Roughly a more broadly comic French version of John Favreau’s “Chef,’’ this film stars veteran Jean Reno as a longtime celebrity chef who may lose control of his Paris restaurant because the young new CEO thinks he’s old toque.
An unlikely savior arrives in the form of a self-taught foodie (the mildly annoying Michaël Youn) who is working as a painter after being fired from a number of jobs because of his fussiness.
Can Reno hold onto his three Michelin stars and his job by embracing trendier cuisine with the help of his new protégé? Can Youn get his pregnant girlfriend back? This agreeable farce includes the two of them invading a rival’s “symphonic’’ restaurant in Asian drag, and lots of yummy-looking cuisine.