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Okay hallmark movie plays the same formula bad boy chef meets sweet girl the girl changes and happily ever after.

This movie is about a "Bad Boy" celebrity chef and the woman who is tasked with managing him and ghostwriting his new cookbook.

Slow, but kind of fascinating. Pretty romantic. Worth watching. James Welch Henderson, Arkansas. 1/26/2021

What a way to turn someone's life around! This was a very good movie with some smart script. And the cutie actress (Danielle Panabaker) did an excellent job on her part. This is not a typical Hallmark movie, but Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (HMM) happens to play slightly better movies. It's not included with the Hallmark channel's package on DirecTV, so you have to pay extra to get HMM. This movie is worth watching! Enjoy it!

I hate cookery programs!

But I love programs about food and artists and chefs (who are, after all, artists in their own, er, kitchen).

If you've read any of my other reviews - which you probably haven't - you might wonder how I can score this 7 whereas other more, arguably, 'worthy' and ambitious movies score much lower.

It's by Hallmark so you know what you're getting. It has no pretence. It sets out to do what it says on the tin and it does exactly that. There's no subterfuge. It doesn't try to be clever, misleading or something it's not. It's an enjoyable rom com and if that's what you want to watch, watch this - it won't leave you disappointed.

Over the past decade, comedies about chefs and cooks have become more common in the movies and the Hallmark Channel has created a few. In this one, we have another Hallmark romcom about a brittle, driven professional and a casual, inventive, uncertain genius -- but this time, it's the guy who's the brittle, unhappy professional and the gal who's casual and so forth.

Well, hallelujah for that. Danielle Panabaker is awfully cute and able to project her vulnerability very well. Shawn Roberts offers a fine two-toned performance: control freak in the restaurant and barefoot in the country. Apparently no one bothered to talk with the script writer, because the dialogue makes reference to Miss Panabaker as being controlling.

Well, occasionally, some subversion needs to go on to keep things fresh. Ron Oliver has gotten enough shots to make it visually clear that this takes place in San Francisco, the leads are good and the talking about food is intelligent. The result is more than good enough.