The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution

Restaurant kitchens are a pressurised stew of brutal hours, high stress and sleep deprivation. Acting up goes with the territory and anyone lower down the pecking order is fair game. But the familiar macho posturing of celebrity chefs has reached a tipping point. Now with an influx of women at the helm of restaurants, and a younger generation unwilling to submit to brutal conditions once considered the norm, the rules of ‘kitchen culture’ as we know them are being rewritten.
The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution takes viewers behind the scenes to meet the pioneers who broke through the glass ceiling, including Michelin-starred chefs Anne-Sophie Pic (a.k.a. the ‘Queen of French Cuisine’) of Maison Pic in Valence, France; beloved UK star Angela Hartnett (Gordon Ramsay’s former protégé) of Murano; and award-winning New York chef Anita Lo (who closes her iconic NYC restaurant Annisa after 17 years). From grassroots to haute cuisine, The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution is a provocative journey into the culinary world.