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Interview: Jon Favreau on Swingers, Friends, Iron Man and Chef

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 23rd June 2014

This may not have escaped your attention, but I like films. I also like food, which definitely hasn't escaped your attention. I've loved the work of Jon Favreau ever since Swingers got me out of a five-year relationship slump, so you can imagine my delight when I learned of Chef: a film about food, written by, directed by and starring Jon Favreau. On the surface it's about sandwiches, but it's really all about getting back to your roots; for Favreau, it's a return to the style which made Swingers so beloved by proto-hipsters like myself. When given the chance to interview Jon, I practically bit his hand off. Because I was hungry. Hungry for journalism. And sandwiches.

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Iron Chef America: the secret ingredient

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 9th April 2012

The drama of cookery and the mundanity of the British bank holiday weekend: I always knew there was a way the two would collide.

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