HOTBOX BOOK TOUR–stay tuned!

A 12-city tour is being planned this spring for Matt and Ted to introduce readers to their new book, a “captivating tell-all” about the catering industry, that launches April 9. Atlanta, Boston, Charleston, Dallas, DC, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Oxford MS, Seattle, San Francisco, and possibly Chicago are in the works, though not in that order! Details will be posted soon. In the meantime, read what others have said about HOTBOX here, here and here, to get a sense of what this book is about.

From the cover:

“Matt Lee and Ted Lee take on the competitive, wild world of high-end catering, exposing the secrets of a food business few home cooks or restaurant chefs ever experience.

Hotbox reveals the real-life drama behind cavernous event spaces and soaring white tents, where cooking conditions have more in common with a mobile army hospital than a restaurant. Known for their modern take on Southern cooking, the Lee brothers steeped themselves in the catering business for four years, learning the culture from the inside-out. It’s a realm where you find eccentric characters, working in extreme conditions, who must produce magical events and instantly adapt when, for instance, the host’s toast runs a half-hour too long, a hail storm erupts, or a rolling rack of hundreds of ice cream desserts goes wheels-up.

Whether they’re dashing through black-tie fundraisers, celebrity-spotting at a Hamptons cookout, or following a silverware crew at 3:00 a.m. in a warehouse in New Jersey, the Lee brothers guide you on a romp from the inner circle―the elite team of chefs using little more than their wits and Sterno to turn out lamb shanks for eight hundred―to the outer reaches of the industries that facilitate the most dazzling galas. You’ll never attend a party―or entertain on your own―in the same way after reading this book.”