The Netflix Series is a riveting series for all foodies. Five Star Chef is a cooking competition that offers the winner a big prize: The head chef position at The Langham’s Palm Court restaurant. Judging along with Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux will be restauranteur Mike Reid and top pastry chef Ravneet Gill.
This series is for all IWFS members as it shows intense completion running throughout. You start to cheer for one Chef and can’t finish it to see if he/she wins. This is a well done Brit TV series that you can binge watch over dinner and still be hungry. RH. Link to the Netflix show
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Opening Shot: “Only a handful of chefs in every generation have what it takes to get to the top,” says Michel Roux, a Michelin-starred chef at The Langham hotel in London. As he says that in voice over, we see him cooking and plating dishes.
The Gist: The competition starts right away, with 14 chefs making a dish that accompanies a concept that they want to execute for the Palm Court. It’s an audition of sorts; seven of the chefs will be eliminated and seven will go on to the competition, where the chefs will be under the gun to create dishes for demanding customers.
The contestants come from all over, and the concepts they put together are… interesting. Some seem to get the five star dining concept, like Jordan, who does a “3 things” plate featuring rabbit loin. Some, like Lara, go for more performance-oriented aspects; she actually has an actor dressed like the White Rabbit come out to surprise the judges. One chef from Texas tries to do an elevated Tex-Mex course, while another promotes Congolese cuisine.