The Diet of Apex

David Fields has testified for years that he doesn't want cooks. He wants a machine.And while his restaurant, Empire, retains three stars, he seems unsatisfied. His restaurant has a higher turnover rate that any other of his caliber. He's never kept a single cook longer than two years.But he finally produces results.While most restaurants have a single sous, he has two.The Set: Carmen Berzatto and Sydney Adamu, an inseparable pair who has delivered him more accolades and awards than nearly any other chef in the twenty-first chef. But not more than Andrea Terry, who established her quickly competitive restaurant just six blocks from them. Fields gives them an ultimatum: either they complete his machine, or one of them is fired.At random.TLDR: Carmy and Syd both work for Fields as his sous just as Andrea Terry creates a new restaurant that's competing with th