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Documentaries like Chef's Table

Not everyone loves Chef's Table for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Chef's Table

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like food filmed like a work of art.

  2. You like plates set to soaring classical music.

  3. You like hearing how a chef fought to build their restaurant.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi2011

    • hearing how a chef fought to build their restaurant

    Good for you if you like watching a real craftsman at work with no story added.

  • Human2015

    • food filmed like a work of art
    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you like aerial images of the Earth that hold you still.

  • For All Mankind1989

    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you like Brian Eno's ambient music over space images.

  • Powaqqatsi1988

    • food filmed like a work of art
    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you like faces and crowds filmed in slow motion.

  • Piece by Piece2024

    • food filmed like a work of art
    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you like hearing how Pharrell built his songs and beats.

  • Heima2007

    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you love Sigur Rós and slow, soaring music.

  • David Byrne's American Utopia2020

    • food filmed like a work of art
    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you love Talking Heads songs played live.

  • Life in a Day2011

    • hearing how a chef fought to build their restaurant

    Good for you if you want ordinary people filming their own lives.

  • Voyage of Time: Life's Journey2017

    • food filmed like a work of art

    Good for you if you want galaxies, volcanoes and cells as pure images.

  • Pina2011

    • food filmed like a work of art
    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you like dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train.

  • Baraka1992

    • food filmed like a work of art
    • plates set to soaring classical music

    Good for you if you want ninety minutes of images shot on seventy millimetre film.

Reasons taken from Chef's Table's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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