If you think that a chef’s life revolves just around cooking in and out, then you would be surprised to know that there is more to their lives than just cooking! Our Bollywood films show you the lives of chefs not just in the kitchen but in their personal spaces too. Let’s take a look at some of the Bollywood stars who’ve donned the chef’s hat maybe not in real life but in reel!
1. Saif Ali Khan in Chef
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Saif Ali Khan starrer Chef is a modification with a desi tadka, it’s a remake of a Hollywood film by the same name. Saif Ali Khan looks dapper as a chef and convincing too. In an interview Saif said that the job of a chef is one of the best and he enjoyed playing the role.
2. Akshay Kumar in Chandni Chowk To China
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Before entering Bollywood, Akshay Kumar worked as a chef and waiter in Bangkok. In his film Chandni Chowk To China Akshay plays a small time chef in Delhi. In the movie, Akshay is shown as someone who has great chopping skills and dough kneading skills.
3. Amitabh Bachchan in Cheeni Kum
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Big B plays the role of a chef and an owner of an Indian restaurant in London; his ponytail look was appreciated by all and so was his acting in the film. In the film he meets the love of his life at his restaurant. His lady love is more than half his age and he convinces her father with his cooking skills!
4. Imran Khan in Break Ke Baad
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Break Ke Baad is not about a chef but it starts when Imran Khan follows his childhood best friend Deepika Padukone to Australia, where Imran channels his love for cooking and opens an Indian restaurant to support himself in Australia. The culinary skills of Imraan helps to shape their friendship which turns into love later.
These Bollywood stars have made being a chef look like so much fun and easy and also shown us that like everyone else chefs too have heartbreaks, fall in love and family lives in between all the cooking!
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