We asked television chefs what are their all-time favorite food movies at Sunday’s James Beard Awards, honoring America’s culinary best. Here, their top picks. –Allison Adato
• ”Big Night. The risotto scene is a great one. And Like Water for Chocolate was a great, sexy one.” –Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio
• “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. And Ratatouille.” – Curtis Stone, host of TLC’s Take Home Chef
• “Tampopo.” – Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto
• “I like the reality of Dinner Rush. It’s all one night and the food critic comes in, and one of the line cooks has problems with gambling, somebody gets capped in the the restaurant – it’s pretty realistic. — Marcel Vigneron, Top Chef season two runner-up.
• “Spanglish, of course, and Ratatouille. Hard to pick one. Spanglish really represented [my Napa restaurant] The French Laundry, being a chef, and that emotional experience. And Ratatouille sent a message, across all professions: if you want to do something, you just need to be focused and determined and you can do it.” – Thomas Keller, consulting chef on both films
Tell us: What are your favorite food-themed movies?
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