Chef Stories

***THIS STORY WILL BECOME FREE ON JULY 15t!*** Kelsey Harris, a young chef moving to LA, struggles with work, the glamour of the hollywood scene, and a new romance with mega-celebrity Ethan Glenn. ***** Kelsey Harris is heading to LA to begin her new career as a sous chef, and she's excited to work under a prestigious mentor and feed fabulous celebrities. She also meets Ethan Glenn, a movie star with doubts about his career, on the plane. But when she settles in, she learns that her new job is more intense than she expected, and her roommate is acting strange. When they happen to be on the same movie set, Ethan and Kelsey begin to grow close, though their friendship is immediately put under scrutiny by friends and the media. A romance begins, but the delicate facade of Hollywood is slipping, and Kelsey has to decide if she wants to escape the photographers and screaming fans, or if she wants to be with Ethan and put up with the consequences. [[Wattys 2018 Shortlist]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

Without being at fault, she suffered. She suffered through an incident because of someone else's mistake. For the sake of his daughter, he made her his assistant. He never expected her to become more than that. From being a stranger to him, to becoming his personal assistant, to becoming his replacement bride- was it planned, or was it just a coincidence? He never knew he would fall for her, but he did. He wanted to keep her to himself. And she was someone who never felt comfortable with anyone-except him. When the world got louder, he became the one she felt safe with.

"I am no hero and I am certainly no V.I.L.E... I am Carmen." Carmen Sandiego is trying to live a normal peaceful life in her country of birth: Argentina. However, Dr. Bellum's mind-control machine that turned her evil has left severe after-effects on her mind. Soon, a new series of major thefts around the world puts A.C.M.E on high alert. Zack and Ivy, Carmen's best friends and now official agents leading the case, try to reach out to Carmen, only to discover that she has completely disappeared. To find her, they decide to rebuild the old team. Alongside Player, Shadow-san and Graham- who has been living a crime-free life since leaving the hospital after V.I.L.E's downfall- they dive into the track. Worried but determined, they will stop at nothing to uncover the truth and save their friend. ⚠️ NOTE : English's not my native language. This is a RedCrackle ( Carmen x Graham ) fanfiction. I am a newbie to writing so thank you for your patience and support! I hope you enjoy the reading! For people who are kind of lost, it is a fanfiction of a What If continuation based of a Netflix Show called Carmen Sandiego.

Bang Chan made one tiny mistake. One sentence. One lie. Overnight, the entire country believed he had a girlfriend. To protect his career, the company found the perfect solution. Find him one. Oh Dain wanted nothing to do with celebrities or perfectly rehearsed smiles. Yet somehow, she found herself signing a contract that would turn a fake relationship into the biggest headline in Korea. They had one rule: Never let the lie become real. Unfortunately... Nobody ever told their hearts. TRANSLATIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

𝘋𝘦𝘶𝘹 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴'𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳？ 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦,𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦,𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘧 𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦́ 𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦̂𝘷𝘦． 𝘌𝘵 𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘢 𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘶𝘹 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳,𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘶𝘹,𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵,et depuis la mort de son père sa 𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦́ 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘲𝘶'𝘢 𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧 𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨． 𝘊𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘶𝘹 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯,𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦,𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘴,𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘦,𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦,𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴,𝘳𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳？ 𝘈 𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘷𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦... 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Felicity just started the second semester of her sophomore year of college. Everyone always complains about how grumpy she is, but she can have fun. She has her friends and that's all she needs. Until one night at a party when she talks to a guy who says she isn't any fun. She disagrees and it ends up with him daring her to do 20 dares during the semester to prove that she's fun. She's sick of hearing everyone calling her grumpy so she agrees. Will it end with her proving she's fun or in disaster? Drew's life is perfect. He's just starting the second semester of his junior year of college and everything is great. He has great friends, soccer, food, what more could he need? Then at a party he talks to a girl who he can't help but find interesting because she is very grumpy. He jokes and dares her to do 20 dares during the whole semester, chosen by him. She actually agrees and he can't believe it. Will he make the girl loosen up or will he just ruin the perfect semester he had going?

