Tart

Tart by Slutty Chef is a riotous, raunchy, and revolutionary memoir-meets-manifesto that blends food, sex and fierce storytelling into one unforgettable dish. If you like your reading like your recipes - bold, unapologetic, and packed with flavour, then Tart will satisfy your literary appetite and leave you hungry for more. But make sure you leave your sensibilities at home!

Slutty Cheff (the pen name of a culinary creative, anonymous chef turned digital provocateur) serves up more than just personal anecdotes in this fiery debut. It's a fly on the wall insight into her life in smoggy kitchens with raucous boys and big hunks of meat. Where fuck means I love you. It’s a reclamation of pleasure, of power, of the body and voice, all wrapped in wit, honesty, and a fearless refusal to be palatable for the comfort of others. From messy break-ups to messy bakes, from being objectified to owning the narrative, she explores how food, sex, and shame intersect, and how they can be unlearned and reframed. It's the highs and lows. The debate over whether she can hack this world of big personalities, big nights, serving exclellent food to the greedy gouramnds of London. Spending 60 hour weeks in her chef whites and Birkenstock Bostons. The romanticising the fun services, the big laughs, the beautiful moments of camaraderie and ignoring the stress, the destruction, the exhaustion.

What’s particularly refreshing is how Tart doesn’t just skim the surface of hot takes and cheeky asides. Underneath the audacious storytelling lies genuine vulnerability and radical tenderness. Slutty Cheff’s writing peels back layers of trauma and self-discovery with knife-sharp insight, making space for anyone who’s ever felt too much, not enough, or just... hungry. For love, for justice, for pleasure.

The narrative voice is fearless and fresh, effortlessly weaving in recipes as metaphors, kitchen memories as milestones, and the internet’s chaos as cultural commentary. There are laugh-out-loud moments, gasp-worthy confessions, and sections that feel like a fist-pump of solidarity. Her rallying cry? To feed ourselves - not just literally, but emotionally, sexually, creatively - without shame.

Tart will appeal to fans of Dolly Alderton, Florence Given, and Bella Mackie - but with a dirtier mouth and a sharper knife. It’s perfect for anyone who’s ever found healing in a late-night snack, therapy in a crumble topping, or joy in feeding themselves unapologetically.

This is a book that breaks the rules so grab a fork, and maybe a fan,  because Tart is hot in every sense of the word. Scorching.