Chef Page #11

Synopsis: Carl Casper is an acclaimed chef with a family life that seems as decaying as his artistic freedom. Those frustrations boil over into a raucous viral-videoed public confrontation against a restaurant critic who panned his cooking of food that his boss ordered him to make against his instincts. Now with his career ruined, Carl's ex-wife offers an unorthodox solution in Miami: refit an old food truck to offer quality cooking on his own terms. Now with his young son, Percy, and old colleague, Martin, helping, Carl takes a working trip across America with that truck to rediscover his gastronomic passion. With Percy's tech savvy and Martin's enthusiasm, Carl finds that he is creating a traveling sensation on the way home. In doing so, Carl discovers he is serving up more than simply food, but also a deeper connection with his life and his family that is truly delicious in its own way.
Director(s): Jon Favreau
Production: Open Road Films
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2014
114 min
$23,678,226
Website
15,511 Views


- You are a superstar.

- Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Oh! And how'd you get that crowd?

You got a huge crowd outside.

I didn't. I just came back from

shopping, there was this long line.

- I thought it was a mistake.

- I tweeted it.

- You what?

- What'd you do?

I tweeted the picture on your account

and then geotagged it. Look.

Wait, man, you did...

you did what? You geo...

I tagged it so they can

mark us on their maps.

Look at those pictures.

How'd you... What'd you...

- These pictures are from here.

- Mm-hm.

How'd you get those

pictures from here?

When I was going to Caf Du Monde.

- And you put it online?

- Mm-hm.

You're a genius, kid.

You're the reason everybody's

here. You know that?

You're my new head of

marketing. Thank you.

Alright, so, I'm gonna

hit the chalkboard.

You walk him through the prep on the

po' boys and get the plancha going.

Yes, Chef. Yes, Chef. Jefecito.

You butter the

plancha, son, alright?

I got this. Percy, look. Whoo!

Yes, sir.

Single file, y'all. Right here.

0-8? There you go. Thank you

very much. Napkins are down there.

- Another beignet coming up.

- Hang on a second.

- Number seven.

- There you go, two more.

Cubano coming up.

Hang on, one second.

He's my kid. He's just learning.

- Put you on the Twitter?

- Watch your back.

That's my kid. He did all that.

- More beignets.

- How's that po' boy coming?

- It's coming up with shrimp.

- Alright.

It's worth the wait, I promise.

Baby

I'm hot just like an oven

I need some lovin'

And, baby

I can't hold it much longer

It's getting

stronger and stronger

And when I get that feelin',

I want sexual healing

Sexual healing is good for me

Makes me feel so fine

Helps to relieve my mind

Yeah

Sexual healing,

baby, is good for me

Sexual healing is something

that's good for me

Whenever blue

teardrops are falling

And my emotional

stability is leaving me

There is something I can do

I can get on the telephone

and call you up, baby

Honey, I know you'll

be there to relieve me

The love you give to me will...

Jefe, jefe. It says

'sold out', man.

We should be good. I think

they're holding for us.

- Hey, Benji.

- Hey.

- We got here as fast as we could.

- Hopefully we're still good.

- You got anything for me?

- Gotta check with the man.

- In the back.

- OK, thanks.

What's up, killer?

- Hey, Aaron.

- What's up, Carl?

- How you doing?

- How you doing?

Driving all night. Doing good.

- You still got the stuff?

- Let's do it.

Oh. He's got the stuff.

- What is this place?

- This is Texas OG barbecue.

These guys gotta stay up all night

and stoke those fires low and slow.

Oh, man, that's gorgeous.

- So how many can I get?

- I guess four.

- I'll take it.

- Alright.

Whoo!

- Nice.

- Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Oh, there we go.

Oh, oh!

- Oh, man.

- Mmm!

Mmm. We should get some sliders.

- Wow.

- We should do sliders, man.

- Oh, my God.

- We get some King's Hawaiian bread.

- Mm-hm.

- Pickle, barbecue sauce.

