<p>With the Head Chef starting to crack, his deputies and staff either drunk or also suffering from stress, the whole hotel looks to be in a similar state of risk. The general manager starts to yell at the chef, and around the hotel there is a feeling that industrial acion may be required, as is happening in much of the country in 1980s Britain. Can the royal wedding of Diana and Charles improve morale? </p>

With the Head Chef starting to crack, his deputies and staff either drunk or also suffering from stress, the whole hotel looks to be in a similar state of risk. The general manager starts to yell at the chef, and around the hotel there is a feeling that industrial acion may be required, as is happening in much of the country in 1980s Britain. Can the royal wedding of Diana and Charles improve morale?

Episode 10.

Philip Skitch’s If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen chronicles his journey as a management trainee in London’s elite hotel industry during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Through personal journal entries, Skitch candidly reveals the grueling realities of hotel and kitchen life at prestigious venues such as the Savoy, Claridge’s, and the Connaught. The narrative delves into the tension-filled working environments marked by demanding chefs, eccentric guests, workplace corruption, and complex personal relationships.

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Episode 10.

Episode 10.