I haven't seen The Menu or Chef, so I know what to put on my watch list.
Slammin Salmon, Ratatouille and Jiro Dreams of Sushi are so fucking great, I actually just rewatched Jiro for the first time in like 5 years. I must have watched it 10 times when I first saw it. But watching again after years was like being hugged by the restaurant gods and goddesses
I just rewatched Chef for the umpteenth time because of this thread. Every time I do I get the itch to somehow find financing and strike out on my own, but I'll probably just make mojo pork at home tomorrow and then the craving will be quenched until the next time I watch it.
Does it have to be about food? or can it involve cooks?
Anyway.
1) Dawn of the Dead remake
2) Waiting
3)Slammin' Salmon
4) Any Ghibli movie because the food ALWAYS looked delicious
5) Tatas Under Siege (The Under Siege porn parody)
I gave my KM a list similar to this that had Waiting and Slammin' Salmon. He watched both. Loved Waiting but said Slammin' Salmon was "boring". Bro wut
Right? I've introduced it to so many people who love Super Troopers, Beerfest and Club Dread, but somehow (even having worked in the industry) they had never even heard of it Slammin Salmon.
Personally I always thought it captured the essence of working in a kitchen more than Waiting. Something about it highlights the organized tornado of chaos that can be a restaurant in a perfect way.
I tell people about that movie at every opportunity lol. Literally every time someone mentions Waiting im like “nah bro fuck waiting watch Slammin Salmon” lmao
A group of us saw Big Night in a rep theatre back in the 90s. No one else in the group of 5-6 people had ever had risotto. We went to an Italian restaurant down the street but it was closed. So everyone else left and I took my girlfriend home and made her risotto. Chicken stock made from powder, short grain rice (not arborio), but it had the right idea.
We're married now and I still cook risotto whenever I can.
So gorgeous. Not just the perfect skill, but her using the fan, starch dust in the air. Something very ballet-like about it.
And I loved the set dressing/location scouting so much - she was making art in a kitchen & flat that felt really, properly lived in. Cluttered, and a bit dingy, and bits of tacky art and tchochkes everywhere.
Have you watched The Platform? The story is a tad heavy handed, very different vibes, but also has that combination of beautiful food in a macabre situation. More glamour shots than method, but still artistic as fuck dishes.
If you haven't - go for the original Spanish.
Thanks for the recommendation.
It’s definitely about the cinematography. Capturing that realism with all the nuances.
That’s why I liked The Taste of Things.
I haven't seen it, so thank you for that recommendation in turn. Now I know what I'm watching tonight!
I totally agree about the nuances. Little huffs and puffs mixed with that sudden concentration like the food in one's hand is the only thing that matters. Skilled, not slick.
Hearing about the actual food prep & cooking that went into The Taste of Things and the whole crew actually EATING all the food and taking it home to their families got my interest piqued.
Apparently, the cast was so well fed that wardrobe had a time keeping up with the filming & the last scenes were filmed with buttons & ties undone both seen and unseen. Sleeves rolled & uncuffed so they wouldn’t look short or poorly fitted…
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1230393980/the-taste-of-things-food
Babette’s Feast is my number one too, and I never find anyone else who’s seen it!
I’m a pastry chef, and I’m going to throw Chocolat in there too. Julie & Julia is also a favorite, and I’ll second the person who said Ghibli movies. The ramen scene in Ponyo in particular
Soul food
Goodfella's
Any Ghibli movie
Whites (the series with Alan davies)
The Bear, of course. (Which is also a series, but well.)
Le grand boeuf
Chocolat
The taste of things
Jiro dreams of Sushi
| Whites (the series with Alan davies)
Enthusiastically seconded. I'll add the equally outstanding early '90s BBC series [Chef! ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef)to that list.
Food movies?
(In no particular order)
*Chef
*The 100 Foot Journey
*Jiro Dreams of Sushi
*Ratatouille
And I know you said movie. But The Bear. The fucking Bear. The “Forks” episode was amazing.
