A Chef's Voyage begins in Los Gatos, California, as Kinch and the Manresa team close the famous restaurant for a month so that they can travel to France to celebrate their fifteenth anniversary. Planning the trip has been going on for months. In order to represent the refined Californian cuisine of Kinch in France, the team must bring some of the characteristic ingredients of Manresa, such as seasonings, sauces that take days to make and Pacific seafood such as abalone. But the logistics are tricky and they worry about whether they can get all the food through airport security and customs. Each kitchen staff member is responsible for packing up certain items in their suitcases, so Kinch tells them to leave out personal items so they have more space. “Underwear and abalone,” he quips. The stakes are high and, as Kinch says, “Everything could go wrong.” As soon as they arrive in France, the crew prepares to cook alongside chefs and teams from three of the country’s best starred restaurants: L’Oustau de Baumaniére (Provence), Le Taillevent (Paris) and Le Petit Nice (Marseille). Even for Kinch’s welloiled team, it’s difficult to navigate their host kitchens and represent Californian gourmet cuisine on Michelin’s home turf while jetlagged, on a tight schedule, and with a language barrier. This is a story of many chefs’ voyages as we accompany the California team in unknown kitchens, joking with their French counterparts wearing toques, consulting Yelp to find late night Parisian grub – and celebrating the 15 years of Manresa excellence by doing what Chef Kinch and his team do best: creating meals and experiences worthy of those three stars.
- Year2020
- Runtime90 min
- LanguageEnglish & French with English subtitles
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorRémi Anfosso
- ProducerJordan Feagan and Rémi Anfosso
- Executive ProducerMary Wagstaff and Mark Gottwald
- Co-ProducerJACK McWILLIAMS
- CastDAVID KINCH, CHRISTINE MULHKE, ALAIN SOLIVÉRÈS, GERALD PASSEDAT COURTNEY MOISANT (WEYL) JENNY YUN KOJI YOKOYAMA JEAN-ANDRÉ CHARIAL GLENN VIEL
- EditorRémi Anfosso and Bryan Rodner Carr
- MusicKYLE NEWMASTER
A Chef's Voyage begins in Los Gatos, California, as Kinch and the Manresa team close the famous restaurant for a month so that they can travel to France to celebrate their fifteenth anniversary. Planning the trip has been going on for months. In order to represent the refined Californian cuisine of Kinch in France, the team must bring some of the characteristic ingredients of Manresa, such as seasonings, sauces that take days to make and Pacific seafood such as abalone. But the logistics are tricky and they worry about whether they can get all the food through airport security and customs. Each kitchen staff member is responsible for packing up certain items in their suitcases, so Kinch tells them to leave out personal items so they have more space. “Underwear and abalone,” he quips. The stakes are high and, as Kinch says, “Everything could go wrong.” As soon as they arrive in France, the crew prepares to cook alongside chefs and teams from three of the country’s best starred restaurants: L’Oustau de Baumaniére (Provence), Le Taillevent (Paris) and Le Petit Nice (Marseille). Even for Kinch’s welloiled team, it’s difficult to navigate their host kitchens and represent Californian gourmet cuisine on Michelin’s home turf while jetlagged, on a tight schedule, and with a language barrier. This is a story of many chefs’ voyages as we accompany the California team in unknown kitchens, joking with their French counterparts wearing toques, consulting Yelp to find late night Parisian grub – and celebrating the 15 years of Manresa excellence by doing what Chef Kinch and his team do best: creating meals and experiences worthy of those three stars.
- Year2020
- Runtime90 min
- LanguageEnglish & French with English subtitles
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorRémi Anfosso
- ProducerJordan Feagan and Rémi Anfosso
- Executive ProducerMary Wagstaff and Mark Gottwald
- Co-ProducerJACK McWILLIAMS
- CastDAVID KINCH, CHRISTINE MULHKE, ALAIN SOLIVÉRÈS, GERALD PASSEDAT COURTNEY MOISANT (WEYL) JENNY YUN KOJI YOKOYAMA JEAN-ANDRÉ CHARIAL GLENN VIEL
- EditorRémi Anfosso and Bryan Rodner Carr
- MusicKYLE NEWMASTER