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Chef

film by Favreau [2014]

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The film Chef, released in 2014, was written, directed by, and stars Jon Favreau. Favreau, born in 1966, is a multifaceted talent known for his work in both acting and directing. In Chef, he plays a culinary professional who rediscovers his passion for cooking and reconnects with his family by starting a food truck. The movie explores themes of passion, family, and the joy of creating food.12

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Jon Favreau
Marvel blockbusters and Disney movies
… (2011) and wrote and directed Chef (2014), in which he also starred, alongside Downey and Scarlett Johansson. He directed and served as a voice actor in The Jungle Book (2016)—which took home an Oscar for visual effects—and directed another animated Disney movie, The Lion King (2019).
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… (2011) and wrote and directed Chef (2014), in which he also starred, alongside Downey and Scarlett Johansson. He directed and served as a voice actor in The Jungle Book (2016)—which took home an Oscar for visual effects—and directed another animated Disney movie, The Lion King (2019).
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Robert Downey, Jr.
Iron Man series and Oppenheimer
… director Jon Favreau’s pet project, Chef (2014), before playing a lawyer defending his father (Robert Duvall), who is accused of vehicular homicide, in The Judge (2014). He reprised the role of Tony Stark in the Iron Man sequels (2010 and 2013), The Avengers (2012) and its sequels (2015, 2018,
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… director Jon Favreau’s pet project, Chef (2014), before playing a lawyer defending his father (Robert Duvall), who is accused of vehicular homicide, in The Judge (2014). He reprised the role of Tony Stark in the Iron Man sequels (2010 and 2013), The Avengers (2012) and its sequels (2015, 2018,
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Dustin Hoffman
…as a restaurant owner in Chef (2014) and then appeared in the television adaptation Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (2015), based on a children’s book about a bachelor romancing his tortoise-loving neighbour (Judi Dench). In 2017 he starred in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), playing a sculptor preparing for a…
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…as a restaurant owner in Chef (2014) and then appeared in the television adaptation Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (2015), based on a children’s book about a bachelor romancing his tortoise-loving neighbour (Judi Dench). In 2017 he starred in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), playing a sculptor preparing for a…
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Scarlett Johansson
JoJo Rabbit and Marriage Story
…a kindhearted restaurant hostess in Chef (2014), a woman who develops superpowers after a mind-expanding drug enters her system in Lucy (2014), and a starlet in the Coen brothers’ comedy Hail, Caesar! (2016).
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…a kindhearted restaurant hostess in Chef (2014), a woman who develops superpowers after a mind-expanding drug enters her system in Lucy (2014), and a starlet in the Coen brothers’ comedy Hail, Caesar! (2016).
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