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Maximum
Diner
CHRISTOPHER NYE
‘It’s
about eating and it’s funny. What more could anyone want?’
Jo
Brand
‘It is humorous, light, eventful
and endearing as it tells of the dreams and pitfalls of opening
an American-style diner in Uckfield. I loved it.’
The
Bookseller
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Christopher Nye on his hilarious journey to become the self-styled
Rocco Forte of the Road to Eastbourne...
This is a book about a dream. The dream of running a restaurant.
In Uckfield, East Sussex.
Well, okay, Uckfield didn’t actually appear in the dream.
But for Christopher Nye it was the perfect choice: a small town,
but not too small; a town crying out for an American-style diner;
a town without a McDonald’s.
So here’s the story of how to make it big in small-town
Britain. How to find the right premises (if not quite the right
location); how to motivate teenage staff while giving work experience
to a haute cuisine chef; how to stay out of casualty when things
get a bit ‘Goodfellas’ on a Friday night; how to keep
your puppy hidden from the Environmental Health Inspector; and
why you should never, ever, hire an Elvis impersonator on the
cheap. Oh – and how to deal with McDonald’s, when
they realise they need an outlet in Uckfield after all.
Maximum Diner is a tale of all this, served up with the crispiest
fries and the strangest milkshakes on the south coast. Read
it and laugh aloud. But keep that dream alive. For this might
all happen to you.
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the town: ‘If you want to buy a plastic washing
up bowl for under a pound or try out a new brand of economy
toilet tissue, you’re spoilt for choice in Uckfield.’
Meet the customers: ‘I
could tell Guppy was trouble from the word go. More precisely,
I could tell he was trouble from the word c*** tattooed across
his knuckles.’
Meet the staff: ‘That’s
a lovely shirt I love that shirt it goes very nicely with your
trousers do you want to swap, what do you want to eat by the
way do you want coffee yeah nice coffee? Umm like your shoes
too.’
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Christopher
Nye was born and raised in West Sussex. His childhood ambitions
were to become a Zulu, and then a diplomat, but thwarted by poor
A level grades he settled for a course in hotel and catering management
at Leeds Poly. His subsequent career ranged from sculpting celery
on a Caribbean cruise ship to running the crêpe stand on
Brighton pier, before he hit on the plan of bringing his unique
Diner cuisine to the people of small town Britain, starting out
with Uckfield...
Christopher currently lives in Lewes, where he works as a freelance
journalist (oh alright, and as a taxi driver).
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"Ever thought of opening a small town restaurant? Maximum
Diner will make
you think again. And howl with laughter...
Chris Stewart, author of
Driving Over Lemons
‘It’s
about eating and it’s funny. What more could anyone want?’
Jo Brand
‘It
is humorous, light, eventful and endearing as it tells of the
dreams
and pitfalls of opening an American-style diner in Uckfield.
I loved it.
Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller
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Pub
date June
June 3rd 2004
ISBN 0-9542217-3-7
Price £6.9
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Format
B-paperback
With b/w photos as chapter headings
Extent 224 pp
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 Chapters
1- 6 (includes Contents page)
File name: Diner_chapters_1-6.pdf
320kb
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Medium
resolution front cover scan.
File name: Diner_cover_final.jpg
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