While trying to keep his struggling business afloat, a chef goes on a dating app in search of Zelda, his crush from his chatroom days as a teenager. For each Zelda he meets, he makes a tailor-made meal to fit their story. Putting a spotlight on the city’s struggling restaurant sector, indie filmmaker Amos WHY and his co-director Frankie Chung’s unconventional and bittersweet road movie follows a rootless man who turns to his memories to avoid confronting his unknown future. Is it better to drift with uncertainty, or to stay in your comfort zone whilst tethered to a sinking ship?
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Cast
11 people
Lo Chun-yip
Hark Lam
Known for
Time Still Turns the Pages
Renci Yeung
Known for
A Guilty Conscience
The Goldfinger
Rachel Leung
Known for
The Last Dance
Time Still Turns the Pages
Crystal Cheung Man-Ka
Single Mother
Also in
Storm Rider: Clash of the Evils
The Season of Fate
Kearen Pang
Also in
In Geek We Trust
Crisis Negotiators
Wong Yat-Ho
Also in
The Gutter
In Geek We Trust
Gloria Yip Wan-yee
Known for
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Chan Lok Tim
Gladys Yuen
Monkee
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O Sing-Pui
Taxi Driver
Also in
King of Chess
Working Class
Adam Wong
Also in
Haters Gonna Stay
Our Time Will Come
Amos Why Director · Frankie Wang-Kit Chung Director Kong Yu-sing Writer
United States release July 16, 2026 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, Taiwan · Production Golden Scene
Production
Dot 2 Dot Production Limited
Production
Golden Scene
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · Taiwan
Produced in
Dating Omakase
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Languages
Original title
廚師發辦
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · April 8, 2026
Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
United States · July 16, 2026
Premiere · New York Asian Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China · August 1, 2026
Limited theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 21, 2026 · Theatrical
Indonesia
October 22, 2026 · Premiere · Jakarta Film Week
Taiwan
October 11, 2026 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival
November 7, 2026 · Limited theatrical
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