"Chef" - A Better Late Than Never review

When I heard that the Angry Dragonz food truck were giving away passes to see this movie last year if you tweeted out a picture of something from their menu, I thought I could kill two birds with one stone and score some food and bypass the ticket line. While I did enjoy the General Tso Chicken rice bowl with egg roll I ordered, my pictures weren't up to snuff to see the movie for free. Fast forward to this week, and the copy I borrowed from the Ottawa Public library came in. Jon Favreau stars and excels as a high profile chef who starts a food truck business when he loses his restaurant job after refusing to compromise himself anymore. Favreau gets the most out of his collaboration with co-producer and chef Roy Choi as the movie does a good job conveying the frustrations of being a chef working for a controlling owner; the struggles of juggling parental responsibilities and professional obligations; the perils of social media; and the trials and tribulations of getting into the food truck game. This film shows a great love of the art of cooking, and is a perfect blend of indie film making, and big box office star power. Recommended for foodies and anyone who's ever thought about packing it in and doing what they love not because someone is telling them to do it, but because they love doing it.