<strong>ALEX SNELL</strong><br/><br/>The master chef greeted his pastry artist with a kiss on the cheek and a hearty<strong>"<em>Bonjour, ma petite patisssière!</em> Looking forward to meeting our newest minion? She's running late!"</strong>The glee in his voice suggested that disciplining the new employee was something he'd been looking forward to.<br/><br/>Like many of the world's great chefs, Alex could practically sense from the kitchen that someone new had entered the restaurant. That would be Veronica. He cast a quick glance down at Julia's work on his way past her towards the door of the kitchen, and stood beside Jamie with his mouth tightened sternly to a horizontal crease. The man couldn't  help letting out a little growl in Jamie's ear and bulging at her friendly little grope though.<br/><br/><strong>"Alex Snell? Have you tried watching BBC1, around 8 pm on Wednesdays?"</strong>he asked sardonically as Jamie descended on her prey.<strong>"Veronica, we're going to have to smack some sense into you before we can trust you with a 400 quid menu. Let's both deal with her, sous-chef!"</strong>He kissed Jamie's lips over the new girl's shoulder, brandishing his famous chrome spatula.<strong>"Help Veronica into uniform for the Parma ham bra fitting, pet."</strong><br/><br/>With a dismissive hand gesture, Alex signaled for Jamie to pull off Veronica's top, and brought the spatula down hard on the back of the blonde's thigh with his powerful stirring forearm.<br/>