NOW STREAMING: On a culinary trip
NOW STREAMING: On a culinary trip
Pune Mirror / Updated: May 19, 2021, 06:00 IST
Andre Chiang, a world-famous chef
Andre Chiang is a world-renowned Taiwanese chef, who is best known as the founder of a
Michelin star restaurant in Singapore known as
Restaurant Andre. The establishment was featured in
The
New York Times’s list of Top 10 Restaurants in the World Worth a Plane Ride. The accolades and recognition never stopped until the chef abruptly closed his creation three years ago.
The founding and closing of Restaurant Andre is the subject of
Andre and His Olive Tree, a documentary made by Josiah Ng. Restaurant Andre received critical acclaim as the best dining place in Singapore, but chef Andre gave it all up to return back to
INDIEWATCH: Razor-like precision, humble roots on display in André Chiang documentary
MOVIE REVIEW: André Chiang is a fascinating human whose story may have been best captured by a more seasoned director, though, based on his style, giving a newcomer a shot is on par. 7:00 am, Mar. 11, 2021 ×
André Chiang has a big following in the global culinary world.
The Tawainese-born, French-educated chef led the kitchen of several three Michelin star restaurants before putting Singapore on the map with his own, Restaurant André.
Filmed over two years, “André and His Olive Tree” dives into Chiang’s razor-like precision in the kitchen to his humble beginnings.