Kings of Pastry - Theatrical Trailer

Opening September 15th at New York's Film Forum!

http://firstrunfeatures.com/kingsofpastry.html

Imagine a scene never before witnessed: Sixteen French pastry chefs gathered in Lyon for three intense days of mixing, piping and sculpting everything from delicate chocolates to six-foot sugar sculptures in hopes of being declared by President Nicolas Sarkozy one of the best. This is the prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition (Best Craftsmen in France). The blue, white and red striped collar worn on the jackets of the winners is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef -- it is a dream and an obsession. The finalists, France's culinary elite, risk their reputations as well as sacrifice family and finances in pursuit of this lifelong distinction of excellence. Similar to the Olympics, the three-day contest takes place every four years and it requires that the chefs not only have extraordinary skill and nerves of steel, but also a lot of luck.

Filmmakers D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus secured exclusive access to shoot this epic, never-before-filmed test of France's finest artisans. The film follows chef Jacquy Pfeiffer, co-founder of Chicago's French Pastry School, as he journeys back to his childhood home of Alsace to practice for the contest. Two other finalists are profiled in the film -- chef Regis Lazard, who was competing for the second time (he dropped his sugar sculpture the first time), and chef Philippe Rigollot, from Maison Pic, France's only three-star restaurant owned by a woman. During the grueling final competition, chefs work under constant scrutiny by master judges and the critical palates of some of the world's most renowned chefs evaluate their elaborate pastries. Finally, these pastry marathoners racing the clock must hand carry all their creations including their fragile sugar sculptures through a series of rooms to a final buffet area without shattering them. The film captures the high-stakes drama of the competition -- passion, sacrifice, disappointment, and joy -- in the quest to become one of the Kings of Pastry.

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[reaperette]

Don't toss the leftovers into the bin; hand them to me! I'll eat it! :D

[VivaciousCakes]

I'm very excited to check this out!

[NekoArts]

I was watching this documentary on TV when I studied to become a baker and pastry chef, and I was in tears when that sculpture broke..

It is an amazing documentary and it really shows the passion that some people have for their profession, truly admirable.

[aabillaful]

COOL AND ENCREDIBLE

[aabillaful]

I AM DREAMING UNCONTROLABLE AM NOW A BIGNER OF PASTRY BUT AM REALY WARRIED FOR WHAT THEY GETS ACCIDENT

[ianiiy]

i wanna watch this now! XD

[Countryclubguy]

But Will It Blend!

[robotpanda77]

Cake wars!

[jerramy]

(cont..) the art form has supplanted the need and the purpose of food.That's why no thought is given to the fact that most of these creations not only have no nutitional value but also actually harm the body.Yes be artists but don't pretend to be chefs.A worker of food, an artist of food, is not to tittilate the senses, but to make REAL food appealing.What a challenge since artificial flavor-enhancers have ruined our taste buds so that we can't even taste the subtle flavors of real food any more

[jerramy]

This was a wonderful documentary. Hard to imagine how thrilling and edge of your seat can be movie about food. Yet it was the intensity and dedication and all out life's work of these people that made it so thrilling. In other words, it was the attitude of the chefs that was thrilling, not the food itself. In fact, a chef's responsibility should be to make food nutricious. Food is to support our physical body. Yet once again, the idea has been distorted so that the art form, (cont...)

[goodgirlkay]

Ce film est magnifique! Les hommes qui pleurent sont sexy!! Ils m'ont brisé le coeur!

[liamleahy]

@DianaL7 "A reality movie"...you are a postmodern nouveau-cultural orgasm of ignorant bliss, darling. This "reality movie" was shot by the inventor of "the first fully portable, synchronized 16mm camera and sound recording systems which revolutionized modern filmmaking". Believe me, he's one of the best "reality movie" makers in history. Watch this film to nurture your soul...