PROJECT: An Original Drama Story
TITLE SUGGESTIONS:
~ The Silent Partner
~ The Bitter Course
FORMAT: 2-Part Serial (Approx. 2,000 words per chapter)
AUTHOR: Open to all
GENRE: Workplace Drama / Psychological Warfare
A prestigious restaurant has just won its third Michelin star. The charismatic head chef takes all the glory but the true genius behind the menu is a deaf sous-chef who works brutally long hours in the shadow of his boss.
The story explores ambition, exploitation and the theft of creative genius. When a renowned food critic secretly discovers the truth the head chef begins a campaign of psychological warfare to force the sous-chef out of the industry entirely.
The sous-chef thought he was building a culinary legacy but he realises his talent has built a golden cage he cannot escape.
Think Whiplash set in a high-end commercial kitchen.
• Visceral, loud and suffocating. The tension is in the physical environment: the roar of the gas burners, the aggressive chopping of a knife and the terrifying silence of the sous-chef’s perspective.
• The sous-chef must be shown as a brilliant but incredibly vulnerable artist fighting against a narcissistic manipulator.
If this concept appeals to you and you’d like to undertake the project, please feel free to talk your ideas and proposal through with our Editor James >>
Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
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