What if we swapped this out for

the pork in the media noche?

- What do you think about that?

- Swap this for the pork shoulder?

- Make, like, an Austin Midnight.

- I like that.

- That's hot. I like that.

- That is hot, baby.

Let me get one more of these.

You should check this out.

- Just let me cut right through.

- Mmm.

- Save it, dog.

- I know. We're gonna save it.

- Use it all up, man.

- I'll give you half.

- Know you can't eat your own supply.

- Put it away after this.

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

Yeah

Travis County took my picture

but, no, I didn't smile

They told me I was gonna be

here for a pretty long while

One day, I was

walking down the street

When I should've been

walking down the hall...

- Six sliders all day.

- 69's coming up.

Ah! One is coming up.

Media noche, Texas.

- Whoo!

- This is getting murdered.

You got that three media

noches coming up?

Alright.

Order 65 and 66.

- I got po' boy right here.

- One sec.

- You got the transfer pan?

- Cubano.

Thank you. Good. Hey, your

phone's ringing, Percy.

Sorry.

- Hey, Mom.

- Where are you?

- I'm in Austin.

- Are you OK?

- I'm great.

- How's your daddy?

Here, talk to him.

- Hi, Inez.

- Hi.

- You want me to pick him up?

- No, you're a thousand miles away.

It's OK. I can go get on

a plane and pick him up.

- No, it's fine. He's doing great.

- "I miss him.

"I want you to come home.

I love him."

He's fine. He's got a couple of burns

and two stitches from a paring knife.

Please, I'm serious.

Let me go and pick him up.

You know your son's a cook now?

- I'm a line cook.

- He's a line cook.

Be careful!

I'll have him home

in time for school.

- And you? Are you OK?

- I'm amazing!

"Oh, you're so sexy in that bandana.

I want your big platanos."

Looks here like you guys

are having so much fun.

Alright, give me one second. Did you

know your son could work a grill?

- I had beer.

- What did he say?

Stop. Stop, stop.

He says he misses you.

Aww, tell him I love him.

- Dad got me a knife.

- He says, "I love you."

- What?

- "I love you!"

I love you too!

Tell... tell him,

"I love you too." OK?

'Bye.

Alright, 70!

Every day

and nothing seem to change

Everywhere I go,

I keep seeing the same old thing

And I

I can't take it no more...

- Let's take a selfie.

- A selfie?

Wait, let me do it with

the flash. Hold on.

Oh, look at that.

Email that to me, alright?

OK.

Mind if I post this?

- What is that, another Vine?

- No, it's 'One Second Every Day' video.

Remember?

- It's the trip all cut together?

- Oh, the little cuts of the thing?

- Mm-hm.

- Yeah, just email it to me.

I'm sure it's fine.

Listen, I, uh... I want to

talk to you about something.

Yeah?

I've had a really good time with

you these last couple of weeks.

Me too.

And...

you've become a really good cook.

- Thanks, Dad.

- Not just for a kid.

I mean, you're really good.

You work really hard.

It's a big deal.

But we're gonna be home soon,

and we're gonna get back to our lives,

and I'm gonna be really

busy with the truck

and you're gonna be

really busy with school.

But I can still work

on the truck, right?

You said I was a good cook.

I'm... I'm sorry, Percy.

I... I just don't want

you to be disappointed

when things go back to

the way that they were.

I don't want it to go back to that.

I could work after

school and on weekends.

I just want to be

honest with you, OK?

I feel like I've let you down so much,

and I didn't want to blindside you,

but the summer's gonna end and we're

not gonna be doing this anymore.

OK?

OK.

But we had a lot of fun, and

nobody could take away from us

what we experienced

together, right?

And I feel like I

really got to know you.

Alright. Let's watch the music.

Well, if things don't

change around here

There ain't no use

in me hanging right on

Hang around

But I'll be ready now

I'll be ready when

my train pulls up

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Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, filmmaker and comedian. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as Rudy, Swingers, Very Bad Things, The Break-Up, and Chef. more…

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