Chef

Thorougly tasty...feel-good cinema to the max and as traditional as the food it touts.
-- Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal International

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Le Chef

Self-taught aspiring chef Jacky (Michaël Youn) has the talent, but not the luck. Star chef Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno) is in danger of losing his reputation, along with his beloved restaurant. Fate brings the two together and helps them along a journey through the intoxicating world of French haute-cuisine. A legend in his own time, Lagarde is in serious conflict with Stanislas Matter (Julien Boisselier), the new CEO of the group that owns his restaurant, Cargo Lagarde. Matter is plotting to destroy Lagarde's reputation so that he'll have grounds to fire Lagarde and move the restaurant away from Lagarde's classic French cuisine towards trendy molecular gastronomy. Desperate to cling to his status as a Three Star chef, Lagarde teams up with Jacky and together they try to find the balance between tradition and trend, as well as between family life and food obsession.
Not Rated
Genre
Comedy
Runtime
84
Language
French, Spanish, Japanese, English
Director
Daniel Cohen
Cast
Jean Reno, Michaël Youn, Julien Boisselier
FEATURED REVIEW
Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle

What happens when a temperamental three-star chef and an opinionated wannabe master chef team up to stop a greedy businessman from taking over a restaurant? Why, a delightful French comedy - but of course! In Daniel Cohen's "Le Chef," a young up-and-comer (Michael Youn) and a veteran master (Jean ...

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