There are several strong candidates for the most ponderously made British film of the year.
But James Hacking's cookery comedy-drama must be high on the list. It has Dougray Scott as a widowed chef whose cooking has gone to wrack and ruin but who is saved by Gordon Ramsay and the burgeoning love of a newly divorced food critic (Claire Forlani, Scott's real-life wife).
The action takes place in a sleepy country town where the gastropub in which the chef practises eventually causes dozens of cars and coaches to disturb the peace. It also attracts the attention of a camp television foodie (Simon Callow) who guzzles wine and claims the trifle, even when made without sherry, is ruinously good. Sadly, this cinematic trifle is ruinously bad - made for practically nothing in three weeks, which shows.
Love¿s Kitchen
