1st Edition

Culinary Man and the Kitchen Brigade Normative Subjectivity in Western Fine Dining Traditions

By Jordan Fallon Copyright 2025
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

Culinary Man and the Kitchen Brigade offers an exploration of the field of normative subjectivity circulated within western fine dining traditions, presenting a theoretical analysis of the governing relationship between the chef, who embodies the Culinary Man, and the fine dining brigade. The book offers a unique treatment of western haute cuisine’s interlocking regime of labor and aesthetics... Read more

Introduction: Mapping Culinary Man 

1. The Dishwasher: Steppingstones and Terminal Points  

2. Everything in Place: The Prep Cook’s Organizational Discipline  

3. Line Cooks: The Phenomenology of Culinary Soldiers  

4. The Chef: From Culinary Man1 to Culinary Man2  

5. Challenging Hegemony? Culinary Man3 and Vibration Cooking  

Conclusion: Beyond Culinary Man  

Biography

Jordan Fallon is an instructor at Virginia Western Community College and co-founder of Ursula’s Café in Roanoke, Virginia.