291: Movie Chefs

291: Movie Chefs

From At the Flicks by At the Flicks

April 15, 2026 · 1h 5m

About this episode

The episode explores the portrayal of chefs and cooking in films, featuring guest chef Ian Jones.

Please take a seat at our table. We trust you are hungry for both food and films because for this show both are on the menu. It’s a combination worthy of its own special Michelin star, a feast for the eyes. Yet have you ever wondered if it looks too easy on screen to be part of a kitchen preparing high quality food? It’s been a topic of conversation at At The Flicks for quite some time. So, for this episode, after much debate, we have selected for tasty offerings and ask the question, do they reflect reality? Obviously, we are not best judged to answer that question as the nearest Jeff and Graham get to fine dining is reaching the front of the queue at MacDonalds. To help in that regard, we have brought in someone with insider knowledge. Say hello to Ian Jones (remember that surname, it’s quite important in the show), a high-quality chef who will guide us through our four selections and tell us what’s right and wrong about each one. Just what are the four films I hear you cry, well, they are these - **Boiling Point** – A single take feature that proports to show one evening service in the life of a London restaurant (and for added value we talk about the short-lived BBC spin off…

People in this episode

Guest: Ian Jones

Topics covered

  • food
  • films
  • cooking
  • restaurant
  • chef
  • cinema

Keywords

  • cooking films
  • chefs
  • restaurant movies
  • food cinema
  • film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Boiling Point, Burnt, Chef, Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe

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