Chef movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant chef movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, culinary, feel good, semi serious and touching films and TV shows about / with chef, food, cooking, restaurant, cooking and food, kitchen, cookery, gastronomy, wine and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as chef: Burnt (2015), Chef (2014), The Bear (2022), Le Chef (2012), The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), No Reservations (2007), The Menu (2022), Kitchen Confidential (2005), Mostly Martha (2001), Cook Up a Storm (2017).
Best films
New films
| Astro Note (2024) | 6.0 | |
| It Ends with Us (2024) | 6.3 | |
| Boiling Point (2023) | 7.7 | |
| Carême (2025) | 7.0 | |
| G20 (2025) | 5.1 |
142K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Style:
culinary, inspirational, exciting, talky, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chef, cooking, food, restaurant, abuse of power, violent behavior, gastronomy, violent man, male chauvinist, psychopath as protagonist, love, bullying ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, y2k
Place:
london, new orleans, paris france
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248K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style:
road movie, feel good, inspirational, touching, culinary ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
cooking, food, chef, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, parent child relationship, restaurant owner, father son relationship, divorce, starting over, workplace problem ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, y2k, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
Is relevant?
304K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a young chef from the fine dining world, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death. As Carmy fights to transform the restaurant and himself, his rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew ...
Style:
funny, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, entertaining ...
Plot:
chef, family business, food, restaurant, brother sister relationship, cousin cousin relationship, small business, business, workplace, cooking, getting home, job ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
chicago, north america
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
Style:
light, sweet, sentimental, funny, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cooking, chef, wine, restaurant, food, cooking and food, love, culture clash, creativity, mentor, ambition, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, cute ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, date night, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
cooking, cooking and food, restaurant, food, culture clash, chef, interracial relations, prejudice, interracial romance, beautiful scenery, small town, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2014, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
france, india, mumbai india, paris france, switzerland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, sweet, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
cooking, restaurant, chef, opposites attract, love story, love, cooking and food, fall in love, initially antagonists, love and romance, guardian, food ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Is relevant?
489K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, atmospheric, splatter, art house ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
food, restaurant, murder, social satire, food critic, mass murder, perfectionist, chef, grudge, cooking, obsession, actor ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Kitchen Confidential is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 19, 2005, on the Fox network, based on Anthony Bourdain's New York Times bestselling book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. Bradley ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
chef, cooking and food, restaurant, food, comeback, coworker, one more chance, lifestyle, workplace situations, lifestyle change, success, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
cooking, restaurant, chef, food, cooking and food, love and romance, italian food, wine, happy ending, self discovery, family relations, opposites attract ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
germany, italy, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A Cantonese street cook and his chief rival, a French-trained Michelin-starred chef, discover they have a lot in common as they prepare for a world-famous culinary competition. An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, exciting, smart
Plot:
food, cooking competition, chef, cooking and food, cooking, contests and competitions, father son relationship, cookery, rivalry, cook-off, against the odds, unlikely friendships ...
Place:
hong kong, china, macau
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Thailand, Singapore
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition despite his grandfather's wishes for him to become an engineer. Mark takes the ...
Style:
culinary, psychological, captivating, thrilling, uplifting ...
Plot:
food, chef, cooking competition, restaurant, family drama, cooking and food, restaurant owner, ambition, cookery, competitor, aspiration, rivalry ...
Place:
shanghai, singapore
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Rob Haley (Dougray Scott), an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a ...
Style:
culinary, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
cooking, chef, cooking and food, restaurant, food, lifestyle, fall in love, starting over, love affair, countryside, english countryside, wine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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930K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sweet, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
cooking, chef, food, friendship, rat, restaurant, cooking and food, follow your dream, mouse, young man, rise to the top, friends ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore, Japan, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Masato is a young ramen chef in the city of Takasaki in Japan. After the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he chances upon a suitcase of memorabilia and a red notebook – filled with musings and old photos – left behind by his ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, emotional, captivating
Plot:
chef, food, cooking, journey, family relations, memory, self discovery, parents and children, past, society, cooking and food, migration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, singapore
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, sincere, indie film ...
Plot:
greek, chef, love and romance, food, self discovery, teenage life, grandparent grandchild relationship, human nature, youth, fall in love, family life, friendship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
greece, athens greece, istanbul turkey, turkey, constantinople
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.
Style:
suspense, powerful, tension, dark comedy, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
restaurant, self harm, chef, food, stress, bartender, food critic, gastronomy, drug, comedy of errors, christmas, art ...
