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Chef's Wife Diary

the corporate chef's wife who doesn't have to cook

An Asian corporate professional woman working on her laptop at a desk in a London office, looking out towards a rainy city street with a red double-decker bus.
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Why I stopped trying to make friends at work.

July 10, 2026
Six years ago, I landed in London. It was the absolute peak of the pandemic, and I was stepping into a new world with a job transfer in hand. Moving...

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I'm a corporate professional, mother of two, and married to a chef who does the cooking. This is the honest version of the balancing act: the wins, the guilt, the late nights, and no highlight reel.

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