Kitty was bored on her summer vacation so, she decided to enter the reality show Total Drama Island. As she signed up, she's allowed to bring a friend and everyone else is busy except for Rogue. She and Rogue signed up to join the show. As on the show Kitty fell for a certain model and a certain geek has his eyes on Rogue. Pairing: Kitty x Justin and Rogue x Cody.

Alton, a young chef just three years out of culinary school, lands a spot at Alonzo's De'Lic, one of the top-tier restaurants in Philadelphia. Six days a week, he endures the relentless pressure of the kitchen and the sharp tongue of the head chef, a man who seemed to have it out for him from the moment he walked through those doors. Determined to prove himself, Alton pours everything into his craft, leaving no room for a social life or any life outside the restaurant at all. Just across the street, Elizabeth, a young librarian with an appetite for a good story and even better food, has made Alonzo's De'Lic her personal haven. For three years, she's tasted nearly every dish the menu had to offer, always promising herself to try something new the next day. It became a quiet ritual, one she couldn't imagine giving up. But fate has a way of stirring the pot. An unexpected incident will bring Alton and Elizabeth together in a way that neither could have predicted. After years of being separated by the kitchen doors, what will finally cause them to swing open, and what happens when their eyes meet for the very first time?

Mira Sen lives by spreadsheets, bulleted decks, and cold, hard logic. As a corporate restructuring consultant, her only goal is making partner-which means whipping a failing Goan heritage resort into shape, no matter how many feelings get hurt in the process. ​Kabir Mehta runs his family's resort entirely on vibes, culinary passion, and zero regard for cash flow. To him, Mira is an uptight corporate robot sent to strip the soul right out of his kitchen. ​She wants to balance the books. He wants to save his legacy. ​When forced into a week-long turf war inside a chaotic, steamy hotel kitchen, the only thing more dangerous than the open flames is the undeniable chemistry sparking between them. ​Can an Excel spreadsheet survive a hot-headed chef, or will love completely ruin the budget?

Professional chef Park Han has spent years cultivating a cold, untouchable reputation in the culinary world, but the moment the world-renowned volleyball star JL Gaspar opens his door with a sunshine-bright smile, Han's carefully maintained composure threatens to boil over. Despite the heavy weight of his secret and a home filled with JL's sports memorabilia, Han must now navigate the intimate task of fueling the athlete's body while trying not to let his own heart skip a beat every time those godly eyes meet his.

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Novel Rating:10/10 Cheng Huan woke up and had transmigrated as the villainess female supporting character in a novel.The female supporting character was very money-loving and used her own son as a chip to try and get into a prestigious family. Finally, the child died in an accident and the female supporting character also met her tragic fate. Cheng Huan, who had been single her entire life, looked at the teary-eyed little boy next to her, let out a sigh of relief, and picked up the heavy burden of being a mother. As the days went on by, the legendary child's father showed up spontaneously!Cheng Huan: I really don't want to be the third wheel in your relationship!!The spontaneously-appeared male lead: ....but there is nobody else.

She entered his kitchen with a secret, a dangerous past, and one carefully calculated mission. She was supposed to become the CEO's personal chef-not his distraction, not his confidante, and certainly not the woman who would slowly find herself falling for him. Years ago, her mother and an elite team attempted an illegal operation against his corporation, leaving behind deaths, survivors, and secrets that were buried beneath a false heroic story. Now, the daughter has uncovered the truth and stepped into the very world her mother once fought against. But the closer she gets to the CEO, the harder it becomes to separate her mission from her growing feelings. Between disastrous recipes, hilarious misunderstandings, corporate secrets, hidden identities, and a CEO who is beginning to suspect his charming new chef is far more dangerous than she appears, one question remains: What happens when the person you were sent to destroy becomes the person you can't bear to lose? Sometimes the most dangerous recipe isn't made in a kitchen. It's made from secrets, revenge, and love.

"හැඩකාර යෞවනයෙක්... ආඩම්බරකාර පිරිමියෙක්... කොහොම වෙයිද මේ ආදරේ....ම්ම්ම්...?'

