Common Sense Media Review
By Marty Brown
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Movie-based reality cooking series is fun but a bit bland.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
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The Chef Show
What's the Story?
THE CHEF SHOW brings together celebrity food truck owner Roy Choi and Jon Favreau, who met when Choi's taco truck catered for 2010's Iron Man 2, which Favreau directed. Since then, Choi has become a successful entrepreneur and chef, as well as the inspiration for Favreau's movie Chef, for which he mentored Favreau both on and off the set. The Chef Show is itself inspired by their friendship and passion for cooking, and features the two men creating recipes and eating various meals with Choi's chef friends and Favreau's celebrity pals.
Is It Any Good?
At one point, Favreau explains that he and Choi started filming themselves cooking in their free time, presumably when Favreau wasn't directing features and Choi wasn't running his food truck empire in Los Angeles. That's exactly what The Chef Show feels like: something that was done in the producers' spare time. Neither of the hosts are particularly charismatic, the celebrity guests are mostly an afterthought, and the show doesn't feature enough detailed instruction to really teach anyone how to make the food. It feels more like a DVD extra than a series.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about cooking. How do Favreau and Choi work together in the kitchen? How does this compare to your experiences cooking? What are some of the benefits, and challenges, of cooking alongside a partner?
What meals featured on The Chef Show would you like to try? What would you like to make on your own?
Favreau and Choi often talk about their teacher-student relationship. How does Choi mentor Favreau?
TV Details
- Premiere date : June 7, 2019
- Cast : Jon Favreau , Roy Choi
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Reality TV
- Topics : Cooking , Friendship
- TV rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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