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Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove
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Cooked: My Journey from the Streets to the Stove

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By twenty-one, Jeff Henderson was making up to $35,000 a week cooking and selling crack cocaine. By twenty-four, he had been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges. It was an all-too-familiar story for a young man raised on the streets of South Central LA. But what happened next wasn't.

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. 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. 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.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateOct 13, 2009
ISBN9780061736919
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Jeff Henderson

Jeff Henderson is an entrepreneur, speaker, pastor, and business leader. For seventeen years, he has led three of North Point Ministries' multisite locations in Atlanta, Georgia--Buckhead Church and two Gwinnett Church locations. He also helped launch North Point Online, which now reaches over 200,000 people. His bestselling book, Know What You're FOR, launched a movement in nonprofits around the world and has become a focal point for many businesses.  As the founder of the FOR Company, Jeff's aim is to help organizations build a good name where purpose and profit grow together. Jeff was recently named by Forbes Magazine as one of twenty speakers you shouldn't miss. Prior to working as a pastor, Jeff started his career in marketing with the Atlanta Braves, Callaway Gardens, Lake Lanier Islands, and Chick-fil-A, Inc., where he led the company's regional and beverage marketing strategies.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I am very happy Chef Henderson found his way out of a life of theft and drug dealing. His inspiring personal tale of redemption contains all the raw ingredients for a five-star reading experience, but clunky execution kept it at three stars. Still an interesting story and well worth the price of the book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is the story of an individual who is able to turn around his life. At a young age involved in petty crimes its only a matter of time before he's caught. As he grows older the crimes become less petty and more severe and so does the punishment. Finally being sent to prison, he's offered an opportunity to save his own life and the direction that he's headed. There is a message of redemption, making the right choices, and breaking of the "victim" mentality. To further the point he's become a public speaker, has won numerous awards and I think he even has a show on the Food Network.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Henderson's life makes for a fascinating read. He cooked and sold crack in San Diego in the 1980s, made tons of money and ended up in federal prison. There, he discovered cooking. Now he's an executive chef at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. He's brutally honest about his flaws and his accompliments will give anyone hope.