တော်ဝင်နန်းတွင်းစားဖိုးမှူးခေါင်းဆောင်တစ်ယောက်က ခေတ်သစ်ကိုကူးပြောင်းလာခဲ့ပြီး နာမည်မရှိတဲ့ မင်းသမီးတစ်ယောက်ရဲ့ခန္ဓာကိုယ်ထဲကို ရောက်ရှိသွားခဲ့ပါတယ်။ အဲဒီနောက် ဘာတွေဆက်ဖြစ်လာမလဲဆိုတာကို သိချင်ရင် ဝင်ဖတ်လိုက်တော့နော်

No way, Miu thought. There is absolutely no way the actual Lena Schuett is on a dating app. But her curiosity was piqued. And maybe, just maybe, it would be funny to mess with whoever was running this fake profile. She swiped right. IT'S A MATCH! Miu snorted. Of course it matched. Catfish accounts matched with everyone.

One girl is rising in the spotlight. The other already survived it. Starlet Hart is an actress at the height of her career: bright, beloved, and constantly in the spotlight. Anastasia has already lived that life. Once a world-famous child chef, Anastasia left fame behind in search of something quieter, more private. Now working as Starlet's personal chef, she's determined to stay out of the public eye and keep her past buried. But as late night conversations, shared meals, and unexpected friendships blur the line between employer and friends, both girls begin to realize they have more in common than either of them expected. What happens when an actress and her personal chef realize they're more alike than different?

**MAISON LUMIÈRE** Di balik gemerlap restoran mewah yang menjadi kebanggaan sebuah keluarga selama lebih dari satu abad, ada sesuatu yang tidak pernah tercatat dalam sejarah mereka. Maison Lumière seharusnya hanya menjadi restoran Prancis ternama-tempat orang-orang datang untuk menikmati hidangan terbaik dan melupakan dunia di luar sana. Namun bagi Leon Ardent, dapur Maison Lumière bukan sekadar tempat untuk memasak. Ada masa lalu yang terus mengejarnya. Ada nama-nama yang seharusnya sudah dilupakan. Dan ada sebuah rahasia yang perlahan kembali muncul ke permukaan. Ketika Clara datang ke dalam hidupnya, keberadaan perempuan itu justru membuka kembali pintu yang selama ini berusaha Leon tutup rapat. Satu demi satu kepingan masa lalu mulai bermunculan. Sebuah nama yang tidak seharusnya ditemukan. Sebuah keluarga yang menyimpan terlalu banyak rahasia. Dan sebuah bayangan bernama **Black Veil** yang ternyata jauh lebih dekat daripada yang mereka kira. Clara tidak tahu bahwa kedatangannya ke Maison Lumière mungkin bukan sebuah kebetulan. Leon juga tidak tahu apakah kali ini ia sedang menemukan seseorang yang bisa dipercaya- atau justru seseorang yang akan membawanya kembali pada kebenaran yang selama ini ia hindari. Karena di Maison Lumière, cahaya memang selalu terlihat indah. **Tapi tidak semua yang diterangi cahaya seharusnya ditemukan.**

Eight years ago, Alessandra Carter left New York behind. She left with a dream, a plane ticket, and a heartbreak she never talked about. London gave her everything she had once wanted. A career. A name of her own. A life she built from the ground up. Now, she's finally coming home. Her plan is simple: open her restaurant, be close to her family again, and leave the past exactly where it belongs. Until she sees him. Dominic Sterling. The boy she loved. The man she lost. The one person she never expected to find waiting for her in a city she thought she'd already outgrown. Eight years should be enough time to forget someone. So why does one look make Alessandra question everything she thought she'd left behind? And why does Dominic seem to know something she doesn't?

【ᵞᵁᴹᴹᵞ】 《 𐂐◯𓇋 》【𝔅𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔐𝔢】 Tae, a passionate young chef with big dreams, never expected her path to cross with Jungkook, the charismatic owner of a renowned restaurant. What begins as a chance encounter soon becomes a journey filled with ambition, laughter, unforgettable moments, and feelings neither of them can ignore. But as the heat in the kitchen rises, so do the challenges waiting beyond it. Dreams will be tested, hearts will be shaken, and not every battle is fought with a knife and a pan. Because sometimes, the most important ingredient for life isn't found in a recipe book... It's found in the heart. ﴾ Some recipes are learned... and few are lived! ﴿ ‎ ──── ♨ ──── 𝒾ꪀဌ𝓇𝑒𝒹𝒾𝑒ꪀ𝓉န 𝘰𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