{"id":2139450,"date":"2025-11-06T18:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2139450"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:15:05","slug":"meryl-streep-jeremy-allen-white-and-more-actors-who-turned-to-the-pros-to-learn-how-to-play-chefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meryl-streep-jeremy-allen-white-and-more-actors-who-turned-to-the-pros-to-learn-how-to-play-chefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Meryl Streep, Jeremy Allen White and More Actors Who Turned to the Pros to Learn How to Play Chefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yes, chef! These actors looked at home playing pros in the kitchen. Here\u2019s what inspired them \u2014 and how they prepped.<\/p>\n

Vince Vaughn<\/strong> \u2013 Nonnas<\/h2>\n
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\u201cEither eat a lot before or be ready to go eat something afterwards, because the food is spectacular,\u201d the 55-year-old bragged<\/a> of his recently released Netflix movie about a grieving man who decides to open a restaurant staffed by Italian grandmothers, or nonnas. Talia Shire<\/strong>, Lorraine Bracco<\/strong>, Brenda Vaccaro<\/strong> and Susan Sarandon<\/strong> play the women who bring their family dishes \u2014 and spicy personalities \u2014 to the table. As Vince says, \u201cFood is love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ralph Fiennes<\/strong> \u2013 The Menu<\/h2>\n
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To prep to play an exacting, murderous chef catering to the ultra-rich in the darkly funny 2022 horror film, the 62-year-old consulted with the three-star Michelin chef Dominique Crenn<\/strong>. \u201cShe gave me a lot of tips on how you behave, how you move, how you talk to people. The shorthand of communication in that level of kitchen,\u201d Ralph told Variety<\/a>. Not so much the actual cooking, though: \u201cDon\u2019t ask me to chop an onion!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Favreau<\/strong> \u2013 Chef<\/h2>\n
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In the 2014 flick, the 59-year-old plays a brilliant chef who ditches his stuffy restaurant job to open a food truck. He also directed the indie production on a tight budget. \u201cWe would eat the stuff after we filmed,\u201d Jon told Vulture<\/a> of the food prepared by famed chef Roy Choi<\/strong> that was used on set. \u201cWe really made an effort not to waste. Even when we broke down the pig, all those pig parts went home with different crew members.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeremy Allen White<\/strong> \u2013 The Bear<\/h2>\n
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\u201cI spent a lot of time as a fly on the wall, and I\u2019d help them prep where you can\u2019t really screw up anything too badly,\u201d the 34-year-old told Gold Derby<\/a> of shadowing the cooks at Pasjoli, an elevated French restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., before taking on the role of the obsessive, talented chef Carmy in the Hulu hit, which is expected to return for season 6 next year. \u201cI like spending time in these places, I like all the people that work there, and I like all learning about this craft.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meryl Streep<\/strong> \u2013 Julie & Julia<\/h2>\n
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Growing up, the 76-year-old, who played the ebullient Julia Child in the 2009 movie, knew nothing about fine dining. \u201cI remember when I was 10 years old, going to the little girl\u2019s house up the street, and she and her mother were sitting at the kitchen table doing something\u2026 She told me they were making mashed potatoes,\u201d Meryl said<\/a>. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018What do you mean? Mashed potatoes come in a box!\u2019 They were peeling boiled potatoes, and I had never seen a potato before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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