Chef Zell was the ‘70s’ bad boy chef. He started the food revolution, was a television sensation and for decades rode a wave of booze, drugs and women, finally ending in bankruptcy and a failing dump of a restaurant in the middle of nowhere. It’s his last stop and all he can do is watch one food show after another on cable, screaming German obscenities at Wolfgang Puck and flipping the bird at Emeril.He tries to kill himself with a handful of Vicodin and a bottle of Kirsch and does a nude nose dive into the Delaware River. It’s the last meal for the chef who started it all. His bartender Clint saves him. Clint has a plan to resurrect Zell’s career. He was a film maker in New York and decides to shoot a documentary on the rise and fall of the iconic ‘Yah-Yah’ chef. Out of the blue Kat Sommers, a producer from the Gourmet Channel shows up at a Zell catered wedding. She envisions Zell as something more, with a reality show that could eclipse Survivor and The Amazing Race and she knows who she can get to finance it.They create ‘Shoot the Bride’ a reality series focusing on the craziest brides they can find and coupling it with Zell’s dysfunctional staff then letting them have at it. It could be the hit that they’ve all been hoping for or the final nail in the coffin for all of their careers. What happens when a washed-up chef, who was the first superstar cooking genius on TV, gets a second chance. Will he ruin the chance just like every opportunity he's had, or maybe, just maybe get the redemption he's been hoping for. Chef Zell has one last chance to show he's the King of Food, if he can just get past himself on the biggest stage on TV. It's do or die for the "Yah, Yah" celebrity, and now he has his own reality show. This is a masterwork of what goes behind the scenes in a kitchen with so many personalities. I laughed so hard I needed a Heimlich manuver." Bob Frantz, The Kitchen Insider From the biggest name in cooking to running a joint in Pennsylvania that has just hit the skids. Can Chef Zell make the biggest comeback ever, or is he going to drown in his prune schnapps. Either way, get ready for a culinary journey you have never experienced. Chef Zell was the '70s' bad boy chef. He started the food revolution, was a television sensation and for decades rode a wave of booze, drugs and women, finally ending in bankruptcy and a failing dump of a restaurant in the middle of nowhere. It's his last stop and all he can do is watch one food show after another on cable,screaming German obscenities at Wolfgang Puck and flipping the bird at Emeril. He tries to kill himself with a handful of Vicodin and a bottle of Kirsch and does a nude nose dive into the Delaware River.It's the last meal for the chef who started it all. His bartender Clint saves him but not from the hicks eating his ersatz wiener schnitzel, and a catering crew composed of a dishwasher addicted to Viagra and a Russian captain with personal hygiene issues. Clint has a plan to resurrect Zell's career. He was a film maker in New York and decides to shoot a documentary on the rise and fall of the iconic 'Yah-Yah' chef. Out of the blue Kat Sommers, a producer from the Gourmet Channel shows up at a Zell catered wedding. Kat is wildly successful and produces five shows on the Gourmet Channel, including Bad Ass Beef, a smash hit about body builders grilling in the buff. She envisions Zell as something more, a reality show that could eclipse Survivor and The Amazing Race and she knows who she can get to finance it, the one and only P.J. Kelly, the creator of 'Metro Girls', the groundbreaking series about single girls in the city, Cosmopolitans, and Jimmy Choos. P.J. hasn't had a hit since and he is starting to feel like a one hit wonder. The three of them, with Chef Zell create 'Shoot the Bride' a reality series focusing on the craziest brides they can find and coupling it with Zell's dysfunctional staff then letting them have at it. It could be the hit that they've all been hoping for or the final nail in the coffin for all of their careers. Stephen Brady is the author of twelve previous books. He lives in the Philadelphia area.