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.
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- You gotta be kidding me. - Wow. You realise how many people have read this? I'm up to 2,000 followers since last night. - You're trending, bro. - They're sending me messages. They're goading me into responding to this prick. - Don't do it. Don't do it, man. - Don't do that, Chef. - Don't respond. Take the high road. - I know. But half the people are saying he's right. Yeah, but half the people are saying he's wrong. - That's the fucking internet. - That's right. Listen to him. - That's social media. You on Twitter? - Yeah, I'm Twitter. - What's your name? - Little Marty. But all the people following me, I don't wanna hang out during the day. I avoid all... Oh, hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? - This guy. - Don't. What are you writing? Chef, don't... That's not a good idea. Just listen. I won't send it until we all say it's OK. "Why don't you come by again tonight? "I got a whole new menu just for you, asshole." - No, gimme the phone. - That's not good. Not a good idea. Don't do it!
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- That's out there now, bro. - It happened. - Why'd you do that? - You can't take that back. You know what? I threw down the gauntlet. So get ready for a fight. I'm gonna go drop Percy off and come back and cook the menu we should've cooked last time. - So where are we going today? - I gotta drop you off, kid. I gotta go shopping for tonight. I'm sorry. - Can I come with you? - No, I'm sorry. How come I'm, like, never allowed to be in the kitchen? Because it's hot and it's loud and there's a lot of bad language. So? I hear bad language all the time. - Where? - Online. What kind of website could a 10-year-old get on that has bad language? - YouTube. - YouTube has bad language? Could I at least come shopping with you? No. I got a lot to do and a lot on my mind.
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Yes, please, tell her to call me immediately. I have Carl with me. I'm at home. Thank you. - Alright, I'm gonna go. - No, no, she's gonna call right back. - She was on the other line. - You're making more of this than it is. I just don't like to see you like this. Like what? I'm fine. I have to get to work. You're never going to be happy cooking for someone else. Is this about the food truck? I don't wanna talk about it again. Why not? You can cook your own food. You can be your own boss. I can book you for all the parties that I'm doing. I appreciate the offer, but I don't need any charity from you or your ex-husband. - Why are you being so proud? - Because I'm working. And despite what you might think, I have complete freedom to cook whatever I want now. I like my life. And as far as your publicist goes, when she calls back, you let her know that I understand I shouldn't tweet any pictures of my dick and any career advice should be kept to oneself. OK? I'll see you later. Thank you. - I got all this shit in the trunk. - Want me to do this? - Is it on? - Yeah. We're doing it. - We're doing it, guys. - Come on. Let's get everything out. I want the Cambros, the delis out so we can start plating, OK? Carl, can you tell me what's going on for tonight? No, no, no, how many covers do we have tonight? How many? We are overbooked. But I just printed out all the menus. Good. It's not the menu you got printed. It's different. - That's what I understand. - We're doing a tasting menu. - Carl, I have to put the wine... - A tasting menu for Ramsey Michel. - I know, but we... - He's coming. He knows about it. - Did you see the 'Eater' article? - I did. - I'm so excited for you. - It's all over the internet. - I love it when you're like this. - Taste the food. Bring in the waitstaff, have 'em taste the food. Make them understand what we're going for. - OK. - OK? We're not pushing specials today. The whole menu is special. - I'm excited. - I'm excited. I'm finally happy. I'm happy, OK? Am I allowed to be happy at work? Carl. Carl. We're staying with the same menu, right? I have something really good planned for tonight. I'm gonna let you... It's not sweetbreads. - You're gonna be able to taste it. - That may be true. But we have the most reservations on a work night since we opened. - You realise that? - I know. I was on Twitter. - Yeah. - I was promoting the restaurant. - I was on Twitter. - What? Yeah, that's another thing. From now on, before you post anything online, I OK it. Alright? The whole reason everybody's here tonight is because I called out Ramsey Michel online and they're all coming to watch me stick it in his ass. Yeah, and you're gonna twitter an apology for calling the most respected critic in Los Angeles an asshole. - I'm not gonna fucking apologise. - What do you mean, you're not... - You see what he wrote about me? - I don't give a fuck... - He started it! - ..what he wrote. I don't care. You're a cook. You're a chef. This is what you've been cooking for years, and it works. And either you cook the menu that our customers have come to ex... - You want me to cook the same food? - The same exact... The same food that he ripped apart? The same guy who's coming tonight? The restaurant isn't filled with critics! It's filled with people that've been eating your food for the last 10 years! So now, suddenly, you're gonna be an artist. Well, be an artist on your own time. - Listen to me. - No sweetbreads! - Listen! - No calves' brains. I'm not cooking sweetbreads! Listen to me. The kitchen is my domain. That was our deal. I don't give a fuck what the deal was! The deal is now changed. Either you stay or you go. It's up to you. End of discussion.
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- We got a full house of people... - Yeah. - ..who are coming tonight... - Yeah. - ..To eat my food. - No, it's not your food, Carl. It's not your food. By definition, it's my food because it's my restaurant. I pay for the glasses. I pay for the napkins. I pay for the spoons. I pay for Molly's salary. I pay for your entire staff's salary, OK? So you either cook my menu or Tony can. Tony, you've been cooking it half the time anyway. Tell the truth. Right?
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Yes? How can I help you? Isn't this, um... Wasn't this on the menu last time I... I... I visited? I believe it was. I was under the impression that tonight was gonna somehow be... be different, more of an event. I understand. Is there something we can do to make you more comfortable? Um... could I actually... Could I speak with the chef? With Chef Casper? I have a wonderful '09 that I just opened to let breathe. - Um... - If I may? The last time I was in Napa, at the vineyard, they shipped me this bottle as a gift, and I've just been waiting for the right occasion. That... that's very generous of you. Is Chef Casper here? Unfortunately, he was called away.
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