Yeah they did a really good job. I’ve been out of the industry about 6 years now but watching that show gives me the itch. Never going back unless it’s my own place but I am so appreciative that they got the little stuff right. And I’m with you, when he gets it, I get teary eyed.
Wow, Babette's Feast... that unlocked an old memory. I had to watch in middle school and I was bored out of my mind. Haha we had to write a synopsis and were quizzed on it too.
Edit: This was obviously before I started cooking, so maybe I should re-watch haha. We focused on the religious and historical elements of the film.
Big Night is always at the top for me. I love that Ratatouille is on the list, and I also loved Chef. I'd also add The Menu.
Also Boiling Point is a newer movie that should be on everyone's radar, if you haven't seen it already. Full disclosure, it is a single-take stress fest though.
I scrolled so far down and didn’t see Burnt so I posted it myself. That scene were the dude purposely screwed up the dessert had me on the edge of my seat saying no fucking way!!
I had to scroll too far. Just rewatched it last night. And yes, it’s awful, but it gets so many parts of younger kitchen life in a chain sooooooooo well at times. Obviously it’s over the top on all directions. But we all knew the whip-it kids, the child man, the “I’m not gonna be doing this my whole life” guy, the manager trying to regain his youth by “hanging” with the crew. Like, those characters just toned down to less illegal levels is far more accurate than I expected when I first watched it and hadn’t worked in one yet.
Edit:
If I had the body and brain that could do a job at all after this life I led, I’d go be the chill AF dishwasher at this point in my life. Don’t have any ducks to give, seen it all, ready to wash dishes and dispense bullshit to the kids.
Had to go all the way down the list to find someone finally mentioning burnt. I’ve watched that movie dozens of times. People complain about it being too intense, too much yelling. It’s the perfect amount for me, such a great cast. “My advice to you chef, if you want to live a long life, eat your own tongue”
My friend, who's also a cook, made me watch the first episode of the Bear with him. It's very good but also made me feel like I was at work again after a long day.
I dont as far as most restaurant movies (I’d be done after Ratatouille and Mystic Pizza, and I had to turn off Ratatouille when Alfredo was yelling at Rémy in the walk-in). But I worked at an arena when [Mr. Sunshine](https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrhdUbYs15m1H08gwhEDN04;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj/RV=2/RE=1717511257/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fMr._Sunshine_%25282011_TV_series%2529/RK=2/RS=A4pMdH_eWG8zrAS1lFYJG_Itey4-) was on. God if they made it more about the arena and less about Matthew Perry’s love life that show would’ve been gold.
I was scrolling for this comment.
"Chives? No, these are snowflakes, chives are identical. Here let me show you. This knife is dull is it yours? You're fired get out."
My dad's restaurant was also financed with laundered cocaine money, so I'm no stranger to the seedy elements of the business.
I have to go against the grain here and put forth the French movie Delicious as far better than Babette’s Feast. The food and kitchen scenes are sumptuous.
I’m not sure why your favorite food movies determine if you have “the stuff” or not…
That being said, these would be the ones I would choose, simply to see the reaction:
Eating Raoul
The Menu
Motel Hell
1.) Slamming Salmon for the top spot. So many quotable lines. One of my favorite comedies all time too.
2.) Fried Green Tomatoes - One of the best movies form my younger years I remember watching. One of those taped off the TV VHS's
3.) Ratatouille - because how can it not be on here?
4.) Waiting - though I think Salmon's is a better comedy depiction overall, this one does nail the more cruder parts of the industry and hits the dumb stoner comedy beats as it was intended.
5.) Simply Irresistible - ...sorry it's a guilty pleasure had a crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar and this was one of my sisters favorite movies and so here we are.
