Culinary movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant culinary movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out culinary, feel good, realistic, humorous, touching and entertaining films and TV shows about / with cooking, food, chef, cooking and food, kitchen, restaurant, cookery, gourmet, wine and friendship plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as culinary: Burnt (2015), Sweet Bean (2015), Pumpkin Pie Wars (2016), My Grandmother's Ravioli (2012), Chef (2014), Mix Up in the Mediterranean (2021), Giada at Home (2008), Fermat's Cuisine (2023), The Mistress of Spices (2005), Waitress (2007).
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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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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
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Competing bakery owners, Faye McKenzie and Lydia Harper have been feuding for years with the Lake Shore County Harvest Festival’s annual pumpkin pie bake-off at the center of it all. The winner not only gets bragging rights and a trophy, but a ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, sweet, culinary, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
cooking and food, cooking, contest, romantic relationship, baker, housewife, happy ending, family relations, cook-off, relationships, couple relations, romantic friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
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Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mo Rocca receives cooking lessons from America's grandmothers and grandfathers.
Style:
culinary, talky, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
cooking, cooking and food, cookery, advice, elderly, ordinary people, food, grandfather, grandmother, training, tradition, inheritance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Malta
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A small-town cook impersonates his big city chef twin to compete in a culinary contest and falls for the woman in charge of the event, who thinks he is the brother who is married.
Style:
culinary, emotional, entertaining, inspirational, sweet ...
Plot:
gay, dual role, contest, love, life philosophy, contests and competitions, career, uninhibited rivalry, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rivalry, cooking show, lie ...
Place:
alaska, new york, malta
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Giada De Laurentiis lets her hair down as she demonstrates her love for cooking and entertaining California-style in this disarmingly laid-back show that allows De Laurentiis to venture far afield from her usual Italian culinary fare.
Style:
culinary, talky, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Plot:
cooking show, lifestyle, food, cookery, cooking and food, event planner, chef, party, talk show, strong female presence, recipe, italian food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
After Gaku Kitada, a talented mathematics scholar, suffers setbacks on his dream of becoming a mathematician, he meets Kai Asakura, a young but similarly talented chef, as he is running his own food business, and joins Kai in an attempt at something ...
Style:
culinary, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
chef, food, cooking, restaurant, workplace, gourmet, personal growth, passion, restaurant owner, cookery, coworker, workplace situations ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tilo, the titular "Mistresses of Spices" is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man.
Style:
sexy, touching, culinary, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
food, forbidden love, mysticism, love and romance, sensuality, supernatural, fall in love, supernatural ability, renaissance, customs, tradition, cooking ...
Place:
san francisco, india, california, usa, asia
Is relevant?
51K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, toddlers ...
Plot:
pregnancy, domestic violence, small town, abusive husband, lovers, unwanted pregnancy, waitress, cooking and food, infidelity, marital problem, single mother, doctor ...
Time:
90s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, usa, california
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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 ...
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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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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?
586
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Posh Nosh is a 2003 BBC television programme parodying television chefs; the title and basic outline a reference to a cooking show pilot pitched by Neil Hamilton and Christine Hamilton. Written by Jon Canter and Arabella Weir from an idea by Weir, ...
Style:
culinary, satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
food, satire, chef, cooking, couples, gourmet, snobbism, cooking and food, cookery, elitism, high society, social class ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Family
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Poh loves to cook and try out new things but as she says, "I love to experiment but you have to know the rules before you can bend them." So to help with the rules, Poh invites acclaimed chefs to cook with her in her kitchen.
Style:
culinary, entertaining, captivating, educational, inspirational
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
cooking, food, cooking show, chef, female protagonist, cookery, cooking and food, cooking competition, recipe, lifestyle, demonstration, baking ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Amateur 'chefs' from around the country compete for a million dollar prize in the ultimate food fight.
Style:
captivating, culinary, entertaining, exciting, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, food, cooking, competition, cook-off, contests and competitions, cooking and food, ambition, confrontation, youth, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, writers, divorce, love, passion, life, tourist, starting over, male female relationship, middle aged woman, friendship, vineyard ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
Is relevant?
106K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, sexy, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wine, vineyard, countryside, fall in love, love story, character change, inheritance, love and romance, workaholic, stock broker, starting over, doubts and hesitations ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
provence, france, europe, england, london ...
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3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Israeli-Jewish side of his family calls him Avram. The Palestinian-Muslim side Ibrahim. His first-generation American agnostic lawyer parents call him Abraham. But the 12-year-old kid from Brooklyn who loves food and cooking, prefers, well, Abe. ...
Style:
entertaining, culinary, touching, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
food, cooking and food, jewish mother, boy, boyhood, cookery, family dinner, teenage boy, mentor, religious differences, hobby, family problems ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Primo & Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
Style:
sentimental, witty, sincere, melancholic, culinary ...
Plot:
food, cooking, chef, immigrant, italian restaurant, wine, restaurant, character study, self discovery, human nature, great ending, jazz ...
Time:
50s, year 1996, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new jersey, usa, italy
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
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: 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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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The guest, a General at the Swedish court, is not related to the sister, but, as a callow young man, was in love with her, but chose his military career over happiness with her. His aunt is a member of the religious community. He is the one who, ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, touching, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
cooking, food, religion, cooking and food, elderly, gourmet, aging, charity, catholic, wine, true love, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, 1870s, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
denmark, paris france, europe, stockholm sweden, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
SOUL KITCHEN film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos, whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after ...
Style:
talky, feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
restaurant, brother brother relationship, chef, cooking, food, workplace, lifestyle, family relations, gourmet, workplace problem, family business, workplace situations ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, hamburg germany
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, culinary ...
Plot:
cooking and food, chef, workplace, food, workplace situations, cooking, head of state, state affairs, unsupportive coworkers, power struggle, tradition versus modernity, tradition ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2010s
Place:
france, paris france, antarctic
Is relevant?
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Guy Fieri invites some of his heavy-hitter chef friends over for a spontaneous cook-off, where everyone comes up with big flavors and tasty dishes that can be made in anyone's kitchen.
Style:
entertaining, culinary, feel good, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
food, cooking show, cooking, ranch, chef, cooking and food, contests and competitions, rivalry, contest, meal, friendship, improv ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
The story centers on Gaku Kitada, a talented mathematics scholar, and Kai Asakura, a young but similarly talented chef. After Gaku suffers setbacks on his dream of becoming a mathematician, he meets Kai as he is running his own food business, and ...
Style:
culinary, uplifting, realistic, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
slice of life, gastronomy, restaurant, mathematics, culinary arts, personal growth, creativity, problem solving, passion, friendship, identity, small business ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Famous chefs Senya and Fedya from the series Kukhnya, continue their independent business story
Style:
humorous, ironic, non-linear, culinary, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
food, partnership, dispute, new life, misfit, van, family relations, best friend, coworker relationship, cooking, gastronomy, restaurant ...
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