72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution

Maya Gallus
Canada      72 m.
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Restaurant kitchens are a pressurized stew of brutal hours, high stress and sleep deprivation. Acting out goes with the territory and anyone lower on the totem pole is fair game. But the familiar macho posturing of celebrity chefs has reached tipping point. Now with an influx of women at the helm of restaurants, and a younger generation unwilling to submit to the brutal conditions once considered the norm, the rules of 'kitchen culture' as we know them are being rewritten. The Heat takes viewers behind the scenes to meet pioneers who broke through the glass ceiling, including Michelin-starred chefs Anne Sophie Pic (a.k.a. the 'Queen of French Cuisine') from Maison Pic in Valence, France; beloved UK star Angela Hartnett (and Gordon Ramsay's former protégé) from Murano; and award-winning New York chef Anita Lo (who closed her iconic New York restaurant Annisa after 17 years).

Director
Maya Gallus
Screenplay
Maya Gallus
Production
Red Queen Productions (Canada)
Maya Gallus
Proximity Films (Canada)
Howard Fraiberg
Sales
MetFilm Sales (United Kingdom)
Photography
John Minh Tran
Edition
Dave Kazala
Music
Keir Brownstone
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
72 m.
Country
Canada
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