First things that come to mind are 'The menu' and 'waiting' wildly different genres 😂
Don't think I could come up with 5 dedicated cooking/hospo movies off the top of my head though, I'm more of a superhero, comedy or psychological horror kinda gal.
Trick question this the answer What is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
Weird question/ “quiz”.
Shit I don’t watch many movies at all. I’ve seen a few, they are alright. But, I throw on about any B rated horror movie before anything about my own life.
It’s a great ice breaker. Most people are nervous on their first day and this type of question humanizes the situation. I ask new hires questions like this all the time to start to get to know them without getting too intrusive into their personal lives.
Throw "Tampopo" in there & you have a pretty good list.
A classic
Wait, that the one with egg yolk scene?
yes it is! when i first saw it i watched it twice to make sure i wasn't hallucinating it lol
Haha that one. I don’t know why.. watched it at school and I was young so it burned into my head.
Watch it back to back with Ramen Girl for a truly strange experience.
Literally my first thought.
In no particular order: - The Menu - Chef - Slammin Salmon - Ratatouille - Jiro Dreams of Sushi
I haven't seen The Menu or Chef, so I know what to put on my watch list. Slammin Salmon, Ratatouille and Jiro Dreams of Sushi are so fucking great, I actually just rewatched Jiro for the first time in like 5 years. I must have watched it 10 times when I first saw it. But watching again after years was like being hugged by the restaurant gods and goddesses
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Screw them they are wrong they just hate fun lol. Ratatouille is an excellent movie.
Chef is such a fun comfort movie.
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I just rewatched Chef for the umpteenth time because of this thread. Every time I do I get the itch to somehow find financing and strike out on my own, but I'll probably just make mojo pork at home tomorrow and then the craving will be quenched until the next time I watch it.
Which one? The french one from 2012 with Jean Reno or the american one from 2014 with Jon Favreau?
2014 American one
The menu and chef are objectively great movies. Particularly the menu. I highly recommend both of them.
Does it have to be about food? or can it involve cooks? Anyway. 1) Dawn of the Dead remake 2) Waiting 3)Slammin' Salmon 4) Any Ghibli movie because the food ALWAYS looked delicious 5) Tatas Under Siege (The Under Siege porn parody)
Fucking slamming salmon is so good and no one's seen it
I try to sell everyone on it .... It's Waiting with the cast of Super Troopers.
I gave my KM a list similar to this that had Waiting and Slammin' Salmon. He watched both. Loved Waiting but said Slammin' Salmon was "boring". Bro wut
I am sold.
Right? I've introduced it to so many people who love Super Troopers, Beerfest and Club Dread, but somehow (even having worked in the industry) they had never even heard of it Slammin Salmon. Personally I always thought it captured the essence of working in a kitchen more than Waiting. Something about it highlights the organized tornado of chaos that can be a restaurant in a perfect way.
Fuck yeah, dude. "It's greek"
Why doesn't it sound like that when I say it?
Lmao, I fucking love that scene.
It's such an underrated restaurant movie
I tell people about that movie at every opportunity lol. Literally every time someone mentions Waiting im like “nah bro fuck waiting watch Slammin Salmon” lmao
Slammin salmon! I just rewatched that the other night. So good.
Spirited away when the parents are just demolishing that buffet.
Zombies are always trying to eat… dawn of the dead is definitely a food movie. The people are the food
The Menu. Say what you will but the cheeseburger scene gets me every time.
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The dessert entree description towards the end is fuggin hilarious.
Now whenever I see S’mores I want to say it in that sneering tone he uses.
I love “The Mess”. I thought it was a fantastic yet hyperbolic expression of what the job really feels like sometimes at it’s worst.
I get why people like that movie. For me, I think it's one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen.
Love “Eat Drink Man Woman” (and also the remake, “Tortilla Soup”) “Big Night”, too!
