Alive with the energy of street life, the sober reality of prison, and the visceral thrill of being inside the fast-paced kitchens of great restaurants, Cooked is an extraordinary memoir that chronicles a gifted man\'s against-the-odds Journey of second chances.
A window into the Streets and the fast-paced kitchens of world-renowned restaurants, Cooked is a very human story with a powerful message of commitment, redemption, and change..
Barely five years out of federal prison, he was on his way to becoming an executive chef, as well as being a sought-after public speaker on human potential and a dedicated mentor to at-risk youth.
Once inside prison, Jeff Henderson worked his way up from dishwasher to chief prison cook, and when he was released in 1996, he had found his passion and his dream--he would become a professional chef.
But what happened next wasn\'t.
It was an all-too-familiar story for a young man raised on the Streets of South Central LA.
By twenty-four, he had been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges.
By twenty-one, Jeff Henderson was making up to $35,000 a week cooking and selling crack cocaine.
Alive with the energy of street life, the sober reality of prison, and the visceral thrill of being inside the fast-paced kitchens of great restaurants, Cooked is an extraordinary memoir that chronicles a gifted man\'s against-the-odds Journey of second chances
