“Chef Started a Three-Star Food Truck” that shows Jon Favreau’s commitment and personality [Mizumaru Kawahara’s CINEMONOLOGUE Vol.65]

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• A movie that not only looks delicious but also feels good
• Solid food description and Roy Choi
• A story of summer memories with my father and rebuilding my life.

A movie that not only looks delicious but also feels good

　Continuing from last time , this time we will be featuring works by Jon Favreau. ``Chef: I Started a Three-Star Food Truck'', which depicts the comeback of a chef who is at a crossroads in his life, is a true Favreau film, directed, written and starring Favreau. The cooking scenes shown with his unique attention to detail are impressive, and are well-known as movies that will make you hungry just by watching them, but that's not the only appeal of his work.

Carl Casper, a head chef at a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles, caused a huge uproar when he confronted Mitchell, a famous food critic who criticized his cooking, on Twitter. In fact, due to the restaurant owner's wishes, Carl was unable to serve the food he wanted, and ended up serving Mitchell the usual menu items, resulting in an incomplete burn. Carl challenges Mitchell to come back and try his signature product this time, but this time he gets into an argument with the owner over the menu, and ends up quitting on the spot in a fit of rage. Furthermore, he explodes his anger in Mitchell's face when he comes to the store, and a customer records the incident on video, which causes a huge uproar. Due to the commotion, no one in the store heard from him, and he lost his job and status...

It's quite a low point, but strangely, it doesn't have a tragic atmosphere, which is typical of Favreau. In fact, there is a feeling of excitement as to what will happen from here. Even in the scene where everyone is drinking at a bar with Carl after he loses his job, Carl doesn't say anything grudge-like towards the assistant who chose his job over him and stayed at the store, making him feel awkward. At this point, the movie feels somehow "feeling good." Rather, it seems to me that Karl, and Favreau, are pleasant people.

After that, Carl accepts the advice of his ex-wife Inez and decides to open a food truck, but the important thing is that the truck is built with help from Inez's ex-husband (played by Robert Downey Jr., his ally in " Iron Man "). Carl's former assistant Martin, who had quit his job and followed Carl, also joined him, and preparations proceeded in rapid succession. This ton-ton beat is really cool, and even though the ex-wife and her ex-husband meet, it doesn't turn out to be dangerous, even though they both have feelings for each other, and Martin rushes over and the old dilapidated truck is repainted to a shiny new look, and preparations are made. All is well. When he fell, he continued to fall in a negative chain, but when he rose again, he came back just as smoothly. This rhythm is also great. It's precisely because there's no aftertaste that the story of a comeback can be watched so comfortably.

Solid food description and Roy Choi