This is a totally adorable graphic novel about Ben, a recent college graduate who has always wanted to be a writer. But when he struggles to get a job in the field, he goes for anything he can. This ends up being a no experience necessary job in a restaurant. He has always loved to cook, but has never thought of that as a career. As he works through the challenges, he finds that he does truly love the job, the staff, and even the pig!

I really loved this! There was lots of description in terms of the cooking, which I thought was awesome! There was a lot of background plot as well with his friends, as well as his parents. I did want more romance! What there was was ADORABLE, and I hope there is a follow up to this! The art was amazing as well, I loved the colors and the style.

I was given an advanced reader's copy via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own

This book was a delight from start to finish. So stinking heartwarming and wholesome! And the nostalgia was in full effect -- when you're fumbling through your midlife, it's fun to be reminded of what it was like to be young and just venturing out into the world. I loved every little bit of it, from Vlad the Inhaler to Watson the Pig and all the characters in between. Ugh, so great. <3

What a sweet and charming graphic novel! It’s a tender story about taking chances, finding new passions, pushing back on expectations, and chosen family. I thoroughly enjoyed the art style and characters. It would make a great series focused on the different people in the friend group. Will be recommending!

Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.
This cute slice of life graphic novel follows young ben, freshly out of college stuck in the quagmire of millennial job-searching. In an all too familiar turn his interviews all tank because of the old entry-level job, experience required bait and switch. Because of this he turns to the a job as a cook to pay the bills, and possibly finds himself along the way.
I found this book to be very enjoyable! The art style sits comfortably between a classic comic-style and the graphic novel style, and the story did not take on too much to fulfill. The author smartly kept the character list relatively small and fleshed out the ones most important to the story. I personally loved the chef, a big burly man with a love of small animals? Sign me up. The romance was a nice touch, and did not take away from the main plot of the story.
Would recommend for sure!

So cute! I love that it's a book that focuses on a character who just graduated college. As a fellow twentysomething, I wish there were more books like that. Will be buying a print copy once available

"Chef's Kiss" is an absolutely adorable tale about a recent college graduate trying to sort out what her wants from life while unexpectedly becoming a chef.

I adored this book so much! The art style is breathtaking and so detailed that it was able to tell parts of the story without any words at all. Ben was a truly likeable main character who I was rooting for from the very first page. I found his friend group to all be really likeable as well. I thought the story did a really great job portraying what it's like to graduate college and not know what you want to do with the rest of your life while seeing everyone else around you "succeeding". I related to ben a lot because I too was an English major who struggled to find a job after I graduated college. I loved the romance, I thought it was just really cute and wholesome. I also enjoyed that all the characters spoke and acted their age. It was an honest portrayal of live for millennials. I can't wait to own a physical copy of this book so i can read it over and over again.

Thank you to NetGalley and Oni Press for this e-arc of "Chef's Kiss" in exchange for an honest review.

As a 20-something pretty freshly graduated myself, I initially found Ben incredibly relatable. I still remember the fresh panic of graduating with few to no job prospects in your field. The love of books and of cooking endeared him to me pretty immediately as well, although unfortunately, that fondness didn't last for the whole story.

Ben is well intentioned, but is otherwise a very self-assured and kind of horny main character. It might genuinely just be my demisexual self coming off of several books that also feature ace spectrum characters, but a lot of the attraction seemed to just be there as a method of distracting the main character from conversation, and proving as initial motivation to apply for the job. I rooted for him to find his way, but not for much more than that.

That being said for the horniness, the actual romance almost doesn't exist on page. We get, on page, a sort of date where they hang out and talk (presumably), a night of drinks, and an afternoon together in the kitchen. I enjoyed the friendships much more significantly.

Watson the pig was refreshingly comic book in an otherwise nice and perfectly contemporary setting. I don't know why he was there, but he certainlny made the whole thing feel more absurd.

Thanks Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this story. It's not my favorite art style, but I thought it was a really relatable and funny post grad tale. The roommates and characters were all really funny and I wish they were more present throughout the story. I felt that Ben's friends were much more central towards the beginning of the story, and they got sort of lost in the middle, which I suppose is reflective of his dedication to his new job.

I really did like it though. Tom was so funny too!

I got this on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

This was SUPER cute! Love a story with a cute romance subplot, especially when it's kind of slow and has all the yearning as this one does! Also, it made me so hungry, and it makes me wish I could try to make these (alas I suck at cooking and my kitchen is too small). I also am a sucker for a good "Figuring my life out" moment, as it is very relatable for young and old to experience being conflicted about life! Will definitely be recommending this!

Only reason why this wasn't higher rated was that I felt like the end was a bit rushed, and I wish we got to see Ben explore his relationships more!

