Chicken Soup for the Restless Soul

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IMPORTANT NOTE:  I no longer support this couple due to recent current events regarding certain criminal acts. I will leave these fics up for posterity, because I know what it's like to lose access to stories. Still, please take note that this fic represents a moment in time and does not mean that I actively support this person or this couple. I will not be writing any more of this pairing in the future.

 

Kris spent long, tough years training to pass his master sommelier test.  It cost him his wife, and left him balancing life as a single father.  So, of course, he takes his job - and his life - very seriously.  On the flipside is their newest hire, some little punk named Tao who smokes heavily, cusses like a sailor, and plays loud and inappropriate hiphop in the kitchens.  So... how the hell does someone like that cook something like that?

Foreword

 

Beta: exotaobias16

Poster Credit: blacksodaholes

Research and reference (aka here's a real chef who graciously offered advice and help with all the dishes and the details): audere

Thank you all SO, SO MUCH!

 


 

Smoker!Tao, BAMF!Tao, Father!Kris, Tsundere!Kris

Based on this twitter thread, and this playlist (to be embedded in the story).

Inspired by the 2014 movie Chef, and the 2012 documentary SOMM.

 


 

~9 chapters:

  1. Creamy Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon (X)
  2. Quartered Grilled Plums wrapped in Prosciutto (X)
  3. Turkey Ballotine (X)
  4. Blanquette de Veau (X)
  5. Po Boys (X)
  6. Hazelnut Toffee Coffee (X) [M]
  7. Taro Crepes (X)
  8. Chef's Choice (X)
  9. Chicken Soup (X)

 


 

Tumblr: Here

Twitter: Here

 

bbe1989
Chapter nine is coming out tonight, I'm leaving some gap time between the rereleased chapter 8 and the last chapter, but I'll be updating again tonight

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shonwanigop
#1
💙
INFTJazm
#2
Chapter 9: Deserves all the love <3
INFTJazm
#3
Chapter 9: So brilliant honestly thank youuuuu
INFTJazm
#4
Chapter 9: THIS WAS LIKE AN UPGRADED VER OF RATATOUILLE ENDING... A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER. AND MAAM LA VIE EN ROSE AS ENDING???!? PERFECTON. CHEF’S KIS!!!!! pls send the chef my regards 💜
INFTJazm
#5
Chapter 8: Crying at2am bec of this
chika1611 #6
Chapter 9: I kept grinning and weeping in every chapter, and again fell in love more with taoris, and also the little princess kiara <3
ExoticPandragons
#7
Chapter 9: Back again with another wave of tears. I genuinely don’t understand how this makes me the same amount of emotional every single damn time I read this. It pulls at all of my heart strings and puts me in a world I wasn’t ready for. Beautiful is an understatement when it comes to this fic. Mesmerizing. Enrapturing. And honestly a piece I will take to my grave. Bless.
ExoticPandragons
#8
Chapter 9: Always rereading. This story sits in a very special place in my heart. Never fails to make me emotional and a little more appreciative.
martin16
#9
Chapter 9: I just read this again and oh god this is just such a beautiful fix.
Jiji313 #10
Chapter 6: Oh my god I’ve read this story so many times and only just now did I come to the realization that Kiara knows it’s Tao that’s smoking and holding her, and he’s shocked bc she called him daddy, not because she is half asleep and thinks it’s Kris who used to smoke. Or maybe I’m reading into it too much and had it right the first time?? And THIS is why I reread good stories bc you always get something new out of it. Only good stories can be reread for new information every time and I’m so appreciative of that