A chef’s journey to success leads to discovering the perfect recipe for love in this delicious romantic comedy.
Sadie is a rising star in the trendy Seattle restaurant scene. Her dream is to create unique, modern, and mouthwatering takes on traditional Jewish recipes. But after a public breakup with her boss, a famous chef, she is sure her career is over–until she lands a coveted spot on the next season of her favorite TV show, Chef Supreme.
On the plane to New York, Sadie has sizzling chemistry with her seatmate, Luke, but tells him that she won’t be able to contact him for the next six weeks. They prolong their night with a spontaneous, magical dinner before parting ways. Or so she thinks. When she turns up to set the next day, she makes a shocking discovery about who Luke is….
If Sadie wants to save her career by winning Chef Supreme, she’s going to have to ignore the simmering heat between her and Luke. But how long can she do that before the pot boils over?
Sadie on a Plate by Amanda Elliot
Pages: 328
Publishing Date: March 15th, 2022
Publisher: Berkley Books
MY THOUGHTS
I enjoy cooking competitions and Masterchef Australia is one of my go-to. I picked this book because I wanted to read some light rom-com and what is better than a cooking competition rom-com?
Sadie is going through a bad phase after her job ended at the restaurant where she was quite content. She is looking for a job, any job, instead she got an interview call from her favorite cooking show Chef Supreme. That’s the perfect opportunity to prove her mettle in the cooking world and get noticed by big names. She met Luke, also a chef, on the way to NY and these few hours’ companionships ended with an exchange of numbers and promises.
This book was easy to get into and it was easy to imagine everything after watching so many episodes of Masterchef. The problem was the story or maybe I was the problem. I felt like nothing was new in this story. No twists, no turns, no romance, no page-turning moments. The writing style of the initial chapters felt different from the rest of the book. There wasn’t any romance and neither did Sadie have any self-respect. There wasn’t any character development. Most of the characters were obviously fillers because someone has to be eliminated every week. Sadie’s relationship with her family was one-dimensional. I didn’t enjoy Luke and Sadie’s chemistry, Luke was kind of an asshole then suddenly change of mind and I ended up with a lot of questions but my answers might fell from the plot holes.
It wasn’t a bad book by any means but it wasn’t up to my expectations.
