A Bronx kid opens a fancy restaurant at 26 and the food world loses its mind.
A Bronx kid opens a fancy restaurant at 26 and the food world loses its mind.
Based on Kwame Onwuachi's memoir which tells his unprecedented journey from childhood in the Bronx with a mostly single mother to opening a fine-dining restaurant in Washington D.C. at the age of 26.
Acting
LaKeith Stanfield simmers with barely-contained ambition.
Direction
Youmans makes every kitchen scene feel like a pressure cooker.
Production
Food styling so good you'll pause to google recipes.
Director
Phillip Youmans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Kwame Onwuachi was eliminated sixth on Top Chef season 13—then came back to win Fan Favorite.
Onwuachi's memoir explicitly critiques the 'trauma-to-triumph' narrative Black artists are forced into; the film reportedly softens this tension.
US
