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In his new memoir, Chef Pete Blohme shares his personal journey to becoming a professional chef and restaurateur, and how the philosophy inspired by one basic kitchen utensil has been the secret ingredient to his success - both in business and in building a meaningful, abundant life. While many of us spend our lives waiting and hoping for a lucky break to propel us into the future we're dreaming of, true and lasting success doesn't happen overnight. In Spatula Success, Chef Pete reminds us that it's the seemingly small decisions and actions that, over time, lay the solid foundation for building a successful and fulfilling life. With wisdom and insight served up in signature Panini Pete-style, Spatula Success will challenge readers to embrace the spatula principle and dig deep to get the most out of life.

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If Flavortown had a Hall of Fame, Chef Pete Blohme would be in there. Since 2008, when I first stepped into his Fairhope, Alabama shop, Panini Pete has been a reliable and trusted friend, a celebrated DDD ambassador, and a proven good guy in the hospitality business. From his roots as a CIA trained chef to his travels around the world in support of our troops, Pete's life and career have thrived as true examples of that old mantra hard work pays off. And to get there, and I've seen this personally, Pete's never let an opportunity be wasted, regardless of whether for his gain or somebody else's. So, what I'm saying is, Panini's got a point...check out Spatula Success and see how you too can make the most of what's thrown at you. - GUY FIERI Celebrity Chef & Emmy Award-Winning Food Network Host Panini Pete Blohme's memoir, Spatula Success, should be required reading for all business owners but especially for dreamers who want to own a restaurant! Narrating his journey from a kid who liked to cook to the owner of many restaurants and other businesses, Pete shares the primary ingredients of the recipe for success: true hospitality, using the freshest food for his scratch kitchen, developing a great team, investing consistent time and energy in every detail, loving what he does, paying back to his community, and DIGGING DEEP around every corner. This is a delicious read simmering with heart, humor, passion, and bullseye focus. Like an encounter with the man himself, Spatula Success, will leave you smiling big and craving a small bite of the sweetness Pete brings to life and everything he does. - LUCY BUFFETT Owner of LuLu's Gulf Shores, Destin & North Myrtle Beach I learned early in life that inspiration comes in many forms. Having role models has been a major key to my success professionally and personally. Pete doesn't know it, but he's one of those guys I've been watching really close. The energy, passion and love he has for his craft and others motivates the hell out of me. Spatula Success gives me a closer look at how he does it. That and some great recipes! - TERRY JAMES Host Lex & Terry, Nationally-Syndicated Morning Show I have known Panini Pete Blohme for several decades now. My wife Lynne, a native Alabamian and also an alumnus of the CIA has too. While we have always been impressed by his energy, enthusiasm and entrepreneurial zeal, over the years we have happily watched Panini grow and develop as a talented chef and savvy businessperson. Pete has thrived where others have failed. He has also overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles-all while making many people happy and giving back to his community. For Pete, that means not just the good folks of Alabama's Gulf Coast, but also members of the US military, and of course, his alma mater-The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Pete has been a key leader on the college's Alumni Council, and the groups many contributions to the CIA have made a difference. Through Pete's personal and professional development, he has gained wisdom-some of which he is sharing (along with several of his signature recipes) in Spatula Success. I'm confident that you will enjoy and gain from it. - DR. TIM RYAN President, The Culinary Institute of America Panini Pete's recipes go way beyond cooking, offering life skills as well as advice for giving back. Everyone who reads Spatula Success will take away a pearl of wisdom! -LYNNE WEEMS RYAN Chef, Queen Bee of Chefs to Dine For, Alabama native

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"Chef ""Panini"" Pete Blohme has been fascinated with the art of cooking since he began working in restaurants at the age of 14. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY in 1986, Pete spent more than 20 years in the restaurant business learning from some of the best in the industry. He opened Panini Pete's Café & Bakeshoppe in Fairhope, AL, in 2006, and has spent the past 17 years building a restaurant company and hospitality brand that today operates four award-winning establishments on the Gulf Coast. Pete has headlined with Guy Fieri on his Live Road Show performing in 25-plus Road Shows and been featured on a host of Food Network shows such as Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives; Guy's Grocery Games; Guy's Big Bite and The Great Food Truck Race with Tyler Florence, as well as CMT's Sweet Home Alabama. Always looking to dig deep and give back, Pete is a founding member of The Messlords, a group of passionate chefs that travel around the world, cooking and entertaining American troops, as well as co-founder of the PR Foundation that works to help veterans, adults with developmental disabilities, and no-kill animal shelters."

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