The Kitchen — Laura Carter

  Rivalry, friendship, and romance are on the menu in this novel of three women brought together by an upscale restaurant looking for its next top chef.
 
Maggie's in the running to be the next head chef at Michelin-starred Manhattan restaurant, Jean-Sébastien's. Unfortunately, she's competing against notoriously arrogant Ethan to prove she's the best chef for the job.

Food critic Emily can make or break a chef's career. When she visits the restaurant to see what interim head chef, Maggie, has to offer, Emily's having a particularly bad day . . .

Single mom Nayomi needs a job and Jean-Sébastien's needs a kitchen porter -- perfect! She just has to keep her head down and money coming in. But she's desperate to speak up and help struggling chef Maggie -- Nayomi's own skills might be just the recipe to save Maggie's career and impress Emily.