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]]

A burned-out modern chef collapses in her kitchen - and wakes as a penniless orphan in an ancient Jiangnan water town, left to raise a little brother and a failing eatery. No cheat powers. No enemy to crush. Just a cold stove, an empty rice jar, and a child who treats her as his whole world.

Arianna Bianchi arriva a Seoul per lavorare all'Hanuel, uno dei ristoranti più ambiziosi della città. Kang Seojun è lo chef che lo guida: brillante, ossessivo, disposto a sacrificare qualsiasi cosa per conquistare una stella Michelin. Lei cucina d'istinto. Lui vive di controllo. E nessuno dei due ha intenzione di cedere. Ma tra servizi massacranti, notti a Gangnam e domeniche rubate, la rivalità diventa qualcosa che nessuno dei due aveva previsto. Perché Arianna riesce a vedere l'uomo dietro la giacca da chef. E Seojun scopre che esistono desideri che non possono essere misurati con una stella. Una storia di alta cucina, ambizione e seconde possibilità. Di due persone che dovranno perdersi per capire cosa significhi davvero tornare a casa.

In a world where image is everything, she was the only secret worth keeping. - Elena Blum lives in the shimmering, high-stakes world of Monaco, but behind closed doors, her reality is far from glamorous. As a talented private chef with a passion for simple, authentic creations, Elena spends her days in the shadow of her boyfriend, Julian, a narcissistic micro-influencer obsessed with fame, status, and building a luxury image, to Julian, Elena natural beauty and culinary talents are merely tools to advance his own career, to Elena, her kitchen is the only sanctuary left in a life that feels increasingly suffocating. Everything changes on a balmy May evening aboard a superyacht in Port Hercule. Dragged along by Julian to cater an exclusive Formula 1 party hosted by Lando Norris, Elena expects another night of keeping her head down and working in silence, but when a chaotic moment on deck brings her face to face with Arthur Leclerc, the quiet, observant F2 driver sees right through her apron, unlike Julian, Arthur isn't interested in the cameras, the clout, or the noise, he is captivated by Elena passion, her effortless warmth, and the genuine smile she hides from the world. As Arthur slowly draws Elena into his inner circle, offering her a glimpse of real respect and genuine connection, Julian's jealousy begins to fester, what starts as controlling behavior rapidly spirals into something far more dangerous, forcing Elena to make a choice: remain trapped in a gilded cage or fight for her own freedom. A story of hidden scars, unspoken dreams, and the quiet strength it takes to break free. very long slowburn tw: violence, sex, alcohol, abuse

👮Miranda & Meringues🧑‍🍳 A Co-lab with RashiG05 👮Miranda : 📍You have the right to remain silent. 📍Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 📍You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have them present during questioning. 📍If you cannot afford a lawyer, the court will provide one for you. 🌹 🧑‍🍳 Meringues : Meringues are light, sweet, and airy confections made by whipping egg whites and sugar until they form stiff peaks. 🌹 When Khaotung meets First the irritation is immediately obvious... Khaotung describes First as the entitled idiot ..... And First thinks of Khao as an overzealous oversensitive and overly cautious policeman.... They aim to steer clear of each other, But Fate has other plans..... Against a backdrop of crime, bad guys and dirty cops their connection is tested ....... put through the fire..... Will First's sweet, light and airy world like his meringues survive Khao's fiery explosive world and his rigid Miranda.....?

Lisa gets sick and takes a break from cooking but refuses to let Mickey take care of her when he finds out. Sneak peek: She hates being sick. But she knows she's safe in her hero lawyer's arms so she'll put up with being sick. "So thank you for taking care of me." Lisa says sleepily. "I will always take care of you, Lisa."

Two soul from the same city. Both hustlers in their own way. Soulè Peters just wanted to make enough money to go to culinary school. Juggling doing hair, selling plates, a new graphic design side hustle, and a job at White Castle she only wants to pay for her necessities and save the rest. The only thing she knew how to do was hustle. Setback after setback Soulè bounced back every time. Nothing was going to stop her from reaching her dream. She barely has time for her friends let alone a relationship. Eastland "East" Fellows does whatever he can to make money. His whole purpose is to survive and take care of his siblings after they lost their parents. East believed that as long as he kept a smile on his face for them they'd never know the darkness he hid from them. While trying to keep one sibling thriving in school and the other from following the same path as him, he felt like he was being pulled every which way. With no help he's almost at his breaking point. He had no time or desire for anything or anyone else until her. A last minute order brings the two hustlers just tryna survive with the cards they were dealt. Will they be able to heal those suppressed wounds and find their way into each other's hearts?

"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.

He is the most famous surgeon in Pakistan. His priorities are his family and his job. His deeds reveal more than his words; beneath his tough exterior, there is a person who has yearned for kindness and love. He is more than his occasional smiles and social interactions. Even though she only had her mother and came from a modest background, she had everything. However, sometimes appearances are deceiving. She was so self-assured until one awful night ruined all of her hopes and dreams, turning her into the outstanding bride she always was..

