Le Chef

Mar 7, 2012

1h 24m

★ 6.2

Competition Can Be Delicious

Overview

A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

uMedia

Gaumont

TF1 Films Production

A Contracorriente Films

uFilm

Backup Media

Le Chef Trailers

Cast

Jacky Bonnot

Michaël Youn

Alexandre Lagarde

Jean Reno

Béatrice

Raphaëlle Agogué

Stanislas Matter

Julien Boisselier

Amandine

Salomé Stévenin

Titi

Serge Larivière

Moussa

Issa Doumbia

Chang

Bun-hay Mean

Paul Matter

Pierre Vernier

Juan

Santiago Segura

La mère de Béatrice

Geneviève Casile

Le père de Béatrice

André Penvern

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.

5.0

Outs and Ins

Aug 1, 1916

Musty Suffer gets a job as a chef and waiter at an automat restaurant. Various customers attempt to filch food or money from the coin slots, and Musty deals with the situation.

7.2

Babette's Feast

Aug 11, 1987

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

7.6

Eat Drink Man Woman

Aug 3, 1994

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

5.5

Two Chefs and a Wedding Cake

May 30, 2023

When a food critic at the top of her game comes face to face with a chef renowned for refusing food critics to his restaurant at her sister’s wedding, they must find a way to overcome their differences before the big day.

5.4

Chef

Oct 6, 2017

Roshan Kalra is a three-star Michelin chef who gets fired from New York's Gulli restaurant after he punches a customer. Forced to take a break, he flies to Kochi to spend time with his son, Armaan and his estranged wife Radha Menon. It's a fruitful trip because he manages to mend broken family ties. In a bid to help him get his mojo back, his wife suggests he put up his own food truck and begin afresh.

6.7

South Beach Love

Oct 9, 2021

From New York Times Bestselling Author Caridad Piñeiro comes a story about rival quinceañeras, glorious Cuban cooking, friendship, family ties – and romance

8.0

Pulp Kitchen

Apr 29, 2010

A young woman prepares breakfast for her lover, who has spent the night somewhere else after an argument.

1.0

Catherine & Co.

Oct 29, 1975

Catherine, a young British sexworker living in Paris, decides to start her own "company" after learning the basics of big businesscom from her clients. She encounters both interest and setbacks in her search for investors.

7.2

C(r)ook

Nov 11, 2004

A killer for the Russian Mafia in Vienna wants to retire and write a book about his passion - cooking. The mafia godfather suspects treason.

7.8

Ratatouille

Jun 28, 2007

Remy, a resident of Paris, has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris' finest restaurants, Remy finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream. He forms an unusual alliance with the restaurants rookie employee, and together they work through challenges stemming from Head Chef Skinner, Remy’s colony, and renowned food critic Anton Ego, who strikes fear in the hearts of chefs all throughout France.

7.0

Omelette

Oct 19, 1992

A story about a divorce.

6.7

No Reservations

Jun 15, 2007

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.

6.7

Mostly Martha

Sep 9, 2001

Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.

6.8

Frankie and Johnny

Oct 11, 1991

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.

6.5

Serial Cook

Feb 16, 2018

Meet Neslihan. A perfect cook, an expert on Turkish cuisine, strictly loyal to her husband, an impeccable house wife ...and a serial killer.

6.9

Daawat-e-Ishq

Sep 5, 2014

A deliciously romantic coming together of Gulrez “Gullu” Qadir a Hyderabadi shoe-sales girl disillusioned with love because of her encounters with dowry-seeking men; and Tariq “Taru” Haidar a Lucknawi cook who can charm anybody with the aroma and flavours of his biryani and kebabs.

6.0

Love for Starters

Jan 27, 2022

To save her father’s lake-front restaurant, a talented interior designer must partner with the celebrity chef her father hired without her knowledge to revamp the place before time runs out.