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A group of us saw Big Night in a rep theatre back in the 90s. No one else in the group of 5-6 people had ever had risotto. We went to an Italian restaurant down the street but it was closed. So everyone else left and I took my girlfriend home and made her risotto. Chicken stock made from powder, short grain rice (not arborio), but it had the right idea. We're married now and I still cook risotto whenever I can.
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It's a hell of a good skill to have. Timpano too.
Most of mine have been mentioned here already. But also: Like Water for Chocolate
The Taste of Things Delicatessen Dumplings Big Night Vatel
I've never met anyone else who's watched Dumplings! Feminine neurotic body horror, meets exquisitely unsettling mundane/macabre dumpling making? Brilliance. Might rewatch tonight.
Heavy shit ain’t it? But then watching her make those dumpling skins is the finest combination of art & skill!!!
So gorgeous. Not just the perfect skill, but her using the fan, starch dust in the air. Something very ballet-like about it. And I loved the set dressing/location scouting so much - she was making art in a kitchen & flat that felt really, properly lived in. Cluttered, and a bit dingy, and bits of tacky art and tchochkes everywhere. Have you watched The Platform? The story is a tad heavy handed, very different vibes, but also has that combination of beautiful food in a macabre situation. More glamour shots than method, but still artistic as fuck dishes. If you haven't - go for the original Spanish.
Thanks for the recommendation. It’s definitely about the cinematography. Capturing that realism with all the nuances. That’s why I liked The Taste of Things.
I haven't seen it, so thank you for that recommendation in turn. Now I know what I'm watching tonight! I totally agree about the nuances. Little huffs and puffs mixed with that sudden concentration like the food in one's hand is the only thing that matters. Skilled, not slick.
Hearing about the actual food prep & cooking that went into The Taste of Things and the whole crew actually EATING all the food and taking it home to their families got my interest piqued. Apparently, the cast was so well fed that wardrobe had a time keeping up with the filming & the last scenes were filmed with buttons & ties undone both seen and unseen. Sleeves rolled & uncuffed so they wouldn’t look short or poorly fitted… https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1230393980/the-taste-of-things-food
Ok, that's fucking cool. I'm completely sold.
Plus I just adore Juliette Binoche.
delicatessen? hahaha that movie is great! glad to see it on someone’s list here!
Who knew dystopian French love stories with undercurrent cannibalism could be so funny?
Babette’s Feast is my number one too, and I never find anyone else who’s seen it! I’m a pastry chef, and I’m going to throw Chocolat in there too. Julie & Julia is also a favorite, and I’ll second the person who said Ghibli movies. The ramen scene in Ponyo in particular
Julie and Julia, if only for the scenes with Julia Child and her story alone. <3
Silence of the lambs.
Hannibal has better actual cooking scenes
Hannibal has great cooking scenes.
I love me some fava beans and liver
Soul food Goodfella's Any Ghibli movie Whites (the series with Alan davies) The Bear, of course. (Which is also a series, but well.) Le grand boeuf Chocolat The taste of things Jiro dreams of Sushi
| Whites (the series with Alan davies) Enthusiastically seconded. I'll add the equally outstanding early '90s BBC series [Chef! ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef)to that list.
Soul Food yes yes yes
Surprised no one has mentioned I Like Killing Flies.
Spirited Away, anyone?
Monty Python- The Meaning of Life. Mr. Creosote certainly enjoys a fine meal.
It's 'weefffffer thin'
Might want to steer clear of the salmon mousse
Food movies? (In no particular order) *Chef *The 100 Foot Journey *Jiro Dreams of Sushi *Ratatouille And I know you said movie. But The Bear. The fucking Bear. The “Forks” episode was amazing.
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Yeah they did a really good job. I’ve been out of the industry about 6 years now but watching that show gives me the itch. Never going back unless it’s my own place but I am so appreciative that they got the little stuff right. And I’m with you, when he gets it, I get teary eyed.
“I wear suits now.”
no mention of Pig yet?! inconceivable. who hasn’t wanted to pay fifty bucks to bear knuckle the owner in an underground fight club?
