"Fireproof charts Chef Curtis Duffy's rise in spite of trauma, to being mentored by and recognized among the world's top chefs. Amid childhood chaos in rural Ohio, a young Duffy first found refuge in Home Ec class, then at one of Columbus's best restaurants. His passion ignited, Duffy was dead set on leaving Ohio and breaking the Duffy family curse, but the tragic deaths of his parents jeopardized his promising trajectories. Duffy ate pain, graduated culinary school, and moved to Chicago to work in Charlie Trotter's kitchen - a hotbed of talent. Duffy's meteoric rise cost him a marriage - the price of ambition, focus, and Grace restaurant. Grace earned three Michelin stars four years in a row - but in a heartbreaking act of defiance, Curtis walked out after disputes with Grace's owner. Unstoppable, Duffy created Ever restaurant, earned two Michelin stars and became one of the '50 Most Powerful People in American Fine Dining'"-- Dust jacket