I fully agree, having seen this a few months ago myself. A couple of years ago a deli in the shopping center where my office was located for over a decade went out of business. I knew the owner a bit and had watched his painful slide for about 5 years, and had spoken with him about some ideas to pick up business. His response was to throw up his hands and say, “But I’m doing the same things I’ve always been doing!” He had started there in 1990, and many things had changed in that time that were challenging, but also new opportunities existed. He only saw the former, none of the latter. In the film Chef, the chef in question does much the same as this former deli owner, and then takes it to the extreme. But unlike this other fellow, he does face the reality of the need to change, as well as realizing that the “fire” that had once made him a great chef is still there, if only he will now rekindle it. A good film.
