Actor, writer, producer Jon Favreau known for numerous films including
Iron Man has created a movie focused on a chef’s life simply called
Chef. Co-producer,
technical advisor and instructor Chef Roy Choi of the Kogi Food Truck
culinary empire insisted on a realistic presentation of a chef’s life in
the kitchen on the screen. Favreau, per Choi, was a sponge for learning
techniques and did his due diligence as a short term student at
culinary school and stagiaire in Choi’s Sunny Spot restaurant.
There is no denying that to be a chef takes a very special
dedication, passion…real passion. A burn, a cut doesn’t stop a chef in
the kitchen, they continue on. A number of years ago in a cooking class
in a restaurant kitchen the chef intent on what he was teaching got
distracted and ended up pouring boiling water over his hand. There was a
student who was a nurse who offered to do first aid, but no he
continued to teach the class. A burn, a cut doesn’t stop real chefs,
they are unwavering these men and women behind the line. This brings up a
personal peeve, the lack of women in the movie’s restaurant kitchen
which was staffed male cooks Martin (John Leguizamo) and Tony (Bobby
Cannavale).
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