Step Up To The Plate
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  • Summary: French chef Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned 3-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Sébastien. Having worked with his father for 15 years, Sébastien is ready. But it's not easy to take over the family business when your father r is a master in his field. Filmed in the gorgeous Aubrac region in the South of France, home to the Bras family for generations, Step Up To The Plate offers a rare glimpse into the Bras' culinary process while capturing one of the most closely watched transitions in the world of haute cuisine. (Cinema Guild)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Alison Willmore
    Sep 12, 2012
    91
    Step Up To The Plate is as much about the passing along of a legacy as it is about cooking.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    Sep 20, 2012
    75
    The movie's patient in the way of "El Bulli: Cooking in Progress" or "Jiro Dreams of Sushi." That's where culinary nonfiction is now - sleepy, observant. And, for the most part, that's OK.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    Sep 21, 2012
    75
    It's the story of changing chefs and changing seasons. It looks at food as not just something that nourishes our bodies, but as something that enriches our lives and our relationships.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Oct 12, 2012
    50
    As for the so-called "food compositions" seen here, like the film itself, they're more impressionistic and artistic than enticing. For a far more satisfying cinematic meal, check out the similarly themed "Jiro Dreams of Sushi."

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