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  • Published: 18 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241200339
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $35.00

Work Clean

The Life-Changing Power Of Mise-En-Place To Organize Your Life, Work And Mind




The revolutionary new way to work and live, based on the discipline of 'mise-en-place'

Night after night, chefs and their crews are able to multitask and produce in a way that puts deskbound workers to shame. In Work Clean, Dan Charnas uncovers their secret: mise-en-place - the organizational system that transforms the lives of its practitioners through focus and self-discipline.

Through interviews with top chefs working in professional kitchens all over the world, culinary students, line cooks and restaurant employees, Charnas reveals the ten major principles of mise-en-place -- including 'Arranging spaces', 'Finishing actions' and 'Slowing Down to Speed Up' -- and demonstrates how they can be used to boost productivity in all aspects of life.

  • Published: 18 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241200339
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $35.00

Praise for Work Clean

Finally, a book that shows the rest of the world that a chef's meticulous need for order isn't about obsession - its a way to set them up for success

Chef Marcus Samuelsson