Chef (2014)

Directed by

Jon Favreau

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 3,681 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A celebrity chef quits his high-pressure restaurant job and starts a food truck with his son and a friend. He travels across the country to reconnect with his family and rediscover his love for cooking.

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What happens

Chef is a 2014 road comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Jon Favreau. Favreau plays a celebrity chef who establishes a food truck business with his friends and young son. It co-stars Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Sedaris, Emjay Anthony, and Dustin Hoffman. Robert Downey Jr. appears in a cameo. Favreau wrote the script after directing several big-budget films, wanting to go "back to basics" and to create a film about cooking. The chef Roy Choi was a co-producer and oversaw the menus and food prepared for the film. Principal photography took place in July 2013 in Los Angeles, Miami, Austin and New Orleans. Chef premiered at South by Southwest on March 7, 2014, and was released theatrically in the United States on May 9, 2014, by Open Road Films. It was well received by critics, who praised the direction, music, writing, story, and performances, and grossed $49.8 million on a budget of $11 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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