EXCLUSIVE: Fatima Ali, a favorite of Top Chef viewers who died of bone cancer in 2019, is among a handful of subjects of documentary Her Name is Chef.Virgil Films & Entertainment will premiere the film in virtual cinemas March 26 before a digital HD release on April 27 and a DVD rollout on May 11.The film examines gender equality in the restaurant business through interviews conducted by Leia Gaccione, herself a chef.
Along with Ali, the film features Elizabeth Falkner, Hillary Sterling, Esther Choi, Juliet Masters and Caroline Schiff. Instead of the more straightforward look at female chefs initially planned, Her Name is Chef took on a different shape in light of Ali’s illness and death.
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