Le Chef (2014)

THE CHEF continues the French tradition of romanticising the production of food to the nth degree, but with jokes. The plot sees a wannabe chef - who keeps getting fired because people only want chips - get hired by the celeb chef he idolises in order to win around some food critics who hate his traditionalist food because if he loses a star the CEO can fire the celeb chef and replace him with an English (of course) chef who does...molecular cooking (yuck). Unfortunately the lead's pregnant gal wants him to get a proper job outside cooking, whilst the celeb's daughter wishes he would pay more attention to her upcoming thesis defence than his kitchens. It doesn't take a genius to work out what happens next but the result is funny enough (and the film at eighty minutes pithy enough) to sustain the result. The highlight sees the the two chefs try to infiltrate a rival chef's restaurant by posing as a Japanese couple in kimonos...

Have been a fan of Reno since my first movie i saw was Les Visiteurs years ago. In this movie he is not only amusing you have a love/hate relationship with him. Rarely does a whole movie theater laugh for minutes at simple situations very well acted and directed.Reno as a Chef really convinces, and the restaurant scenes, the cars he uses, the kitchen all very well presented. Want to have fun, go see the Chef. You wont regret one minute. There is a young French. Actress that plays the role of the pregnant wife Raphaelle Agogue who is not only very pretty I think she has an important future in French movies. Mr. Yaoun also plays a commendable part as the apprentice Chef. There is a French movie festival fortunately in Caracas And movies like The Chef helps make life here more bearable,without going into details.

This film is about a chef who has to do his best and reinvent his culinary style in order to stop his boss from closing his restaurant."The Chef" is a light hearted way to look at a chef's struggle to keep his act up. He recruits a young chef to help him out, and much hilarity ensues when personalities and different methods of cooking clash. The film keeps a good pace, and there are plenty of funny scenes to keep viewers entertained. I particularly enjoy the scenes on molecular cuisine experimentation, they are so hilarious! The interpersonal relationships are well handled, particularly between the two chefs and between the young chef and his wife. The portrayal of the young chef's financial problem looks very real, and many viewers will be able to relate to that. I enjoyed watching "The Chef" a lot.

Don't listen to some of these stupid critics.watch it your self and prove me wrong if you can.I Totally AGREED WITH THIS !! Of course, don't expect here a masterpiece or any attempt to make an original plot or anything like that : this is a mainstream production, and all we should expect from it, is just to be funny, well-done, and without bad taste ingredients. And so it is. A simple comedy, gentle, with a good rhythm, and nice characters. In fact, not only the main characters are good here, but everybody is, and the supporting actors here have their place, and contribute to our pleasure. Jean Reno and Michaël Youn compose a nice duet. There's not much that I can add. Except that even if everything was easily expect regarding the plot, what is never obvious to expect is that we'd have such a very good time.