History Film / Chef

* YoureInCommandNow: Carl walks out of Gauloise leaving Tony to run the kitchen on a night when the restaurant is overbooked. Tony must have done a decent job of it because he's formally promoted to Chef de Cuisine.

* LanguageBarrier: Chef Carl's attempts at restoring his food truck were nearly completely derailed because he couldn't lift the new range into the truck by himself. There were a bunch of guys nearby that could help, but being in Miami, the all spoke Spanish. Then comes Carl's, Martin, who speaks the language and persuades their help.
** Which is a headscratcher; Carl works in the food industry, spent much of his life in LA and Miami, and was married to a Cuban-American, and yet he seems to know maybe five words of Spanish, tops.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In universe. While still working at Gauloise, Carl puts together colorful dishes packed with flavor that get his screw excited. Carl's certain that these dishes will be guaranteed to put Gauloise on a whole new level, but Riva puts a kibosh on those plans before any customers can even look at what was in the making in favor of going with what's known to work. Now no one will ever know if the restaurant could have successfully made the transition to Carl's new vision.

* DoingItForTheArt: The film's plot revolves around whether or not someone should be true to their artistic vision despite the risks or to stick with what they know will work in exchange for financial security.

* NoAntagonist: While the food blogger seems like he'll be the movie's main antagonist, the film ends with [[spoiler: him praising Carl's food truck, emphasizing that this was ''precisely'' what he wanted to push Carl into doing, and the two open a Cuban restaurant together.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Riva originally promised Chef Carl complete control of the kitchen. That is until Chef Carl tried to do something Riva didn't like. Then Riva reminded him who paid for everything and said he would find another chef to do what Carl refused to.

* AmicableExes: Despite getting divorced, it is clear that Carl and Inez care for each other greatly. Inez is also friendly with her other ex-husband, Marvin.

* StreisandEffect

''Chef'' is a 2014 comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Creator/JonFavreau. It tells the story of chef of a successful Los Angeles restaurant who is unhappy at where he is in his life. After a devastating review and misunderstandings on how {{Twitter}} works, wackiness ensues. Has appearances by a bunch of people from his other films, including Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/RobertDowneyJr

''Chef'' is a 2014 comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Creator/JonFavreau. It tells the story of chef of a successful Los Angeles restaurant who is unhappy at where he is in his life. After a devastating review and misunderstandings on how {{Twitter}} works, wackiness ensues. Has appearances by a bunch of people from his other films, including Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/RobertDowneyJr.

''Chef'' is a 2014 comedy film written by, directed by, and starring JonFavreau. Tells the story of chef of a successful Los Angeles restaurant who is unhappy at where he is in his life. After a devastating review and misunderstandings on how Twitter works, wackiness ensues. Has appearances by a bunch of people from his other films, including ScarlettJohansson and RobertDowneyJr.

2014 Film written by, directed by, and starring JonFavreau. Tells the story of chef of a successful Los Angeles restaurant who is unhappy at where he is in his life. After a devastating review and misunderstandings on how Twitter works, wackiness ensues. Has appearances by a bunch of people from his other films, including ScarlettJohansson and RobertDowneyJr.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Riva originally promised Chef Carl complete control of the kitchen. That is until Chef Carl tried to do something Riva didn't like. Then Riva reminded him who paid for everything and said he would find another chef to do what Carl refused to.

* AmicableExes Despite getting divorced, it is clear that Carl and Inez care for each other greatly. Inez is also friendly with her other ex-husband, Marvin.

* BadBoss Riva's squashes all off Chef Carl's creativity and spontaneity.

* GilliganCut Chef Carl takes his son produce shopping for his restaurant. When surrounded by the most amazing fruits you have ever seen, Percy asks for some kettle corn. Carl dismisses kettle corn as nothing but processed sugar over starch and wouldn't this delicious looking fruit be way better? Cut to them pigging out over a huge bag of kettle corn.

* LanguageBarrier Chef Carl's attempts at restoring his food truck were nearly completely derailed because he couldn't lift the new range into the truck by himself an in Miami, all the local guys hanging out spoke Spanish. Then comes his friend, Martin, who speaks the language and persuades their help.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Riva originally promised Chef Carl complete control of the kitchen. That is until Chef Carl tried to do something Riva didn't like. Then Riva reminded him who paid for everything and said he would find another chef to do what Carl won't.

* {{Screwtherulesihavemoney}} Riva originally promised Chef Carl complete control of the kitchen. That is until Chef Carl tried to do something Riva didn't like. Then Riva was reminded who paid for everything and would find another chef to do what Carl.

AmicableExes Despite getting divorced, it is clear that Carl and Inez care for each other greatly. Inez is also friendly with her other ex-husband, Marvin.

BadBoss Riva's squashes all off Chef Carl's creativity and spontaneity.

GilliganCut Chef Carl takes his son produce shopping for his restaurant. When surrounded by the most amazing fruits you have ever seen, Percy asks for some kettle corn. Carl dismisses kettle corn as nothing but processed sugar over starch and wouldn't this delicious looking fruit be way better? Cut to them pigging out over a huge bag of kettle corn.

LanguageBarrier Chef Carl's attempts at restoring his food truck were nearly completely derailed because he couldn't lift the new range into the truck by himself an in Miami, all the local guys hanging out spoke Spanish. Then comes his friend, Martin, who speaks the language and persuades their help.

{{Screwtherulesihavemoney}} Riva originally promised Chef Carl complete control of the kitchen. That is until Chef Carl tried to do something Riva didn't like. Then Riva was reminded who paid for everything and would find another chef to do what Carl.

2014 Film written by, directed by, and starring JonFavreau. Tells the story of chef of a successful Los Angeles restaurant who is unhappy at where he is in his life. After a devastating review and misunderstandings on how Twitter works, wackiness ensues. Has apperences by a bunch of people from other films, including ScarlettJohansson and RobertDowney.