This enjoyable documentary film (which I believe aired on SBS at some point) follows three chefs in their preparations for the competition to confer the status of Meilleur Ouvrier de France ("Best Craftsman in France"). It reminded me in parts of the hugely entertaining "The Kings Of Kong" -- there is the same fanatical dedication, and the same feeling of taking something way past a healthy stage (e.g. when you see a grown man in tears because his giant spun-sugar flower arrangement has come crashing down). Still, you can't help but admire the unadulterated pursuit of excellence in any field, and you genuinely feel sorry for those who don't make it at the end. But you feel more sorry for their wives, who will have to pick up the shattered pieces of their husband's egos, dreams... and sugar sculptures.
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