Recipe for the Sweet Life: Success Ingredients from a Cult Confectioner

An exciting business novel by the well-known Russian confectioner Oleg Ilyin. This book is unique in its own way, because deep within its narrative it contains not only ready-to-use working business advice and practical solutions for aspiring managers and young restaurateurs, but also personal stories—sometimes funny, sometimes instructive, and somewhere unexpected and unpredictable. In the novel, the author presents to the reader an open and practical analysis of the patterns of establishing a domestic “startup” by the example of opening a successful metropolitan Confectionery. The modern line of the story intersects with personal stories from the childhood and youth of dessert chef Oleg Ilyin, who has already gone through this difficult path. That’s why this story, gathered with a portion of excellent top-class humor, reads like an adventurous business novel of our time—and is recommended first of all for those who are going to surpass the hero of this book or, at the very least, repeat his success. The book will be interesting for everyone who dreams of starting their own business and turning their favorite hobby into a profitable life’s work. It will undoubtedly be useful for home confectioners, students of specialized universities (restaurant business, hotel business, management and administration, and others), lovers of sweets, and fans of good humor.