Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 98 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gourmet magazine highlights its owner's favorite chefs. The featured chefs start getting killed in ways that match their cooking specialties. A female chef and her ex-husband figure out the killer's plan and try to stop the murders before she becomes the final victim.

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What happens

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (released in the UK as Too Many Chefs) is a 1978 black comedy mystery film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Morley. It is based on the 1976 novel Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyons. In the film, a gourmet magazine publishes an article on its owner's favorite chefs. Shortly after its publication, two of the featured chefs are murdered in ways reminiscent of their specialties. A female chef and her ex-husband find out the order of the planned killings, and attempt to prevent the next ones. The female chef knows that she is the last person on the killer's list. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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