Chef
Chef is a 2014 American road comedy-drama film directed, written, co-produced by, and starring Jon Favreau as a celebrity 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. It co-stars Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, and Dustin Hoffman, along with Robert Downey Jr. in a cameo role. Favreau wrote the script after directing several big-budget films, wanting to go "back to basics" and to create a film about cooking. Food truck owner and chef Roy Choi served as 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 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 $46 million against a production budget of $11 million.
Aren't you the lava cake guy? - Uh, yeah, from the internet. - Yeah. Yeah. My kid and I saw you on 'Tosh.0'. You were hilarious. Thanks. OK, great. - That was hilarious. - OK. Hey, can I get a quick picture with you for my kid? - For my kid. - Sure. - Yeah. - Hey, you know how to work this? - Hey, Martin, help me out. - What is that, a flat-screen TV? Hold on a second. Let me unlock it for you real quick.
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Hang on. We're gonna move it down the road. It's hard to use other people's technology. - Big one. - Arm around you? Is that good? - Yeah. Yeah. - Alright, how do I... What do I press? Just touch the... Tap the screen first. Hold on. - OK. - Let me make sure it's not on video. It's on... Yeah, it's on. And then put on camera. There we go. Yeah. Alright. Get together. You have to tap the centre of the screen, and when you see a box, make sure the box is around our head. - OK. - Whatever you're shooting's in the box. - Just take the fucking picture, OK? - I got it. - There we go. - Thanks. Let's take the... Oh, and your finger's in front of the camera. - Sorry, sorry! - Good. Great. - I got it. - OK. Thank you. - Alright. Thank you. - Thank you, Officer. Hey, can I just take a picture up there in the kitchen? - On the truck? - That'd be great, yeah. - Got it. - And good. OK. Can I take one pressing a sandwich or something? - Got it. - Good? OK. - Alright. Can we do one more where... with 'Lady and the Tramp'... you know, you're biting one end, I'm biting the other? - Come on, you can do this. - OK.
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What the hell are you doing? You sending pictures to Mom? - I'm posting a Vine. - A Vine? What's a Vine? It's a video. Look. Hey, come on, man! Get that out of my face. - Seriously. - Christ. - It's only six seconds. - Who'd make a video six seconds? - A six-second video. - Can you believe this generation? Unbelievable, man. Little attention. ADHD. - ADHD is right. - That's nothing. I've also been shooting these videos... one second every day. One-second videos? Now you're joking with me. No. You edit 'em all together. One second of every day. And then you cut 'em together and watch it. It's cool. OK, enough with the virtual world. How about something real? Who wants to stop at Disney World? - Oh, yeah, I do. - Disney World? That's real? We shouldn't stop till we hit New Orleans. - Hey! Hey, that is your son. - That's my boy. A kid who'd rather go to New Orleans than Disney World. Now I've seen everything. I can't wait to try my first beignet. Every other person you say 'New Orleans' to thinks jazz and voodoo. Yeah, he thinks... - Your kid thinks doughnuts. - Doughnuts. Yeah, I know. I like that. Alright, New Orleans.
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Nice driving skills, huh? - I'm getting the hang of this thing. - I'm telling ya. - Alright, I'm taking my kid for a walk. - Yeah. Oh, nice. I get promoted to sous-chef. - But I gotta do all the hard work? - Yeah. Thanks. - Thank you. - Where are we, Bourbon Street? Nah, this is Frenchman Street. Bourbon's for tourists. We're in the Marigny. Come with me.
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