![]() Percy promotes them on social media, and they find success in New Orleans and Austin, where their daily specials include po' boys, beignets and barbecued brisket, made with local ingredients.īack in Los Angeles, having strengthened his relationship with Percy, Carl accepts his son's offer to help with the food truck, with Inez also joining them. Martin, Carl's friend and former line cook, turns down his promotion at Gauloise to join Carl, who has reignited his passion as a chef.Ĭarl, Martin, and Percy drive the truck across the country to Los Angeles, serving Cuban sandwiches and yuca fries. Carl and Percy bond while restoring the truck and buying groceries, and Carl gives him a chef's knife. At Inez's encouragement, her ex-husband Marvin offers Carl a dilapidated food truck. Videos of Carl's meltdown go viral, leaving him humiliated and unemployable.Ĭarl reluctantly accepts Inez's invitation to accompany her and Percy to Miami, where he rediscovers his love for Cuban cuisine. Ramsey tweets negatively about Carl, provoking Carl into confronting him at the restaurant. ![]() Carl comes up with a new menu that his staff loves and invites Ramsey to a "rematch", but leaves after confronting Riva, who wants the old menu again.Īt home, Carl prepares the menu he wanted, while his sous-chef Tony serves Ramsey the same dishes from his prior visit. Carl insults Ramsey on Twitter, not realizing that his reply is public, and gains a large online following. When Carl has the chance to serve prestigious food critic and blogger Ramsey Michel, Riva demands he prepare old favorites at the last minute Carl concedes, leading to a scathing review. Carl also has a strained relationship with his tech-savvy preteen son, Percy, and his rich ex-wife, Inez. While popular with his kitchen staff and hostess Molly, Carl clashes with the restaurant's owner, Riva, who wants him to stick to classical cuisine rather than innovative dishes. Miami-born Carl Casper is the head chef of Gauloises in Brentwood, Los Angeles. It was well received by critics, who praised the direction, music, writing, story, and performances, and grossed $46 million against a production budget of $11 million. Principal photography took place in July 2013 in Los Angeles, Miami, Austin and New Orleans.Ĭhef premiered at South by Southwest on March 7, 2014, and was released theatrically on May 9, 2014, by Open Road Films. Food truck owner and chef Roy Choi served as a co-producer and oversaw the menus and food prepared for the film. in a cameo role.įavreau wrote the script after directing several big-budget films, wanting to go "back to basics" and to create a film about cooking. It co-stars Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, and Dustin Hoffman, along with Robert Downey Jr. ![]() Chef is a 2014 American road comedy-drama film directed, written, co-produced by, and starring Jon Favreau as a chef who, after a public altercation with a food critic, loses his job at a popular Los Angeles restaurant and begins to operate a food truck with his young son.
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