#𝟏 𝐢𝐧 "𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞" 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 "She endured the pain of her family's neglect, yearning for the love and care that always seemed just out of reach. He, on the other hand, had a family that cared, but was betrayed by the one person he trusted most. For him, trusting anyone seemed impossible. After all, "loving someone is easy, but trusting them... that's the real challenge." Then, destiny intervened, weaving their paths together through an arranged bond, determined to heal their unseen scars. The bitter enemies who despised each other for years were bound by fate, destined to become soulmates for lifetimes. "𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚, 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔, 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆." 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 is a whirlwind of laughter, endless family drama, and chaos, with a slow-burn romance that might just make you cringe and blush. Proceed with caution... and read at your own risk! [Not my best work, but do check out my other books. ;⁠) ] Tropes : ~ Rom-Com ~ Drama ~ Arranged Marriage ~ Past ~ Enemies to lovers ~ CEO x Chef ~ Slow-burn #𝟒 & #𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 (𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎) 𝟑𝟎 & 𝟑𝟏 𝐀𝐮𝐠 '𝟐𝟓 #𝟕 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 (𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎) 𝟒 𝐣𝐮𝐥 '𝟐𝟔 #1 in Wattpadindia 13/01/25 #1 in Happyending 07/02/25 #1 in fictional 26/06/25 #1 in Wattpadromance 12/08/25

Our MC, Aiden Lane get chosen as a 'Special Intern' to stir up drama, spice things up, and a bit more. Have fun.

Two questions have started playing on her mind: what is keeping her in LA? What is she waiting for? Sneak peek: "What were you waiting for staring out at the ocean?" "You. I was waiting for my hero lawyer. I was waiting for you. I've been waiting for you for 15 years." "I'm here. I've been waiting for you too."

Lisa is at a bar and drinking away the loneliness that's been consuming her. Mickey gets her home safe. Sneak peek: Mickey looks down at Lisa who has fallen asleep on his shoulder. He kisses her hair again and simply breathes in her shampoo. He's glad he's the safe way home for her, especially tonight.

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?

"I need to tell you something, and I hope you will understand my intention," "Well, it depends," "I know this may seem strange to you, but I hired a private investigator to do a background check on you... And I may have settled your bills." Maya confessed. "You what?!" #2 in Wealth - 20/04/2026

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?

Kiaan Malhotra has everything under control-his career, his company, his reputation, and practically every aspect of his carefully organized life. As the successful CEO of Malhotra HospitalityGroup, he's used to getting what he wants. Then comes Avni Joshi. A fearless, outspoken chef with a sharp tongue, an even sharper attitude, and absolutely no interest in impressing her new boss. From their very first meeting, sparks fly-but not the romantic kind. Their constant arguments, playful insults, and stubborn refusal to back down turn the workplace into a battlefield. Kiaan thinks Avni is impossible. Avni thinks Kiaan is insufferable. Neither of them expects the growing attraction between them. But when two people who were determined to stay enemies begin falling for each other, keeping things professional becomes almost impossible. Because sometimes, destiny has a strange sense of humor-and the sweetest love stories begin with a little bit of hate. ❤️‍🔥 Kiaan Malhotra × Avni Joshi Two rivals. One workplace. One deliciously unexpected destiny.

ဖျော်ဖြေရေးလောက၏အရသာထူးကဲလှသော အစားအသောက်ဝန်ဆောင်မှု ဇာတ်လမ်းအကျဉ်း ရှောက်ချင်းသည် မိဘမဲ့ဂေဟာ၌ ကြီးပြင်းလာခဲ့ရသူဖြစ်သည်။ ဘဝရှင်သန်ရေးအတွက် သူသည် နေ့ဘက်တွင် ကျောင်းတက်ပြီး ညဘက်တွင် စားသောက်ဆိုင်၌ အချိန်ပိုင်းအလုပ် လုပ်ကိုင်ခဲ့ရာမှတစ်ဆင့် ကျွမ်းကျင်သောစားဖိုမှူးတစ်ဦး ဖြစ်လာခဲ့သည်။ သူသည် မိမိ၏မိဘအရင်းများကို ရှာဖွေနေစဉ်အတွင်း မတော်တဆ ယာဉ်တိုက်မှုတစ်ခုနှင့် ကြုံတွေ့ရပြီး ကွယ်လွန်သွားခဲ့ရသည်။ သို့သော် သူသည် လွန်ခဲ့သောဆယ်စုနှစ်အနည်းငယ်ခန့်က အတိတ်ကာလဆီသို့ ပြန်လည်မွေးဖွားလာခဲ့ပြီး မိမိဝတ်ဆင်ထားသောကျောက်စိမ်းတုံးလေးအတွင်းရှိ ဆန်းကြယ်သောသယ်ဆောင်သွားနိုင်သောနေရာလွတ်ကိုလည်း အသက်သွင်းနိုင်ခဲ့လေသည်။ သူသည် ထိုနေရာလွတ်အတွင်း၌ ပန်းမျိုးစုံနှင့် သစ်ပင်များကိုစိုက်ပျိုး၍ သစ်သီးဝလံများကို ရောင်းချခဲ့

တော်ဝင်နန်းတွင်းစားဖိုးမှူးခေါင်းဆောင်တစ်ယောက်က ခေတ်သစ်ကိုကူးပြောင်းလာခဲ့ပြီး နာမည်မရှိတဲ့ မင်းသမီးတစ်ယောက်ရဲ့ခန္ဓာကိုယ်ထဲကို ရောက်ရှိသွားခဲ့ပါတယ်။ အဲဒီနောက် ဘာတွေဆက်ဖြစ်လာမလဲဆိုတာကို သိချင်ရင် ဝင်ဖတ်လိုက်တော့နော်

Samuel Gilligan has a mission that he still never accomplished. To become the greatest chef across Harringsville, Montana. However, Samuel doesn't have the necessary skills to become a chef and he wants to change his profession. How will Samuel use the time to learn all the necessary skills to become a chef? Explore this wonderful tale of adventures and mysteries as Samuel takes you on a journey to becoming a chef and trust me, (its a long one).