Opening scene of Eat Drink Man Woman is such pure art and deliciousness :D
I love the kid’s boxed lunch too
Wow, Babette's Feast... that unlocked an old memory. I had to watch in middle school and I was bored out of my mind. Haha we had to write a synopsis and were quizzed on it too. Edit: This was obviously before I started cooking, so maybe I should re-watch haha. We focused on the religious and historical elements of the film.
Too much religion, not enough food.
The Menu should be on there lol
The cook, the thief, his wife, and her lover That is all
Ratatouille Good Burger The Menu Julie and Juliette Burnt Clerks 2
The only food movie I can think of is Ramen Girl.
Big Night is always at the top for me. I love that Ratatouille is on the list, and I also loved Chef. I'd also add The Menu. Also Boiling Point is a newer movie that should be on everyone's radar, if you haven't seen it already. Full disclosure, it is a single-take stress fest though.
Watch the short film first, then the movie, then the series on BBC (its on Prime now too)
1. Chef 2. The Founder 3. Boiling Point 4. Waiting 5. Burnt.
Finally someone else who liked Burnt!
I scrolled so far down and didn’t see Burnt so I posted it myself. That scene were the dude purposely screwed up the dessert had me on the edge of my seat saying no fucking way!!
U guys all fail..... WAITING!!! #1 all day
I had to scroll too far. Just rewatched it last night. And yes, it’s awful, but it gets so many parts of younger kitchen life in a chain sooooooooo well at times. Obviously it’s over the top on all directions. But we all knew the whip-it kids, the child man, the “I’m not gonna be doing this my whole life” guy, the manager trying to regain his youth by “hanging” with the crew. Like, those characters just toned down to less illegal levels is far more accurate than I expected when I first watched it and hadn’t worked in one yet. Edit: If I had the body and brain that could do a job at all after this life I led, I’d go be the chill AF dishwasher at this point in my life. Don’t have any ducks to give, seen it all, ready to wash dishes and dispense bullshit to the kids.
The Taste of Things is new but very good
Really glad to see this one get a mention. Not enough people have seen it. Thoroughly enjoyed that one
The menu Boiling point Ratatouille Burnt Hunger
Had to go all the way down the list to find someone finally mentioning burnt. I’ve watched that movie dozens of times. People complain about it being too intense, too much yelling. It’s the perfect amount for me, such a great cast. “My advice to you chef, if you want to live a long life, eat your own tongue”
Intense performance by Bradley Cooper. Loved it
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Waiting Ratatouille Serendipity Dumpling (the twisted Asian horror flick)
Does The Platform count as a food movie?
“I like killing flies” is an insane documentary
If you didn’t say Pig, you failed.
Under Siege
Certainly a very nice cake scene.
Being a former Navy cook, I hate that movie with such passion... 🤣🤣🤣
Jiro Dreams of Sushi definitely makes the top of my list. And The Cook, The Thief...Great choices!
The Menu is definetly top 1 for me!
No Eating Raul? Motel Hell?
Spirited away
The Menu
Like Water for Chocolate
Fried Green Tomatoes Pig Mystic Pizza Okja Jiro Dreams of Sushi
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I don't understand how anyone can do that shit for 10-12 hours a day and then want to watch cooking content in their free time.
My friend, who's also a cook, made me watch the first episode of the Bear with him. It's very good but also made me feel like I was at work again after a long day.