Legit, if they ever decide to continue the story then I am DOWN, and I will 100% be buying a physical copy of this!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced electronic copy of this book. I enjoyed the story, the characters are great (especially Watson, the pig), and the illustrations are wonderful. I had to hold myself back from licking the images with food, they looked so good! This was a fun quick read.

This was really cute.
I loved all the characters, thought the story itself was great, and have to give bonus points for Watson the pig!
The discussion of life choices post-college was done well, and the central relationship was great.
It was a little underdeveloped, and I will say having Ben list 1984 in his favourite books lost him a few points, but all in all it was a great, quick read!

If you see a book published under Oni Press, you can almost guarantee it will be both very queer and very adorable. This was no exception. Very enjoyable, heart-warming story with gorgeous illustration.

Omg , I loved it . It's so adorable and the love interest is so believable. Mind you, don't read it if you're hungry, the food they cook here looks amazing plus I between can replicate some of them. Definitely a graphic novel for those who are trying to find their place in the world. There's no Right or Wrong only what makes you Happy.

So I had been looking forward to reading this. It looked like a cute story with a sweet romance, and a pig. What more can you want? And despite it starting off great, sadly it took me ages to read this because I couldn’t stay invested at times.

The art was lovely. It had great panels and the interesting characters design, and the pig was adorable. Most of the issues lay in the story.

Like I said before, the beginning was great. As a literature student myself, the job search was way too relatable. It brought back flashbacks of me trying to find a job myself, but how the hell is the position of a chef requiring no experience at all? Really? That was a stretch.

And the romance was not developed enough to make me buy it. This isn’t a long graphic novel, so the romance didn’t have much time to develop outside of their working relationship.

Overall, it’s a cute graphic novel that needed more development.

A young man straight out of college tries to figure out what he wants to do with his life after he discovers a love for cooking at a restaurant ran by a very strange man and his pig. This book is ADORABLE! It's brightly colored, full of sweet boys crushing, and friendships that feel authentic. Meanwhile there is a crazy pig that apparently is also a food connoisseur, which is hilarious. It balances that feeling of being completely untethered with the fear and excitement that comes from finding your place somewhere other than where you thought you would end up.

The character design is very manga-inspired, making this book even more adorable, and the bright coloring makes it a joy to look at. All together, this book made me transform into a giddy teenage girl as I crossed my fingers for Ben's future in cooking and in love.

wowwww I loved this so much! Ben is so sweet and endearing and also a bit of an idiot but I loved him. And Liam? I would also abandon my career path to go cook with Liam all day. The characters are diverse, funny, realistic and interesting! I liked that everyone had their own little quirks that made them human and even more likeable.

The development of Ben over the course of the book was done really well and felt organic. The same could be said about the chemistry between Ben and Liam which was so so sweet. I love a slow-burn romance and this one was so well done.

The art style was great and I really enjoyed the little details the individual characters had. I felt like it really fit the mature but cute vibe of the book!

I really loved this book, and was really blown away by the art, which perfectly captures in many unique ways each character's personality and all the nuances of social interaction and internal dialogue. I thought the journey of self-discovery as being one of career and future, rather than a coming out story, was amazing. It can get tiring to just read queer struggle stories that are centered around coming out and being queer. Here, this is a story about a common issue that many young adults have - the crisis of figuring out what you want to do with your life, how to forge your path independently as well as with family and/or chosen family, and ultimately navigating relationships in your life and how to grow within and without them.

I loved this graphic novel!
Ben is adorable and I really cheered him on. His crush on Liam and the story from there was well written. Watson the food critic pig is everything! How many books have a good critic pig???
A good quick read.

I loved this. So much. This was the New Adult graphic novel I didn't know I needed.
It's a romance but it's also about finding one's way after finishing school, about finding what we truly want to do, about the fear of disappointing parents, about friendships, about finding something you love, about love, about attraction, about crazy bosses and also about FOOD.
I just loved this so damn much. I will without a doubt buy it when it comes out reread it over and over. It felt like the big gay hug I needed.

I loved this story !
Becoming an adult, the difficulties of find a first job, know what we really want to do after out studies : all this things talk to me a lot ! It’s not always easy to make choices with all the pressure around us. Parents, friends, anybody else.
In this story, we have all of that. But really well done. And with a lot of humor (I loved the really cute pig !), our hero, would like to be journalist but no one give him his chance. But he likes to cook. So, when he found a job in a restaurant, it’s like a revelation : THIS is what he want to do. Or maybe, it’s because of the chief : his ndw crush.
I really appreciate this story, how we can see the main caracter grow and makes his own choices. And the drawing too, And the romance, in fact, everything !