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John Leguizamo, Sofía Vergara, Jon Favreau, and Emjay Anthony in Chef (2014)

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Chef

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Continuity

When Percy creates Carl's Twitter account they settle on the name @ChefCarlCasper. Yet Carl's very first tweet, which he thought was a private message to Ramsey Michel, was shown to have been posted by @CasperCarl. For the remainder of the movie his Tweets correctly identified him as @ChefCarlCasper.
When on Miami Beach with Russel Peters, there is an actor in the far back of the crowd wearing all black and aviator sunglasses.He pops in and out between cuts, and finally ends up right next to Carl as the third person in the picture being taken. He is foreign actor Safi, who was making a subtle cameo as a friend of the production.
When first leaving Florida in the food van, driving down the highway, the gear selector remains in "park" position.
At about 32 minutes in, Chef is talking to the Scarlett Johansson character and the star tattoos on her shoulders are no longer there.
When Inez is talking with her father in the restaurant, the position of her hands changes between shots. In the reverse shot, she has her hands spread over the table, before cutting to her with her arms folded.

Revealing mistakes

Buena Vista, the wine Riva (Dustin Hoffman) serves to Ramsey Michel (Oliver Platt) is not from the Napa Valley. It is from the Sonoma Valley, where the superior wines grow.
Just after Carl has purchased and installed the cooking equipment on the food truck, they start cooking on the new grill (i.e. the first time it has ever been cooked on), but the grill has obviously been used many times over. You can tell this several times during this scene, but it is most obvious at [01:10:40].

In fact, in the supply store, the grill they look at also looks used [01:04:31], for which a store of this caliber would not have as a display model on the floor.

Miscellaneous

Percy never wears a head covering (hair net, hat or kerchief) while working on the food truck nor does his mom when she's on the truck near the end of the movie.

Audio/visual unsynchronised

During the wedding reception, Inez's father's band is playing. During the first few seconds of the scene, you can clearly see and hear him singing the lead. But, during the next few seconds, his voice is heard but his mouth is not moving.

Errors in geography

When they are loading the equipment onto the truck at the beginning of the movie, ostensibly in Miami, mountains are visible in the background.
When leaving Austin to continue their journey, the truck is shown heading south on Capital of Texas highway, crossing the Pennybacker bridge that spans Lake Austin. However, since they were in downtown Austin and headed for California, there's no rational reason they would use that bridge and certainly no reason they would be driving south across it.
They went to buy the stove and other things in Charlie's Fixtures inc. This company is in LA not Miami.
The windmills at the end are in Palm Springs, after entering California, not before.
After being on the 10 freeway all the way from Florida, New Orleans, past Austin and on to Los Angeles, they are seen entering California outside of Laughlin Nevada.

Plot holes

The critic is displeased with what Carl serves him and returns later when Carl challenges him. However, he eats the same food. Restaurants don't serve just the same things. They have a menu of choices and the critic could have easily ordered something different, so it makes no sense when he looks upset at the food again.

Character error

Percy says he edits a single 1 second video clip from each day to form a video montage. When his dad, Carl, watches the video later, there are clearly multiple clips from the same day, most noticeable with the New Orleans clips. There are several single seconds of them in New Orleans, but appear to be from the same day.
When Percy sets up a Twitter account for Carl, the two of them decide on a handle (screen name) for him, but no password is mentioned. One cannot use an account for any electronic service without first establishing a password.
Percy adds a simply unreasonable amount of butter to a sandwich. Though it is entirely possible that this is by request, a real chef would intervene on behalf of their customer's mental health.

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