If you've binged your way through the newest season of Netflix's Chef's Table, you've met
Tim Raue, the lauded German chef who went from gang life to fine dining. After leaving the streets, he defied all odds with explosive creativity, but also the knack for running several lucrative restaurants. For a high school dropout once told he could only be a house painter, gardener, or cook, it's a culinary story that does seem to be written in the Michelin stars.
But by no means is Raue's rags-to-riches existence a fairytale. He's the biggest badass Chef’s Table has welcomed yet, and if you watched Season 3, you might recall him being painted as... difficult. The episode tees him up as being deeply unlikable -- showing him trying on a new suit, calling himself "egocentric," barking orders at staff using colorful expletives, and being described as an "arrogant bastard" by a food writer, all before the opening credits. https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/chefs-table-chef-tim-raue-street-gangs-michelin-star-interview/food-and-drink
