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STAGE: THE CULINARY INTERNSHIP

Directed by Abby Ainsworth

Stage (verb; pronounced: stazhje) is a French term for an unpaid position where a cook works in a restaurant to learn the techniques and styles of a certain chef, restaurant or region.

If someone asked you to work for free, what would you say? For thousands of aspiring chefs, it’s a no brainer. The opportunity to stage at a Michelin starred restaurant is not only a privilege but a compulsion.

STAGE follows a group of young chefs as they navigate their way through a nine month contract at one of the best Michelin-starred kitchens in the world, Mugaritz under world renowned Chef Andoni Luis Aduriz. It has been one of the best restaurants since 2006 according to Restaurant Magazine and has been recently been ranked fourth best in the world.

The film reveals themes of passion, vulnerability and overcoming all obstacles. It explores the reason why these candidates leave it all behind to pursue a financially taxing, overwhelmingly difficult and incredibly risky position. It’s a candid look into the inner workings of the restaurant industry and what it takes to climb to the top of the Michelin chef hierarchy. It’s also shows what goes into the creation and maintaining of a premium restaurant.

Stage: The Culinary Internship eats, sleeps, and breathes with the stagiaires, living through their conflicts, both inner and outer: being unpaid, being away from home, speaking a different language and working brutally long hours. At every turn the unspoken — and sometimes very loudly spoken question — who can handle the heat?

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"Stage in Milwaukee Mag" In The Press
Milwaukee Mag: Q&A With the Director of “Stage: The Culinary Internship”MORE +
Milwaukee Mag: Stage: The Culinary Internship "a worthwhile and interesting look into a truly one-of-a-kind place."MORE +
On Milwaukee: Check out "Stage: The Culinary Internship," a look inside a real pressure cooker of a culinary experience, with 30 interns taking on a nine-month apprenticeship in one of the world's most popular molecular gastronomy restaurants.MORE +
Milwaukee Mag: Stage: The Culinary Internship is the #1 Pick for This Year’s Milwaukee Film FestivalMORE +
Realscreen: Stage listed as MIPCOM Picks 2020MORE +
Women in Hollywood: Stage: The Culinary Internship | FILMS MADE BY WOMEN CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON STREAMING/VODMORE +
POV Magazine: ‘Stage’ Offers Tasty Morsels for Foodie Film BuffsMORE +
WestWorld: Find out whether you'd be able to take the heat at Mugaritz, one of the world's most renowned restaurants, in the documentary Stage: The Culinary Internship. The film, currently available for streaming through Denver Film's Culinary Cinema programMORE +
Film Threat: Stage: A Culinary Internship is going to “wow” anyone who loves food documentaries.MORE +
Unseen Films: If you are a foodie or a food porn addict STAGE is a must.MORE +
Indiewire: Available via Virtual Cinema “Stage: The Culinary Internship” (directed by Abby Ainsworth) Distributor: Cargo FilmMORE +
Shockya: "In this brief documentary writer-director Abby Ainsworth gives her movie audience a look at what goes on in the kitchen of one of the world’s top fifty restaurants, as chef interns with an average age of twenty-four come together to learn technique, of course, but more importantly to put their very souls into the preparation of food."MORE +
Couch Potato Cook: Have you ever dreamed of going behind the scenes of one of the world’s most renowned restaurants? Stage: The Culinary Internship, a new documentary premiering today, lets you do just that.MORE +
Film Festival Today: Stage never loses sight of the passion and the reasons why chefs do what they do under the conditions they do it in.MORE +
Variety: A bustling, absorbing doc...Abby Ainsworth's handsome, diverting documentary presents it as a self-styled ivory tower...MORE +
The Hollywood Reporter: Abby Ainsworth's debut doc looks at a top-tier restaurant's take on the tradition of unpaid kitchen apprenticeships.MORE +
Disappointment Media: STAGE: THE CULINARY INTERNSHIP -- A Fascinating Documentary about Experimental CuisineMORE +
Do Savannah: "When Montage Cinemas features “Stage: The Culinary Internship,” they will be partnering up with a local restaurant for a dinner-and-a-movie package where ticket purchasers can pick up a full meal from the restaurant to enjoy with their screening."MORE +
Big Apple Reviews: In this brief documentary writer-director Abby Ainsworth gives her movie audience a look at what goes on in the kitchen of one of the world’s top fifty restaurants, as chef interns with an average age of twenty-four come together to learn technique, of course, but more importantly to put their very souls into the preparation of food.MORE +
SingleThread: Join us on Friday, May 29th for a Special Dinner and a Movie Night "STAGE: The Culinary Internship" follows a group of aspiring chefs during a nine-month apprenticeship at one of the best restaurants in the world: MugaritzMORE +
Deadline: STAGE: The Culinary Internship at Palm Springs Film FestivalMORE +

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