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Chef Amadí is the chef whom Emoni apprentices with while on her class trip to Spain. She’s a young woman, only in her late 20s, and she believes in using instinct and a sort of magic to create her North African-inspired Spanish dishes. For instance, she encourages Emoni to “listen to” the herbs in her herb garden as Emoni gathers a bunch for seasoning a rabbit dish. She teaches Emoni to trust her instincts and reminds Emoni that cooking for people is giving them a gift. She also helps Emoni realize that it is, in fact, possible to marry her instinct and talent for flavors with the professional norms that Chef Ayden taught in his class; instinct and professionalism, Chef Amadí argues, aren’t mutually exclusive.
Chef Amadí Quotes in With the Fire on High
The With the Fire on High quotes below are all either spoken by Chef Amadí or refer to Chef Amadí. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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89. Game Time Quotes
“Can I tell you the oddest thing about your hen? I’ve been having a bad day. Everything was going wrong, including my stove not wanting to turn on, which is why I came out for dinner, on a Monday of all days! But from the first bite of your food…it reminded me of my favorite aunt. Sitting at her knee when she told me stories and shucked peas.” His voice gets rough at the end and I give his hand a small squeeze.
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Chef Amadí Character Timeline in With the Fire on High
The timeline below shows where the character Chef Amadí appears in With the Fire on High. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
87. Chef Amadí
...her exhausted classmates listen to local chefs introduce themselves. The last chef to do so, Chef Amadí , is maybe only in her late 20s, and she makes North African-inspired modern Spanish...
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88. Cluck, Cluck
To start, Chef Amadí asks Emoni to identify some herbs. The bay leaf is slightly different than what Emoni...
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Then, Chef Amadí says Chef Ayden told her that Emoni has “an affinity with the things that come...
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Chef Amadí says that this afternoon, Emoni is going to develop a chicken dish to serve as...
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89. Game Time
Chef Amadí ’s restaurant is small; it’s only a few tables and 20-30 patrons per afternoon. Remembering...
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91. The Roots
At Chef Amadí ’s restaurant the next day, the chef instructs Emoni to “listen” to the herbs and...
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...and cooled Emoni’s excitement). Leslie is busy parting her hair crookedly, but she says that Chef Amadí must be a “crackhead” and should be teaching Emoni the basics. These days, Emoni thinks...
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...send along a cookie recipe once she perfects it. She also attaches a picture that Chef Amadí took of her working earlier.
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93. Check-In
...Emoni to chat for a minute. He says he went to school in Paris with Chef Amadí , and he wants to make sure she and Emoni are getting along okay. Emoni...
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105. Last Day
...here to try it, but she decides that maybe this is the point of traveling. Chef Amadí asks if Emoni added the lemon, and Emoni says she used sour oranges instead. Chef...
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Later, Chef Amadí thanks Emoni for her hard work, invites her to return, and hands over her academic...
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