I found this movie on Netflix streaming movies. I like Jean Reno in everything I have seen him in and he is great here.
He is famous chef Alexandre Lagarde at a 3-star restaurant. He also does a live cooking show. He is at odds with the owner's son who wants to oust him and seems willing to do anything to have him lose a star as a way to void his contract.
Enter comic actor Michaël Youn as Jacky Bonnot, a bright guy who can't seem to keep a job. When he gets into food service he mistreats the guests who want certain food and wine combinations that Jacky knows are inappropriate. So the best he can do, to try to keep his pregnant girlfriend happy, is get a job as a painter.
The other quality Jacky has is his sense of food combinations and preparation. He is a student of Lagarde's cooking, has all his books, knows all his recipes, even can recall when each live show was telecast. Eventually he and Lagarde team up.
This is a comedy and a very good one. It was French with English subtitles.
He is famous chef Alexandre Lagarde at a 3-star restaurant. He also does a live cooking show. He is at odds with the owner's son who wants to oust him and seems willing to do anything to have him lose a star as a way to void his contract.
Enter comic actor Michaël Youn as Jacky Bonnot, a bright guy who can't seem to keep a job. When he gets into food service he mistreats the guests who want certain food and wine combinations that Jacky knows are inappropriate. So the best he can do, to try to keep his pregnant girlfriend happy, is get a job as a painter.
The other quality Jacky has is his sense of food combinations and preparation. He is a student of Lagarde's cooking, has all his books, knows all his recipes, even can recall when each live show was telecast. Eventually he and Lagarde team up.
This is a comedy and a very good one. It was French with English subtitles.