New Year's Chef
Новогодний шеф
Synopsis
Victor is the owner of a trendy restaurant, but things are not going well in it. The only hope is for New Year's Eve, because all the tables are already booked, but December 31 comes and the chef and the whole team leave the restaurant. It would seem that everything is gone, and then Olesya, the owner of the kitchen at home in a village near Moscow, appears in the restaurant. She brought cakes that Victor had accidentally ordered from her and even managed to forget about it. Victor offers Olesya to become a chef for New Year's Eve. She refuses, Olesya promised her son Kirill a New Year's tale with fireworks. Victor persuades her to agree, he believes in her and knows that Olesya has a special gift — to awaken the best memories from people with her dishes. Will Olesya and Victor be able to perform a real New Year's miracle: feed all the guests with special dishes and fulfill the promise made to Kirill?
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Zoya Berber
Olesya
Pavel Priluchny
Viktor
Maria Dmitrieva
Alisa
Irina Rakshina
Tatyana Aleksandrovna
Andrey Petelko
Kirill
Kristina Korbut
Dasha
Vladislav Miller
Roma
Yuliya Sules
Zina
Robert Zakharyan
Larik
Kristina Stroiteleva
Irina
Efim Petrunin
Pasha
Galina Sazonova
Ella Borisovna
Andrey Urgant
Daniil Lvovich
Olga Volkova
Antonina Mikhaylovna
Aristarkh Livanov
Nikolay Petrovich
Ivan Kukuev
Makhmadullo
Mariya Starotorzhskaya
Marina
Ilya Lyubimov
Slava
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Vasily Rovensky
- Screenplay & Story
- Olga Klemesheva, Vasily Rovensky
- Original Score
- Anton Gryzlov
- Original Title
- Новогодний шеф
- Country of Origin
- Russia
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Production Studios
- KinoFirma
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Vasily Rovensky
Olga Klemesheva, Vasily Rovensky
Anton Gryzlov
Artem Tarasenkov
Maxim Mironenko, Vasily Rovensky
Ksenia Egorova, Vasily Rovensky
Department Leadership Roster
Vasily Rovensky
Director
Artem Tarasenkov
Director of Photography
Anton Gryzlov
Original Music Composer
Olga Klemesheva
Screenplay
Vasily Rovensky
Screenplay
Vasily Rovensky
Producer
Maxim Mironenko
Editor
Vasily Rovensky
Editor
Konstantin Somov
Production Design
Анастасия Подшивалова
Production Design
Zara Daudova
Costume Design
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What is New Year's Chef about?
Victor is the owner of a trendy restaurant, but things are not going well in it. The only hope is for New Year's Eve, because all the tables are already booked, but December 31 comes and the chef and the whole team leave the restaurant. It would seem that everything is gone, and then Olesya, the owner of the kitchen at home in a village near Moscow, appears in the restaurant. She brought cakes that Victor had accidentally ordered from her and even managed to forget about it. Victor offers Olesya to become a chef for New Year's Eve. She refuses, Olesya promised her son Kirill a New Year's tale with fireworks. Victor persuades her to agree, he believes in her and knows that Olesya has a special gift — to awaken the best memories from people with her dishes. Will Olesya and Victor be able to perform a real New Year's miracle: feed all the guests with special dishes and fulfill the promise made to Kirill?
Who directed New Year's Chef?
New Year's Chef was directed by Vasily Rovensky.
Who stars in New Year's Chef?
The principal cast of New Year's Chef includes Zoya Berber, Pavel Priluchny, Maria Dmitrieva, Irina Rakshina, Andrey Petelko.
When was New Year's Chef released and how long is it?
New Year's Chef was released in 2023 with a total runtime of 1h 28m.
Who composed the musical score for New Year's Chef?
The original motion picture soundtrack for New Year's Chef was composed by Anton Gryzlov.