Love's Kitchen
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| Directed by | James Hacking |
| Produced by | J. Alan Davis James Hacking Simone Ling Duncan Napier-Bell Nicholas Napier-Bell |
| Written by | James Hacking |
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Dougray Scott Claire Forlani Simon Callow Gordon Ramsay |
| Music by | Tom Howe |
| Cinematography | Jordan Cushing |
| Edited by | Rupert Hall Kant Pan |
| Distributed by | Screen Media Films (US) |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Love's Kitchen (originally titled No Ordinary Trifle) is a 2011 British romantic comedy film directed by James Hacking and starring Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Michelle Ryan, and featured celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in his first acting role. Hacking also wrote the script for the film, and it was the director's first feature-length film. It received a limited theatrical release in the UK, taking £121 on its opening weekend from five screens. It was released direct to DVD in the United States. Film critics gave it mostly negative reviews, and the film received a score of 19% on Rotten Tomatoes.
After his wife is killed in a car accident, chef Rob Haley (Dougray Scott) is left grief-stricken. A bad review causes him to lose customers at his once successful restaurant, so after talking to his friend Gordon Ramsay (himself), Haley relocates to the countryside with his daughter and some loyal members of his staff to turn a local pub into a gastropub.
On the opening day of the restaurant, American food critic Kate Templeton (Claire Forlani) arrives, resulting in an argument with Rob, but the two go on to fall in love and buy a dog. Some of the locals are content with the visitors that the restaurant is bringing to the area, whilst others want it closed down. Rob cooks a special dish with duck that is a hit with the populace. Kate sees to it that Guy Witherspoon (Simon Callow), a renowned food critic, visits the restaurant which results in an excellent report and ongoing success for the restaurant under Haley and Templeton.
The film was based on the story of pub owner John Hailey, on whom the character of Rob Haley was based. The character of Kate Templeton was a play on words based on the fact that the pub it was based on was a local for Kate Middleton, later Duchess of Cambridge. The script was written by James Hacking, who went on to direct the film, marking it as his first full-length feature. Hacking also provided funding for the film himself. Dougray Scott and Claire Forlani were cast opposite each other, although in real life they were husband and wife. Hacking pursued Gordon Ramsay for a role in the film for some time, but decided not to go through his agents and approached him directly. He wrote a personal letter to Ramsay asking him to be in the film, which was the first letter read by Ramsay when he returned to the UK after spending eight months in the United States, prompting the celebrity chef to agree to be in the film. The film was Ramsay's acting debut, and he agreed to appear at his own expense. Ramsay's name was misspelt in the closing credits as "Ramsey".
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