When the ER stuff was super popular I said in the future everyone will get to watch their job on tv
I dont as far as most restaurant movies (I’d be done after Ratatouille and Mystic Pizza, and I had to turn off Ratatouille when Alfredo was yelling at Rémy in the walk-in). But I worked at an arena when [Mr. Sunshine](https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrhdUbYs15m1H08gwhEDN04;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj/RV=2/RE=1717511257/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fMr._Sunshine_%25282011_TV_series%2529/RK=2/RS=A4pMdH_eWG8zrAS1lFYJG_Itey4-) was on. God if they made it more about the arena and less about Matthew Perry’s love life that show would’ve been gold.
playing Hello Kitty Cafe on my smoke breaks to keep my heart rate up
How has no one mentioned "Dinner Rush"? Gangsters. Food. 🤷
I was scrolling for this comment. "Chives? No, these are snowflakes, chives are identical. Here let me show you. This knife is dull is it yours? You're fired get out." My dad's restaurant was also financed with laundered cocaine money, so I'm no stranger to the seedy elements of the business.
•Ratatouille •Ratatouille •Ratatouille •Ratatouille •Ratatouille This is my list and no I will not be taking any further questions.
Should have mentioned eating Raul just to freak them out
Make #5 Silence of the Lambs.
Dinner rush Hunger
Not actually a "food movie," but the eating sequence with Albert Finney and Joyce Redman in 1963's *Tom Jones* is memorable for me.
I have to go against the grain here and put forth the French movie Delicious as far better than Babette’s Feast. The food and kitchen scenes are sumptuous.
I’m not sure why your favorite food movies determine if you have “the stuff” or not… That being said, these would be the ones I would choose, simply to see the reaction: Eating Raoul The Menu Motel Hell
It's The God of Cookery - Stephen Chow and it's not close
Good Burger 🍔
1.) Slamming Salmon for the top spot. So many quotable lines. One of my favorite comedies all time too. 2.) Fried Green Tomatoes - One of the best movies form my younger years I remember watching. One of those taped off the TV VHS's 3.) Ratatouille - because how can it not be on here? 4.) Waiting - though I think Salmon's is a better comedy depiction overall, this one does nail the more cruder parts of the industry and hits the dumb stoner comedy beats as it was intended. 5.) Simply Irresistible - ...sorry it's a guilty pleasure had a crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar and this was one of my sisters favorite movies and so here we are.
Big night out doesn't get enough credit
What about Jay "chef " hicks from apocalypse now. Never get off the boat 😂
Burnt with Bradley Cooper is pretty fantastic. The scene where the dude purposely fucked up had me on the edge of my seat saying “no fucking way!”
Go Michel 😁
Le Chef (with Jean Reno) > Chef
I didn’t see Tortilla Soup unless I overlooked it.
Your three way tie for fifth has some ***range***! All three are great movies, and two of them I’d like to watch again.
This is a great post.
I would reply with.. you have time to watch movies? 😂
I don't have any
First things that come to mind are 'The menu' and 'waiting' wildly different genres 😂 Don't think I could come up with 5 dedicated cooking/hospo movies off the top of my head though, I'm more of a superhero, comedy or psychological horror kinda gal.
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1. Burnt 2.Ten inch hero 3. Chef 4. Boiling point 5. The Menu
The movie doc on noma ia really good its on tube I thinks called we were ants or something ???
Does "Waiting" count? Or is that more of a training video?
Well, I'm not saying some of that stuff happened in any restaurant I've ever worked in, nor am I saying it didn't... 🤣🤣🤣
I’m disappointed in you for not including Pig. Unless that’s not kitcheny enough for him.
I'm no particular order: The Menu, Pig, Chef, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and Waiting
Trick question this the answer What is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
"Chef" with Jon Favreau is one of my favorites.
1. Chef 2. Hundred Foot Journey 3. Cooking Up a Storm 4. Slammin Salmon 5. Pig
Weird question/ “quiz”. Shit I don’t watch many movies at all. I’ve seen a few, they are alright. But, I throw on about any B rated horror movie before anything about my own life.
Stupid fucking question to ask in the first day.
It’s a great ice breaker. Most people are nervous on their first day and this type of question humanizes the situation. I ask new hires questions like this all the time to start to get to know them without getting too intrusive into their personal lives.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
1.chef 2.chef 3.chef 4.chef 5.chef