelphia restaurant world." Chef Tell explores how a young German American chef became America's biggest TV celebrity chef of his time. Most of Chef Tell's forty million baby boomer viewers - a number comparable to Julia Child's - never knew his fascinating, hardscrabble life story. Until now.
This winning biography puts us "behind the line" inside his kitchen and inside his, at times, turbulent personal life. Tell not only charmed, worked, entertained and taught audiences to cook on live television shows, but, a quick-witted perfectionist, he also demanded only the freshest ingredients for his life of food, fame, fortune, and women. Chef Tell's life - his colleagues would agree - was a managed, complicated and mercurial affair, which changed two industries and the taste buds of millions of home cooks. An absorbing account of an extraordinary man, Chef Tell brings us through his personal and professional highs and lows, and his glorious successes, explaining why so many loved or hated him then and miss him dearly now. The day Chef Tell passed on, messages of surprise and shock flooded the media. "Chef Tell has died? Stick a fork in him, he's done," one wrote. Chef Tell would have loved that. Listeners will soon know why and agree.
Chef Tell The Biography of America Pioneer TV Showman Chef (Audible Audio Edition) John McLain Ronald Joseph Kule Audible Studios Books
I remember Chef Tell as one of the pioneers of television chefs. Except he was the entertaining one. When I found out he could cater our wedding reception, I jumped at the chance. We also frequented his restaurant in Upper Black Eddy, PA and got to know him a bit. This book helped me learn more about the life this brilliant "character" and to get to know him better, personally. Ron, I will always remember him telling the story of his meeting Richard Nixon to our friends at the wedding reception. And to this day, hubby and I still say, "Very nice, very simple"! It was a wonderful read and told objectively; warts and all. I miss this crazy man, and all the scrumptious dishes he prepared for us.Product details
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Chef Tell The Biography of America Pioneer TV Showman Chef (Audible Audio Edition) John McLain Ronald Joseph Kule Audible Studios Books Reviews
I approached this book without knowing anything about Chef Tell and was pleasantly surprised. It's an enjoyable book about a chef’s chef and an entertaining read for all Foodies and recipe historians. What I found interesting is insight to the progression of cooking shows on TV. It's an entertaining and well written book.
Fans of the Cooking Channel, as well as those who are making cooking their profession, may find this book the perfect companion to their morning coffee. It opens the door to a rarified world----the high end of cooking the rites of passage that make a world-class chef and restaurateur.
We watch "Chopped" and all the other cooking shows on TV and hear the famous chefs make their pronouncements regarding the transformations of the contents of mystery baskets. But what we don't hear is how these judges, and every other Cooking Channel chef, got there the thousands of hours each one of them spent perfecting their arts, and the unique challenges they overcame in order to rise to their current positions. And until now, we haven't heard the story of the person whose shoulders they are standing on the original TV showman chef, Chef Tell.
Chef Tell was a chef's chef, beloved in the world of chefs because he was a big man with a generous heart who could, very simply, cook great food. More than that, he was a man of boundless energy, relentless pursuit of competence and correct discernment of opportunities as they presented themselves. He had the courage of a pioneer, the soul of a teacher and the charisma of a star, which is what he became.
Kule's book shows us a man who rose from nothing, driven by the simple statement of his mother during the dire poverty of wartime "You will never go hungry, if you become a chef." The narrative is rich in detail gleaned from interviews with those who knew him personally, without bogging down into a dry recitation of facts. The relationships brought to life in the story give us a real sense of connection with the man himself. Chef Tell shows us that we advance not so much because of the people we know, but because of our ability to create those relationships----above and beyond presenting consistently delectable dishes in whatever profession we have chosen.
For those who want to advance in the culinary world, and for those of us who want to appreciate better the labor of love our favorite chefs go through to delight our taste buds and nourish our bodies, this is a good read.
I had never heard of Chef Tell before I read Ron Kule's book, but came away with high admiration for this flawed but abundantly talented, big-hearted and productive man. Kule's deep affinity for Tell makes for a moving read. While chronicling Tell's flaws along with his impressive culinary triumphs, Kule never loses sight of the decent being Tell was at his core, his great generosity of spirit that made him a true friend to many, high and low, fortunate enough to have known him. This could have easily been a tattletale "tell-all" book(no pun intended), but under Kule's empathetic, professional and entertaining hand it becomes much, much more than that. If every biographer was instilled with Kule's gift of understanding and compassion for his subject, we would have more heroes to tip our caps to.
A very good book. Chef Tell is a memory from TV's past.
It reads like a real life novel. I was surprised by the excellent writing ability of the author. Not only is it a chronological account of the life of one of the world's greatest chefs and pioneer TV chef showman, it's a series of word pictures that ties together the complexities of each aspect of Chef Tell's life and career. It's a "Must Read" for all Foodies especially aspiring TV cook or chef.
Chef Charles Knight
A fascinating bio of a complex chef who was instrumental--along with Julia Child--in making TV cooking shows an American classic. Well written and compelling. Chef Tell left us much too early. An enjoyable read for all foodies.
This is a well written, hold-your-interest book that is never dull. The subject, Chef Tell, was a larger than life figure and this book captures that persona. You get the good, the bad and the ugly but after all isn't that what we want to know about our celebrities? When you purchase this book you also get the recipes for one of Chef Tell's 7 course meals. What a treat! This is a great read even if you did not know Chef Tell in his prime. You come to know him and love/hate him as you journey through his life across the globe. In the end, I wound up loving him despite his faults in life.
The author, Ronald Kule, is a great writer. He has other books I have read which are also great reads.
Linda
I remember Chef Tell as one of the pioneers of television chefs. Except he was the entertaining one. When I found out he could cater our wedding reception, I jumped at the chance. We also frequented his restaurant in Upper Black Eddy, PA and got to know him a bit. This book helped me learn more about the life this brilliant "character" and to get to know him better, personally. Ron, I will always remember him telling the story of his meeting Richard Nixon to our friends at the wedding reception. And to this day, hubby and I still say, "Very nice, very simple"! It was a wonderful read and told objectively; warts and all. I miss this crazy man, and all the scrumptious dishes he prepared for us.
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