La cocina

It’s the lunchtime rush at The Grill in Manhattan and money has gone missing from the till. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated and Pedro is the prime suspect. He’s a dreamer and a troublemaker, and in love with Julia, an American waitress who cannot commit to a relationship. Rashid, the owner, has promised to help Pedro with his papers to “become legal”. But a shocking revelation about Julia compels Pedro to spiral into an act that will stop one of the city’s busiest kitchens. La cocina is a tragic and comic tribute to the invisible people who keep our restaurants running, whilst chasing a perhaps unreachable version of the American dream.