Born out of the idea of wanting to make a food program that wasn’t a competition or a travel show, filmmaker David Gelb was inspired to create Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the 2011 critically acclaimed documentary film about an 85-year-old sushi master. The success of that film eventually led to Chef’s Table, a docuseries on Netflix now in its third season (debuting online Feb. 17). The series is comprised of “biographical, cinematic films about chefs telling their own stories,” says Gelb, creator and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated show that has quickly fascinated audiences with its previously untold stories of the world’s top chefs and restaurants.
In its first two seasons -- plus a French-language offshoot, Chef’s Table: France -- the Netflix series has featured renowned and award-winning chefs Dan Barber, Gaggan Anand, Grant Achatz, Magnus Nilsson and Massimo Bottura while also shining a light on lesser known personalities, such as Ana...
In its first two seasons -- plus a French-language offshoot, Chef’s Table: France -- the Netflix series has featured renowned and award-winning chefs Dan Barber, Gaggan Anand, Grant Achatz, Magnus Nilsson and Massimo Bottura while also shining a light on lesser known personalities, such as Ana...
- 2/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Netflix’s first original documentary series will surely make you hungry. The network has ordered Chef’s Table, a six-part series about—what else?—chefs from David Gelb, who knows something about culinary entertainment. Gelb directed the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi about the man hailed as the world’s best sushi chef, Jiro Ono, and his restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro. Gelb, who is among the executive producers of the series, will direct along with Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn, and Clay Jeter.
The six chefs set to be featured in the series hail from various locales around the world, and include...
The six chefs set to be featured in the series hail from various locales around the world, and include...
- 9/9/2014
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW - Inside TV
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