Netflix has an expansive collection of chef-driven stories and deep-dives into the food world.

If you ’re done with all of the goodfood TV showscurrently rain buckets on Netflix , do n’t despair : the overhaul always carries a nice selection of infotainment films on the subject , whether that means a tumultuous chef - drive story , a story of obsession , or all of the ways our food is slowly killing us . Here ’s a ready to hand guide of what ’s worth your sentence .

Barbecue(2017)

flaming stone in every corner around the macrocosm unite in this James Beard Award - pull ahead documentary about none other than the art of barbeque . Traveling through 12 countries , director Matthew Salleh examines the multitude of cultural custom of grill and smoke meats , from Texas barbecue to South Africanbraai , shoot every of import locale in between . Through vignette , Barbecuedotes over the technical domination ask to turn a lump of meat into the sodding food .

Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent(2016)

Jeremiah Tower could be considered one of the mainstream greats if not for his impulsivity and penchant for arguing and ego - destruction . Among the people of the coin food humans , most of whom are interviewed for this infotainment , Tower ’s name lives on as one of the first American celebrity chefs and an important culinary luminary of the past half century . The chef ’s namesake picture explores his reinvention play along a two - 10 departure from the public oculus through the context of his freewheeling living .

Sour Grapes(2016)

The close world of rarified wine auction was turned on its head when it came out that Rudy Kurniawan , a 20 - something collector , had been mixing less expensive wines to recreate the tang profiles of coveted vino from specific , high - valuate years and regions , swindling vendee out of gazillion of dollars . His advanced cognitive process led him to become the first - ever soul to be convict for wine-colored put-on . In a conversant rightful - crime Reconstruction Period , Sour Grapesleads viewers through the story of how Kurniawan get out off such a cozenage and the disgrace that befell the wine-colored populace in the radioactive dust of his conviction .

A Tale of Two Kitchens(2019)

Although this short film from documentarian Trisha Ziff is only a half hour , it ’s one of the most refreshing takes on what a modern-day intellectual nourishment doc can be . Less about the food itself and more about the mass who make and serve it , A Tale of Two Kitchensprofiles   Gabriela Cámara ’s restaurant : Cala in San   Francisco and Contramar in Mexico City . While the short does serve some backtalk - watering shots of Mexican culinary art , the whole repast here is image   Cámara ’s in the lead example of creating a familial experience in her restaurant , employ formerly jail persons , immigrants , and others – or the kind of supported , devoted work environment make the eatery diligence that much more singular .

Theater of Life(2016)

Italian chef Mossimo Bottura melt aWorld ’s Bestkitchen at Osteria Francescana , butTheater of Lifecaptures some of his exalted ambitions : end food for thought wastefulness . Through the lens of Refettorio Ambrosiano , the soup kitchen Bottura opened in Milan , we see the huge compass of food waste throughout the human race , and see how scraps can be used well past the gunpoint where most of us would typically throw them off to make existence - class dishes .

a tale of two kitchens

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barbecue documentary

Projector Films

jeremiah tower

The Orchard

sour grapes

Netflix

a tale of two restaurants

Netflix

theater of life mossimo bottura

Triplex Films