The Chef (film)
- Jean Reno: Alexandre Lagarde
- Michaël Youn: Jacky Bonnot
- Raphaelle Agogué: Béatrice
- Julien Boisselier: Stanislas Matter
- Salomé Stévenin: Amandine
- Serge Larivière: Titi
Cooking is the boss (AKA: Comme un chef ) is a French comedy film directed by Daniel Cohen from the year 2012, which was released in Germany on June 7, 2012.
Action
The famous chef Alexandre Lagarde in Paris threatened with the loss of one of his three star and his noble restaurants, because on one hand it denies the popular with the critics molecular kitchen and on the other hand, the financier wants to modernize the restaurant around. By chance he meets Jacky Bonnot, a stubborn and misunderstood culinary artist who needs casual work as a painter. Jacky refined the courts Alexandre with its own funds, since he has researched his cooking styles over the years and on, which is well received by the critics. Alexandre's new manager wants to replace him with a younger chef, if it loses a star and threatens to inject critics in his restaurant. Together with Jacky Alexandre created the new menu, which, thanks to a daring action are now also available molecular dishes. This comes with the critics on super why Alexandre does not lose a star. However, he is the lead from his restaurant to Jacky to lead even a small restaurant in the country. Collectively, they are continuing their television program.
Reviews
" The Stoic Reno and the babbling Youn form a nice contrasting pair, and some of the dialogues have a delightful flavor. However, over long distances what is offered is home cooking. The screenplay was oversubscribed, without being original. The secondary characters remain two-dimensional, the twists in the plot are as surprising as the daily menu of a motorway service station. "
"This is anything but heavy fare, rather light menu. A couple of times threatens the cooking show sliding into farce. But over the cockfights of the two cooks, the clear plates and the gibberish of haute cuisine you must always smile. "
" Light and airy summer comedy about the " craze " cooking, which in some cases have already overly peppy and also slapstick comes along, but overall solid and charming maintains. "