Topic: Cooking

Direction Tom Vitale · Sally Freeman · Michael Steed · Toby Oppenheimer

Cast Anthony Bourdain · David Holloway · Eric Ripert · Tom Vitale

Synopsis Anthony Bourdain had no reservations about a move to CNN. Shortly after concluding an eight-season stint at the helm of his popular Travel Channel series, the equally popular Emmy-winning host came to the news network searching for "Parts Unknown." In...

Direction Joji Matsuoka · Kazuyoshi Kumakiri · Fumio Nomoto · Nobuhiro Yamashita

Cast Kaoru Kobayashi · Yutaka Matsushige · Ken Mitsuishi · Toshiki Ayata

Synopsis 2009-2014. Shinya Shokudô is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in...

Direction Christopher Storer · Joanna Calo · Ramy Youssef

Cast Jeremy Allen White · Ebon Moss-Bachrach · Ayo Edebiri · Lionel Boyce

Synopsis The Bear (TV Series) (2022) follows Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, a young, award-winning chef who returns to Chicago to take over his family's struggling sandwich shop after a tragic loss. Battling kitchen chaos, financial strain, and his own unresolved trauma, Carmy...

Direction Gwang Jin · Sung-Yoon Kim

Cast Park Seo-joon · Kwon Na Ra · Ahn Bo-Hyun · Kim Da-mi

Synopsis 16 episodes. In a lively Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight an enemy in order to bring their vision of a street bar to life.

Direction David Gelb · Clay Jeter · Brian McGinn · Andrew Fried

Synopsis Chef's Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of some of the world's most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary heaven....

Direction Yoshitomo Yonetani

Synopsis TV Series (2015-2020). 5 Seasons. 86 Episodes. Meet Souma, he is the son of the owner of a small eatery in Japan. For his age, Souma is a very talented person able to easily come up with new dishes; sometimes...

Direction Chen Xiaoqing

Cast Yang Chen

Direction David Gelb

Synopsis In the basement of a Tokyo office building, 85 year old sushi master Jiro Ono works tirelessly in his world renowned restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. As his son Yoshikazu faces the pressures of stepping into his father's shoes and taking over...

Direction Gabriel Axel

Cast Stéphane Audran · Jean-Philipe Lafont · Gudmar Wivesson · Jarl Kulle

Synopsis In Babette's Feast (1987), a French refugee, Babette, finds shelter with two devout sisters in a remote Danish village. After years of humble service, Babette wins a lottery and decides to prepare an extravagant French feast for the sisters and...

Direction Jon Maia

Direction Ang Lee

Cast Sihung Lung · Yang Kuei-mei · Wu Chien-Lien · Yu-Wen Wang

Synopsis Every Sunday, venerable chef Chu (Sihung Lung) prepares an elaborate dinner for his three lovely daughters. Despite Chu's exotic dishes, the family barely nibbles at the food. The listless mealtime ritual mirrors the foursome's general lack of appetite for life:...

Direction Les Blank

Cast Antzonini Del Puerto · Kathleen Bendel · Harrod Blank · Mary T. Brown

Synopsis A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'

Direction Hwang In-Roe

Cast Kim Seung-woo · Choi Jae-sung · Nam Tae-Hyun

Synopsis TV Series (2015). 20 Episodes. In a small restaurant, which is only open after midnight, a chef known as 'Master' (Kim Seung Woo) doesn't offer any menus, but is willing to whip up any dish his patrons desire. Every night,...

Direction Sarah Adina Smith · Bert · Bertie · Tara Miele

Cast Brie Larson · Lewis Pullman · Aja Naomi King · Stephanie Koenig

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2023). 8 Episodes. In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott’s dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out...

Direction Brad Bird

Synopsis In Ratatouille (2007), a young rat named Remy dreams of becoming a gourmet chef despite his family's disapproval. Separated from them, he finds himself in Paris, where he befriends Linguini, a clumsy kitchen worker at a prestigious restaurant. Using Remy's...

Direction Alex Gibney

Synopsis Explored through the lenses of the four natural elements - fire, water, air and earth - COOKED is an enlightening and compelling look at the evolution of what food means to us through the history of food preparation and its...

Direction David Gelb · Andrew Fried · Clay Jeter

Cast Alexandre Couillon · Alain Passard · Adeline Grattard · Michel Troisgros

Synopsis Chef's Table, French edition, goes inside the lives and kitchens of some of the world's most renowned French chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of...

Direction Joji Matsuoka · Nobuhiro Yamashita

Cast Kaoru Kobayashi · Jô Odagiri · Mansaku Fuwa · Reiko Kataoka

Synopsis An anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef.

Direction Gertjan Zwanikken · Karen Soeters

Synopsis Meat the Truth is a high-profile documentary which forms an addendum to earlier films on climate change. Although such films have succeeded in drawing public attention to the issue of global warming, they have repeatedly ignored one of the most...

Direction Diane Paulus · Jessie Nelson · Brett Sullivan

Cast Sara Bareilles · Joe Tippett · Caitlin Houlahan · Drew Gehling

Synopsis Jenna Hunterson (Sara Bareilles) is a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim a long-forgotten...