''King Georges'' is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Erika Frankel. The film follows world-renowned French chef

Georges Perrier Georges Perrier (born 1943) is a French chef who emigrated in the United States in 1967 and lived in Philadelphia, where he founded and ran Le Bec-Fin and other restaurants, bars and cafés across the country. Early life At age 12, Perrier crea ...

, and his downfall that saw his

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

-based Le Bec-Fin restaurant shutter.

Synopsis

The film follows chef

, and his Philadelphia-based restaurant Le Bec-Fin. The restaurant was considered to be one of the best in the United States, but the chef shuttered the location after over 40 years of operation. The film's focus is on a chef past their prime, but highlights the close relationship he has mentoring his apprentice.

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