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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