Chef Page #2

Synopsis: Carl Casper is an acclaimed chef with a family life that seems as decaying as his artistic freedom. Those frustrations boil over into a raucous viral-videoed public confrontation against a restaurant critic who panned his cooking of food that his boss ordered him to make against his instincts. Now with his career ruined, Carl's ex-wife offers an unorthodox solution in Miami: refit an old food truck to offer quality cooking on his own terms. Now with his young son, Percy, and old colleague, Martin, helping, Carl takes a working trip across America with that truck to rediscover his gastronomic passion. With Percy's tech savvy and Martin's enthusiasm, Carl finds that he is creating a traveling sensation on the way home. In doing so, Carl discovers he is serving up more than simply food, but also a deeper connection with his life and his family that is truly delicious in its own way.
Director(s): Jon Favreau
Production: Open Road Films
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2014
114 min
$23,678,226
Website
14,795 Views


What the hell's Riva doing here?

I don't know. He was

on his way back here.

I got him espresso, bought

you five minutes of time.

You should meet him

out on the floor.

Stall him for five minutes. Let

me get the staff going. Please.

OK. Fine. Expect him

to come back here.

Yeah, thank you.

How you gonna keep that

psychopath from coming back here?

- You gotta have a plan.

- You want me to pickle these?

Yeah, pickle these.

I want you to pickle...

- Is Carl in there?

- Yeah.

Hey, Carl!

Carl.

Are you, uh... are you

planning on altering the menu?

Yeah, I can't do this right

now. Please, just...

- You know a lot is on the line today.

- I know.

That's why the menu

has to be perfect.

- But I can help you plan it.

- I can't do this right now.

Give me five minutes with my staff,

I'll walk you through the menu.

I've done this before.

I can help guide you.

I don't need guidance

right now. I need space.

OK?

Thank you.

Could we have a little

privacy, uh, guys?

Huh?

I ask you to leave,

you gotta look at Carl?

OK, everybody, tomen cinco.

Take five.

- You good?

- I got it. Go, go, go.

Grab a coffee.

- Let's get something straight.

- Yeah.

You don't f***ing talk to my

staff like that. I talk to my staff.

That side of the pass is

you, this side is me.

That was the arrangement

when you hired me.

OK, now will you listen

to me for a minute?

Carl, I get ideas.

Sometimes my ideas work.

I really don't care what magazine

said that you're the next big thing.

The fact is, you work for me,

in my restaurant, right?

I've had chefs before

you in this kitchen.

- I'll have chefs after you. OK?

- Alright, good talk.

- Let me get back to work.

- You know who's coming tonight.

We're being reviewed by the most

important critic in the city.

- Yes. I'm aware.

- His online blog was sold to AOL...

- For $10 million.

- That's right.

- You knew that?

- Yes, I know.

- OK.

- He's a big deal.

- That's why I wanna cook a good menu.

- You wanna cook a good menu?

- I wanna cook him some good food.

- Yeah. Well, then...

And our place is in a

f***ing creative rut.

- In a rut?

- In a creative rut.

You do know we're doing better than

any place in the neighbourhood?

I'm not talking about how

much money we're making,

I'm talking about creatively...

the food that we're serving.

We've served the same

food for five years.

Remember what happened when

you put guts on the menu?

Are you talking about my sweetbreads?

Is that what you mean?

Yeah. When you put that artsy sh*t

on the menu, people don't like it.

Not one person ordered

your sweetbreads.

Please listen to me.

I sank a fortune into the remodel

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Jon Favreau

Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, filmmaker and comedian. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as Rudy, Swingers, Very Bad Things, The Break-Up, and Chef. more…

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