Food on Film Lineup – The Chefs and Samplings!

The Sidebar: Food on Film is the perfect unique festival experience for film fans and foodies alike. We’re bringing back this delectable program with five mouthwatering films to sink your teeth into. Stick around after the screenings to sit in on conversations between the filmmakers and Michigan food stars and then enjoy delicious, film-inspired bites and sips.

As always, this year’s Food on Film lineup will include talent from renowned Michigan establishments such as The Cooks’ House and The Franklin.

All screenings moderated by Amanda Danielson, Off the Map Hospitality.

TCFF is also proud to announce that thanks to Taste the Local Difference and Oryana Community Co-op, we are a Certified Local Food event. This means that at least 20% of the food served at our events is locally sourced!

Get details on films and panelists below.

Back to Burgundy

Wednesday, 6 PM, Old Town Playhouse

Wine lovers will toast to this full-bodied French drama about a family that must come together in order to save their struggling vineyard. As three estranged siblings face the death of their father, they realize they’ll have to cultivate more than just grapes in order to move past the pain they have all buried. Thanks to director Cédric Klapisch’s hands-on research, this tender film captures the authentic experience of harvesting wine while reminding its viewers of our important connection to earth.

Sampling: Drouin Pinot Noir.

Featuring:

Sean O’Keefe, Winemaker – Mari Vineyards

Brewmaster

Thursday, 6 PM, Milliken at the Dennos Museum

Beer is a commodity as old as human history and, more recently, the center of a booming craft industry thriving on pillars of creativity and innovation. For many, brewing has become an unshakeable passion. Brewmaster will take experts and novices alike for a peek behind the grain mill and into the suds-soaked world of those who see beer as more than just “cracking a cold one.”

Sampling: Founders Brewing Co.

Featuring:

Douglas Tirola (Photo by Daniel Bergeron/Corbis via Getty Images)

Doug Tirola, Director

Joe Black, Regional Market Manager – Founders Brewing Co.

Staff Portraits, Workshop Brewing May 2017

Mike Wooster, Head Brewer – The Workshop Brewing Co.

The Heat: A Kitchen (R)Evolution

Friday, 3 PM, City Opera House

The pressure has never been higher to break out in the cutting age of celebrity chef, and in recent years the tolerance for macho showboating has boiled over. As more women rise up in the industry, a long-simmering cultural shift is demanded. Documentary filmmaker Maya Gallus brings the audience to the front lines of the food industry to meet the pioneers who have kicked through the glass ceiling under high stress and grueling hours.

Bite provided by: The Franklin.

Featuring:

Maya Gallus, Director

Jennifer Blakeslee, Chef/Owner – The Cooks’ House

Elise Curtis, Special Ops Chef – Trattoria Stella

Chef Flynn

Saturday, 3 PM, City Opera House

Equal parts celebrity chef documentary and coming-of-age film, Chef Flynn is no ordinary movie. Flynn virtually defined the word “prodigy” by starting a hot-ticket dining club when he was 12 and appearing on the cover of New York Times Magazine at 15. However, things weren’t as easy as they looked; the young chef combatted enormous backlash, the weight of expectation, and living with his helicopter mom on his climb to respect. You may come to Chef Flynn ready to salivate over the beautiful culinary creations —and believe us, you wil—but you’ll leave talking about the immensely talented and charismatic kid that you can’t stop rooting for.

Bite provided by: Cookie Dutch.

Featuring:

Cameron Yates, Director

Harlan “Pete” Peterson, Papa Chef

The Quest of Alain Ducasse

Sunday, Noon, City Opera House

This mouth-watering doc offers a glimpse into the life of the most respected chef in the world. Today, at age 61, Alain Ducasse has amassed a staggering 21 Michelin stars across his 23 restaurants—and the godfather of French cuisine shows no signs of slowing down. Director Gilles de Maistre follows the famously private man across the globe for two years as he plans a new restaurant and checks in on his others. Between meetings Ducasse ventures to remote farms and hole-in-the wall restaurants alike, firm in his conviction that sustainable, humanist cuisine just might save the world.

Bite provided by: The Cooks’ House.

Featuring:

Eric Patterson, Chef/Owner – The Cooks’ House

Guillaume Hazäel-Masseux, Chef/Owner – La Bécasse & Bistro FouFou

Food on Film Lineup – The Chefs and Samplings!

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