Chef - 28/06/2014
Cubanos baby, Cubanos
From writer, director and actor Jon Favreau, Chef is a film that can only be described as food porn.
Tired of not being able to show his style and flare in a restaurant run by a grumpy Dustin Hoffman, Carl Casper decides to quit the role as head chef after a damming review from a very famous food critic. He then takes a gamble and spruces up a food truck in Miami and travels back to LA stopping off at various locations en-route, serving Cuban delicacies, Texan BBQ's and lots of smiles along the way.
I found myself smiling all the way through Chef, the relationships with Casper's Sous Chef, John Leguizamo, his son and being new to twitter all start the film off well, but when the food truck journey begins that's when the smile turned into a big grin. The food just looks delicious, I could actually taste some of it, the music is toe tappingly, hip jigglingly brilliant and the bond between father and son is just very well portrayed, and Scarlett Johansson shows up as well, so what more do you need?
When Clare and I left the cinema we put the "Chef Soundtrack" on Spotify and listened on the way home to the Cuban grooves. It is not very often I comment on the soundtrack, but this one just fit perfectly with the culinary delights shown on screen.
Even though we had eaten just a couple of hours before, I left the cinema hungry, hungry for a Cubanos, hungry for an American Road Trip and hungry to try to make some of the food shown.
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