Chef (2014 film)

Chef
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJon Favreau
Written byJon Favreau
Produced by
  • Jon Favreau
  • Sergei Bespalov
Starring
CinematographyKramer Morgenthau
Edited byRobert Leighton
Production
companies
  • Aldamisa Entertainment
  • Fairview Entertainment
  • Fetisov Teterin Films[1]
  • Prescience[1]
  • Altus Media[1]
  • Kilburn Media[1]
  • Fetisov Teterin Films[1]
Distributed byOpen Road Films
Release dates
  • March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07) (SXSW)
  • May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09) (United States)
Running time
114 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million[3]
Box office$46 million[4]

Chef is a 2014 American road comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Jon Favreau, who also stars in the film as a celebrity chef who loses his job at a popular Los Angeles restaurant following a public altercation with a food critic and begins to operate a food truck with his friends and his young son. It co-stars Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Sedaris, and Dustin Hoffman, along with Robert Downey Jr. in a cameo role.

Favreau wrote the script after directing several big-budget films, wanting to go "back to basics" and to create a film about cooking.[5] Food truck owner and chef Roy Choi served as a co-producer and oversaw the menus and food prepared for the film. Principal photography took place in July 2013 in Los Angeles, Miami, Austin and New Orleans.

Chef premiered at South by Southwest on March 7, 2014, and was released theatrically on May 9, 2014, by Open Road Films. It was well received by critics, who praised the direction, music, writing, story, and performances, and grossed $46 million against a production budget of $11 million.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Chef (2014)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "CHEF (15)". British Board of Film Classification. May 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "'Chef,' the movie, the DVD ... the restaurant? Favreau, Choi cook again". Los Angeles Times. September 26, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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