Jon Favreau did his own cooking by training with food truck chef Roy Choi. |
First non-Iron Man collaboration between Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau. |
The short scene with Carl and Percy in the cinema features the audio from Iron Man's repulsor rays, as a nod to Jon Favreau's previous work with the Iron Man films. |
Oliver Platt's brother is a prominent food critic in the New York metropolitan area and has invited Oliver on some of his restaurant visits. |
The video Percy watches on his iPad is Freddie Wong's Medal of Honor Cat. This is a tribute to Jon Favreau and RocketJump studio's previous partnership during the filming of Cowboys & Aliens (2011). |
This is the second time Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr and Scarlet Johansson all worked together on a project directed by Jon Favreau. The first was Iron Man 2, then they worked together again albeit without Jon Favreau as a director on Iron Man 3. |
Second movie for Bobby Cannavale involving a food truck. The first being The Station Agent. |
When Carl and Percy go to the cinema they are watching Iron Man. Jon Favreau both directed and starred in that movie also. |
Oliver Platt and Jon Leguizamo previously worked together on the 1997 movie, "Executive Decision". |
When Carl and Molly are talking outside the bar, Molly told Carl that he wasn't 'happy' and that she wants him to be 'happy'. A possible nod to Jon's character Happy in the Iron Man movie series. |
The BBQ place in the movie is Franklin's BBQ in Austin, which regularly sells out before noon and has long lines of customers waiting to get in. |
When Carl is speaking with the publicist after he gets fired from his job, the publicist suggested that Carl should participate in the reality TV show, "Hell's Kitchen". This was a reference back to when Jon Favreau played the role of Foggy Nelson in the |
Aaron Franklin' from Franklin BBQ, Austin TX appears in the movie. Aaron has been awarded a James Beard Award in the category of Best Chef:Southwest. |
Jon Favreau, Emjay Anthony, and Scarlet Johansson would later work on The Jungle Book. |
According to the Jon Favreau on the director's commentary, for some of the road scenes stock footage was used and the truck was put in the scenes digitally. |
Sofia Vergara was born in Colombia. John Leguizamo was also born In Colombia. |
In the hit TV sitcom FRIENDS, Jon Favreau played a millionaire businessman who fell in love with Monica who was a chef. |
According to Jon Favreau on the director's commentary, for some of the road scenes stock footage was used and the truck was put in the scenes digitally. |
Jon Favreau did his own cooking by training with food truck chef Roy Choi. Choi sent Favreau to a week of intensive French culinary schooling, where Favreau sharpened his knife skills and learned how to make sauces. "I brought him into the kitchen, and he |
Promotional events centering on the fictional Cubano-serving El Jefe proved so popular that Favreau and L.A.-based chef Roy Choi who consulted on the film, have opened a series of pop-up restaurants and announced that they are thinking about making the tr |
Towards the end of the film, the El Jefe truck is seen at a nighttime food-truck event, along with many of L.A.'s most popular food trucks. This is an actual event in Venice called "First Fridays." For a brief moment, you can see Chef Roy Choi's Kogi truc |
Roy Choi only agreed to train Jon Favreau to cook if Favreau promised to be absolutely authentic in his portrayal of a professional chef, from the way that his character Carl folds the towels at the beginning of the film to the way in which he cleans his |
Before this film was produced, there was another film written by Steven Knight with a similar plot and also titled "Chef", being developed by Sony Pictures since 2007. When production of this movie started, Sony Pictures served Jon Favreau's production wi |
There are five actors who previously acted in Fox/ Marvel MCu films. Executive Producer Jon Favreau appeared in Daredevil opposite Ben Affleck and went on to portray Happy Hogan in Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3. Robert Downey Jr. Appeared as Tony St |
According to the Films Director, Jon Favearu, Twitter paid nothing for product placement or advertising. In a "Hollywood Reporter" article, Favearu reports that the company (Twitter) requested only that some tweaks be made to the look of the animated logo |
Many critics had viewed this film as an allegory to Jon Favreau's career as a director by going back to his independent roots after the comic book film adaptation, "Cowboys and Aliens", which was a box office failure. However, Favreau denied the compariso |