Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen Movie (2009)

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

In Hamburg, Zinos has a restaurant serving poor-man's fare; he gets by, but his girlfriend has taken a job in Shanghai, he's hurt his back and can't cook, his feckless brother can be on daily parole from jail only if Zinos employs him (though his brother doesn't want to work), a school acquaintance wants to buy the restaurant property, and the tax authority and health inspector are on his case. Zinos hires a temperamental chef and loses all his customers, signs a power of attorney giving his brother full authority at the restaurant, and buys a ticket to Shanghai. Is this a recipe for disaster?

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Zinos, a German of Greek descent, owns the Soul Kitchen, a restaurant providing simple food, in Hamburg. The business runs of sorts. Zino's girlfriend Nadine, who works as a journalist leaving for Shanghai and his incarcerated brother Illias needs a job to extend his special leave from prison. Also Zinos suffers from a slipped disc and cannot afford treatment because he has no medical insurance. He hires the fiery and knife-throwing chef Shayn who brings dramatic changes to the restaurant. Firstly the regular guest, who are accustomed to Schnitzel and Currywurst, are shocked by the new Haute cuisine, but by and by they learn to cherish the good food. Thanks to the Band of waiter Lutz and a DJ mixing console, which was stolen by Illias, the Soul Kitchen becomes a popular music local. But soon new stress is caused by property shark Neumann who tries to buy the restaurant for a new property development. Meanwhile Zinos to craves for Nadine. In order to save his relationship Zinos makes Illias the managing director of the Soul Kitchen and wants to travel to Shangai. But at the airport he meets Nadine, who's now in love with a Chinese man. In Zinos absence Illias loses the Soul Kitchen trough Poker to Neumann. During the attempt to steal the deed of ownership from Neumann, Illias is arrested by the police. Zinos is below the floor, especially by his very impaired spinal disc herniation. But with help from physiotherapist Anna and alternative chiropractor Kemal, he is healed. Fortunately Neumann is arrested by the fiscal authorities and becomes Illias new fellow inmate in prison. The Soul Kitchen gets auctioned off and with financial help from Nadine, Zinos buys his local back. In the end of the movie Zions has a relationship with Anna and Illias (although still in prison) with the waitress Lucia.
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In Hamburg, Zinos has a restaurant serving poor-man's fare; he gets by, but his girlfriend has taken a job in Shanghai, he's hurt his back and can't cook, his feckless brother can be on daily parole from jail only if Zinos employs him (though his brother doesn't want to work), a school acquaintance wants to buy the restaurant property, and the tax authority and health inspector are on his case. Zinos hires a temperamental chef and loses all his customers, signs a power of attorney giving his brother full authority at the restaurant, and buys a ticket to Shanghai. Is this a recipe for disaster?
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