Working in Jamie's kitchen
Subtitle: salvation, passion and young workers
By: Peter Kelly and Lyn Harrison
Contributors: Harrison, Lyn, 1953-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780230515543
Description: "In the UK in 2002, the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising, passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work, highlight many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets of the 21st century"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Wasted Lives * The Naked Chef and the Master's Apprentices * Jamie's Kitchen and the Problem of Young Workers * Becoming the Passionate, Entrepreneurial Self * Passion: The Vital Ingredient in the Quest for Salvation? * 'Because She's Pretty?' Gender Relations and Young Workers * Don't be a Smart Arse: (Neo)liberalism, Generation Y and the Achievement of Conformity * Conclusion: Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Will Set You Free).