A Chef’s Deadly Revenge (2024 Lifetime)
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Cast: Kathryn Kohut, Tomas Chovanec, Justin Nurse, Tim Myles
Director: Alexandre Carrière
Writer: Erica Lane
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Lucy has just escaped an abusive relationship and moved to a new town where she’s finally fulfilled her lifelong dream: opening her own gourmet restaurant where she’s the head chef. When she encounters the jealous Frank, whose family used to own the restaurant that was in her new space, she becomes the target of constant harassment. Lucy, having had enough of abusive men in her life, turns the tables on Frank and inserts herself into his life. Now Lucy and Frank are engaged in a high stakes game of cat and mouse that has deadly consequences. Stars Kathryn Kohut, Tomas Chovanec, Chelsea Muirhead, and Bridget Wareham (2024).
Recap/Wine Thoughts
The movie opens with a car chase scene through snowy streets. Our protagonist, Lucy, loses whoever is chasing her and runs on foot as a man chases her, saying, “YOU CAN’T RUN ANYMORE LUCY!!!!”
Two weeks earlier, we saw Lucy hustling in the kitchen of a fine-dining Italian restaurant. A creepy patron with glasses and a fancy car left an origami swan with a key inside; there was also a toy car. Lucy went to her office and found candid photos of herself taken while she bathes and puts on makeup. There was also a gold watch taken from her nightstand.
Lucy asks her BFF/Roommate Megan if the occurrences are weird, and Megan solves the problem with WINE! Lucy worries it could be her ex Adeyn stalking her or a crazed fan. (Since Lucy is a famous chef.)
A fellow chef named Greg is a liability to the restaurant. He loses his office key and forgets the restaurant’s back door code. He will either be the first to die or the one who lets the stalker in. Poor Greg!
Lucy meets a stranger with glasses at the park as she happily pets his dog. The man’s name is Frank, and he creepily references seeing Lucy in the paper and her new restaurant as he taps his watch. (If this guy was HOT, this would be a meet cute, but since he is cursed with poor eyesight, he is the devil incarnate.)
Later, he DOES take photos of Lucy in her house FULL of windows with a telephoto lens. (Note to Lucy, get better curtains.)
The restaurant and home install new security cameras to help make Lucy feel safer.
Lucy talks with her dad on the phone, and he tells her to go to therapy to get over what happened with Ayden. (It turns out he tracked Lucy without her knowledge and was a very controlling boyfriend.) Then, Frank’s car almost runs her off the road.
While leaving work, Lucy notices someone following her. Lucy talks to herself, says she is “done running,” and pulls the car over to confront the driver. Lucy shouts, “WHAT! YOU GOT A PROBLEM?!” as the driver speeds away.
The next day at the restaurant, Lucy is greeted with a dismembered mannequin and a note that reads, “You are in WAY over your head.” Megan tells her friend to go to the police, but Lucy doesn’t trust them because they didn’t help with Ayden.
Frank is at it again, following Lucy around. She isn’t standing for that and turns the tables on him. Cue a HIGH SPEED chase through a parking garage. (Haha, like FAST!)
Lucy goes MIA, leaving Megan and Greg alone to handle a packed night at the restaurant. Lucy follows Frank around town when he takes his dog for a walk. Then she peeps into his window as he is changing. Lucy then busts out the binoculars and sees him macking on a woman with glasses. Lucy is confused – How could glasses people find love?
Lucy looks up Frank and Emily Clayborne on social media. She is disturbed to see Emily raving about her husband and his greatness and learns Emily works at the town’s antique store. Lucy goes to the store and talks to Emily.
Emily shares that Frank’s family used to own Lucy’s restaurant, and Frank wants to repurchase it but has no money because he is a “dreamer.” Then, Emily invites Lucy to book club!
Megan worries that Lucy has gone too far after Emily ding dong ditches a dead fish on Frank’s doorstep and a note that reads, “I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!”
Then, Lucy joins Emily’s book club and infiltrates Frank’s house. They look at old photos of Frank with his grandfather outside the restaurant. They are having a blast when Frank comes home. Emily awkwardly introduces them, not knowing they have been in a “stalk off.” Lucy rushes off after Frank mentions that the new restaurant in town isn’t good.
That night, Lucy is convinced someone is watching her sleep and frantically closes the windows. She carries that stress with her to work and falls behind on dinner orders. She decides it is time to tell Emily the truth about Frank. Emily laughs in Lucy’s face, and Canadian apologizes. When she realizes Lucy is serious, she gets angry and kicks Lucy out of her store.
Emily has her doubts and goes through Franks’s phone, finds the pictures of Lucy, and leaves him.
Lucy talks with her dad and he reminds her that she was a brave kid who wore a superhero cape to scare away the monsters. She will need more than that to get rid of Frank.
Oh, lord! Frank is chasing Lucy again. This time, she is in jogging apparel, and he is in a full-ass winter coat. Lucy gets away and talks to a hot detective, who tells Lucy that Frank has already come to them claming she is stalking him. Lucy is annoyed that she is a suspect when Frank is stalking her!
Big-time food critic Taylor Abbott eats at the restaurant. Lucy is rattled when she sees Adyen, who is one of the diners in the restaurant. Lucy loudly confronts him, and he says someone invited him to the restaurant. The disturbance cause the food critics’ opinion to sour.
Lucy cries in a meat locker before going home and tapping cardboard all over her windows.
The following day, Adeyn is found stabbed to death. Hot Detective wants Lucy’s alibi, but she can’t provide one. Lucy reminds Hot Detective that Frank is stalking her. When the Hot Detective shows Lucy the murder weapon is a knife from her restaurant, she lawyers up.
It is about time for the best friend to die, so Frank attacks Megan at the restaurant. Megan survives and blames Lucy for the attempted murder.
Lucy calls her dad again and says she thinks she has taken things too far. Lucy goes on another jog, but this time, she plans to get revenge.
Lucy takes the cardboard off the windows and stands before the window, taunting Frank. We are back at the snowy car chase that kicked off the movie. Lucy baits him and leads Frank to her restaurant.
Frank continues to wear his parka and confesses that he has been framing Lucy for Adyen’s murder in an elaborate plan to get his grandfather’s restaurant back.
Lucy acts like she wants to partner up and run the restaurant together. When he doesn’t buy that approach, Lucy throws a saucepan at him, while running and hiding. She shouts to him that she has his confession on her security cameras.
Her next weapon of choice is some flour. It isn’t very effective.
Lucy lures Frank to the meat freezer and locks him in until Hot Detective arrives and arrests him.
Lucy re-opens her restaurant, and her first VIP customer is Emily. Emily takes a bite and acts like it is the best thing she has ever eaten. THE END!
Side Note/Stray Thoughts
I’ve seen this storyline a few times this year, and each time, I am rooting for the protagonist actually to be a stalker, but alas, it never happens.
I did like the lead actress in this one.
EVOO is a stupid restaurant name unless you are Rachel Ray.
Overall rating
Numbers of Kills: 🔪 (1 knife)
Enjoyment Level (1-5 scale)
🍷🍷🍷 (3 Glasses of Wine)
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I thought for sure that her friend was going to die. It’s been a while since they’ve done the best friend getting strangled trope.
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Love how this was filmed in St. Johns, Newfoundland. It’s not really a filming location you see a lot in these movies and great to compare what you see on screen to the actual spots.