Screening Room

MIPCOM Picks 2009 – Conviction Kitchen

Yes, we know Gordon Ramsay is a hard man, or at least he presents himself as one. But how tough would he be at Marc Thuet's restaurant? Thuet, no shrinking violet himself, is opening a new, high-end restaurant in Toronto with wife and partner Biana Zorich. The twist is that the duo is staffing the boîte with 24 ex-convicts, none of whom seemed to take any cooking classes while in the slammer.

September 30, 2009

Yes, we know Gordon Ramsay is a hard man, or at least he presents himself as one. But how tough would he be at Marc Thuet's restaurant? Thuet, no shrinking violet himself, is opening a new, high-end restaurant in Toronto with wife and partner Biana Zorich. The twist is that the duo is staffing the boîte with 24 ex-convicts, none of whom seemed to take any cooking classes while in the slammer.