Is relevant?
135K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, light, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
cooking, cooking and food, chef, women, food, self fulfillment, couple relations, love, blogger, blog, relationships, cookbook ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 2000s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, new york, france, europe, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An unlikely heir to a Mexican fast-food franchise goes 'cuisine' hunting for the next culinary big thing, and finds himself in a small, dusty New Mexican town where foodies come from all over to salivate over the culinary treats of a ...
Style:
semi serious, romantic, entertaining, captivating, rom com
Plot:
chef, cooking, food, restaurant, family business, male female relationship, relationships, fast food, satire, unlikely friendships, love story, romantic relationship ...
Place:
santa fe new mexico, new mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the ...
Style:
scenic, dramatic, talky, clever, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
restaurant, food, chef, poison, gastronomy, plot twist, restaurant owner, male female relationship, sexual desire, nobility, murder disguised as suicide, drunkenness ...
Time:
1780s, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Two worlds collide when Josh, a wealthy young tech entrepreneur, meets Gabi, a feisty young food blogger, looking to be his personal chef. Gabi is desperate for the job and must prove herself, mostly to Josh's aide, who prefers a famous chef ...
Style:
sitcom, light, humorous, feel good, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
businessman, female protagonist, chef, female friendship, gay lead character, employer employee relationship, publicist, best friend, women, computers and web, female chef, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and ...
Style:
period piece, tragicomedy, sentimental, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
cooking, coming of age, gay interest, food, chef, cooking and food, homosexuality, lgbt, first kiss, youth, high school, cleaning lady ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young, incredibly talented chef quits the profession after a contest to head a world-class restaurant ends in tragedy. Retiring to a small rural town with his grandfather, he finds a new and more peaceful existence, working as a farmer and selling ...
Style:
suspenseful, sincere, serious, humorous
Plot:
food, chef, cooking competition, childhood, ambition, culinary arts, competition, descendant, love, father son relationship, family secret, orphan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
Style:
feel good, humorous, culinary, light, captivating ...
Plot:
cooking and food, chef, food, cooking, family relations, workplace, self discovery, parents and children, love and romance, lifestyle, restaurant, cookery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, indiana
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277
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Every year Le Chef (English: The Chef), owner of the restaurant Le Paris, and a figure in French cuisine incorporates a young offender on probation into his team. Romain, just released from prison, arrives in this new world where gastronomy and ...
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, touching, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
chef, ex convict, restaurant, food, cooking, ambition, rivalry, gastronomy, culinary arts, friendship, coworker relationship, love and romance ...
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands…
Style:
culinary, sincere, thought provoking, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
cooking, chef, restaurant, old age, small business, street vendor, food, elderly woman, old woman, meaning of life, disability, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
japan, indiana
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sentimental, rom com, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
holiday, terminal illness, vacation, female protagonist, food, cooking, quitting a job, human nature, black woman, hotel, love and romance, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
central europe, indiana, czech republic, austria, europe ...
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
In the present day, Jang Bong Hwan works as a chef at the President's Blue House. She has a free spirit, but her spirit somehow finds its way into the body of Queen Kim So Yong in the Joseon period.
King Cheol Jong has secrets. He seems like a ...
Style:
touching, captivating, sweet, romantic, dorama ...
Plot:
time travel, romantic relationship, gender bending, joseon dynasty, historical figure, body swapping, queen, political intrigue, sent to the past, chef, time loop, political unrest ...
Time:
17th century
Is relevant?
800
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, culinary ...
Plot:
chef, restaurant, cooking, food, cooking and food, satire, japanese culture, culinary arts, cookery, old friends reunited, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
japan, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Ustad Hotel is a quaint place run by a foodie named Kareem, who is fondly called Ustad, on a beach in Kozhikode. He sells biriyani – not to make money but to ensure that his biriyani has his customers Faizie's stay in Kozhikode continues for ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, touching, humorous, romantic ...
Plot:
food, muslim, hotel, chef, father son relationship, business, land grab, debt, hotel manager, widower, eviction, loss of wife ...
Place:
dubai, india
Is relevant?
217
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Trattoria tells the story of Sal Sartini (played by Tony Denison from “The Closer”), a “conventional” chef in that he has an upscale, brick and mortar restaurant, who anxiously scans every diner wondering if he or she is the famed Michelin ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, semi serious, humorous, light ...
Plot:
restaurant, chef, food, cooking and food, father son relationship, parents and children, family relations, workplace, estrangement, cooking, rivalry, reconciliation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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