Will Smith to star in 'Cooked' movie?

by Joanne Lutynec, Posted Apr 5th 2007 @ 1:02PM

Will Smith is apparently in talks to star as Jeff Henderson, a poverty-striken, inner-city black kid-turned Executive Chef of the Café Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Henderson's fascinating life story was depicted in the recent publication 'Cooked: From the Streets to the Stove, from Cocaine to Foie Gras,' a memoir detailing how the one-time cocaine dealer and prisoner worked his way up from prison dishwasher to cook, sparking his dream to one day become a world-class chef.

Overcoming adversity, racism, plus a criminal record, Chef Jeff eventually became one of the top in his field, working in such establishments as Hotel Bel-Air, L'Ermitage, and the Ritz Carlton.

IMDB is showing Cooked as scheduled for 2009, but no further details are available at this time.

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Tags: bellagio, chef jeff henderson, ChefJeffHenderson, cocaine, cooked, las vegas, will smith

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4-05-2007 @7:30PM Mike said... This has me thinking that Kitchen Confidential would have made a much better movie than the dreadful TV show it was
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