Chasing Harvest

(Hardback)

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Who among us has the courage to keep chasing our dreams, even when those dreams shatter into a million pieces In Chasing Harvest, culinary wunderkind Kevin OConnor charts his remarkable journey from Californian hometown teen prodigy to globe-trotting Chef-at-Large for international olive oil producer Cobram Estate. Anchored around the companys olive harvests in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres, it reveals the trials and tribulations that led to this anointment, and the incredible produce, places and passions that continue to stoke the fires of his love for food.

Part memoir and journal, part cookbook all heart it is a captivating and visually sumptuous meditation on oil and flame as well as a searingly honest, gloriously unrefined account of a chefs search for meaning, one plate of food at a time.

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California-based chef Kevin OConnor has been working in professional kitchens since the age of 14. Having worked at some of Sacramentos most well-known restaurants including Masons and ELLA, in 2009 Kevin opened Tree House, Sacramentos first pop-up restaurant, to immediate success. Stints at Michelin-starred Coi and Saison in San Francisco followed before Kevin took the role of Cobrams Chef-at-Large in 2014. Chasing Harvest is his first book.