Adam had an unfortunate childhood, lost his mother, and moved between relatives. At the age of 19, he came to Paris alone. By chance, he worked in Jean-Luc's restaurant. The art is superb, "this guy can make a stone into a dish" is his affirmation. When the London restaurant opened on the first day, the attendance rate was not high, and the menu lacked new ideas. The newspapers commented on Jiang Lang's talents, and the dishes prepared by the chef did not meet his requirements. In a rage, he asked the chefs to obey him. , a yes chef just do it without any objection. One of the episodes has the newly recruited sauce chef, Helene, apologizing for her poorly cooked salmon, as well as showing no mercy to his old friend Michael. His requirement for cooking time is that one minute is one minute, 30 seconds can only be 30 seconds, and the poor taste is thrown away immediately. Especially when preparing for the Michelin appraisers, such an appraisal is a key test. The requirements are not good, not excellent, but perfect. When the appraiser he thought came to the restaurant, Adam, who had just been injured by the drug dealer, jumped up and took charge of the chef himself. Adam cooks himself, which means controlling and distrusting others, excluding all external factors, but there is still an accident. This accident is also caused by his own reasons. Although it has been a long time, it can only be his own fault. , unable to turn anger on others, only by punishing himself to bear such a failure, in the film Adam ran to the bridge alone and wanted to jump off, maybe he saw the number of shucking one million oysters recorded on the notepad Let him stop, maybe it's a big deal to shuck the oyster, maybe there's still love to linger, maybe don't let his teacher let Luke so disappointed. Going to Reese's restaurant to vent is an admission of failure to Reese.
Reese is Adam's former colleague at Luke's restaurant. He is a little less talented, and he makes up for it with diligence. He and Adam are the twin stars of the restaurant. The two are invincible opponents. Now that Reese is a three-star chef with a great restaurant, Adam comes home with nothing. When Adam visited Reese, he started saying that this lobster is not good, your cooking skills have declined. His mouth was stubborn and provocative, but he also expressed his affirmation of Reese's cooking skills before saying goodbye. When Adam's new restaurant received a newspaper accolade, Reese was furious, smashing plates and tables at his restaurant, forcing his owner and investors to redecorate to compete with Adam. This shows that Reese attaches great importance to the competition with Adam, and has always been a dead opponent. They have grown up in the competition and are determined to compare each other. Although these two are fiercely arguing on the surface, they are actually very close in heart, breaking up the brothers whose bones are connected with tendons, but they express it differently. They were brave, refused to admit defeat, and belittled each other. When Adam was chased by drug dealers, Reese secretly told Adam's ex-girlfriend, who was also Luke's daughter, that she helped Adam pay off his gambling debt and let him return to the restaurant with peace of mind Work. When Adam was most frustrated, Reese also encouraged him, saying that you are the best chef, better than me.
Jean Luke is Adam's master and his leader. It does not appear in the film. From the performance of Adam and Reese, it can be seen that he is also a perfectionist, and he is very strict with the chefs under him, even picky. , Slightly wrong, immediately yelled and got angry, and threw the plate. This kind of pressure is on himself as well as on others, and Adam Reese's progress can be imagined. Adam remembered the experience years later, thinking it was his best time. When he heard the news of his teacher's passing at the dinner table, Adam was the kind of person who wanted to break through when there was resistance. The pressure also stimulated his potential and talent; the same was true for Reese, who was able to make up for himself under pressure. , the progress is also great. By reaching that seemingly impossible standard, the self can be improved invisibly. For example, the newly recruited chef David, who used to sell snacks on the street, admired Adam very much. He was scolded by Adam every time. It was not good here or there. When Adam left the restaurant in disappointment, David acted as the head chef but he did it in a prudent manner and made rapid progress. The front office manager told Adam that it was all your training. At this time, Adam should also begin to trust the chef under him. An excellent The team formed after bumps and bumps. Michael, who is also a colleague, does not agree with such a high-pressure method. This may be the idea of many people. They cannot accept the practice of hysterical shouting and zero tolerance for mistakes. When Hailin temporarily took over the Chuancai station as the head chef, The practice is surprisingly similar to Adam, shouting, and throwing away any imperfect dishes immediately. At this time, Michael said to Adam, don't put too much pressure on her, you can see that she is more and more like you. Adam may not agree, but also realizes that Helene is similar to him, who is crazy about cooking for perfection. Crazy move, either a perfect success or a complete failure. Similar to "Boomstick", but you don't know to what extent this pursuit of perfection has reached the point of morbidity, nor how much you will accept and tolerate it. If Reese smashed the restaurant, the investor said to him that I voted all on this restaurant to accept and agree with Reese. On the birthday of Helene's daughter Lily, Adam made a cake in the restaurant. Lily asked if you were the devil? Adam said yes, but I made a good cake, how does this cake taste? The little girl replied that I had eaten better. This character is similar to Adam's. He doesn't admit defeat in his mouth, but he has already recognized it in his heart. Hai Lin watched this scene with joy in her heart, her daughter accepted her boyfriend.
Excessive perfectionism is obsessive-compulsive, a manifestation of inner insecurity, and a certain sense of control is obtained by doing things to the extreme. The trap of perfectionism is to constantly put pressure on oneself and cannot tolerate mistakes. If this pressure is passed on to others, it will destroy interpersonal relationships. There will always be times when things get out of control. Even small mistakes are unforgivable in the eyes of perfectionists. , the result will be very bad. Adam's failure at Jean Luke's restaurant is not mentioned in the film, but Adam said on the side, I am a good cook, others think so, and I almost think so. His inner logic is that what I do myself is not good enough, and what I do is more perfect. In this way, he constantly pressurizes himself, even though Adam, who appears to be successful on the outside, chooses alcohol and drugs to escape under the pressure. When he mistakenly thought he screwed up the Michelin selection and lost his coveted three-star chef, Adam also nearly chose to kill himself to end it all because he couldn't tolerate such a failure, it was the only goal he wanted to pursue.
Alcoholism and drug use is an escape from imperfection, anger at others is intolerance of imperfection in others, escape is intolerance of imperfect interpersonal relationships, as the doctor said, you have to accept imperfection, your own and others' , to see the strengths of others, not the weaknesses. In the final Michelin selection, Adam no longer controlled, and did it himself, but chose to follow the usual procedures with other chefs, and finally succeeded. The staff meal after work was a warm picture, a warm comedy.
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