‘Chef's Table: Legends' Review: On Netflix, How to Hone a Palate
Food isn't just sustenance, we all know. It is culture, politics, entertainment, longevity, environment, immigration and, to judge by 'Chef's Table: Legends,' religion—not just among the people who practice and promote the world's finest cuisine, but those whom they try to convert. Forsaking one's golden idol, we see, is easy compared to forsaking one's golden arches.
'Chef's Table' is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Netflix as a celebration of chefs, each episode having focused on one world-class cook, his or her techniques, philosophy, menus and kitchens. Created by David Gelb, it was intended as a fuller-course version of what he'd done in that landmark 2011 food movie 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi,' which concerned Jiro Ono, a sushi chef with a 10-seat restaurant in a Tokyo subway station and three stars from the esteemed Michelin Guide. The subjects of 'Chef's Table' customarily operate in less humble surroundings than Mr. Ono. But they do share a devotion to excellence.
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