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Actor Jon Favreau and Korean-American Roy Choi cook up a storm on The Chef Show

There’s something inherently satisfying about watching other people cook – doubly so if Korean-American chef Roy Choi is at the stove. Seoul-born Choi, the pre-eminent taco-slinger of the “gourmet food-truck movement”, and much else besides, is an unflappably genial presence in the kitchen, be it wheeled or welded to the floor, proving that screaming middle-aged white men being abusive to their staff aren’t essential ingredients for a successful cooking show. The Chef Show (Netflix) is,…

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