The Pitch for the screenplay "A Guide to Fine Dining," by Slim Fairview

1. Query: A Guide to Fine Dining
By Slim Fairview
By Bob Asken
Screenplay: Comedy/Caper
THE PITCH:
The great and wonderful Chef Aurique wants to open his own restaurant and he has a plan. He
will pretend to open his own restaurant where he will launch a new and exciting cuisine hoping
to attract the attention of Monsieur Patronat, owner of Chez Palace,, assuming Mons. Patronat
will hire him as a chef, thus attracting backers for him to open his own restaurant. He faces only
two small obstacles. He has no money, and, he can’t actually cook.
However, Aurie, as his girlfriend calls him, does have two friends: Rammy, who owns the hole
in the wall Schnitzel Haus in the village, and Ali, who has no visible means of support but does
have a sunny and optimistic disposition, to help him.
Through a series of various and temporary Chef jobs which he loses for various reason—one
being that he overcooked the Sushi at a Sushi Restaurant—and a few scams, which include
posing as a Health Inspector, a Waiter, and a Gourmand, he nearly achieves his dream.
Now, if you have “The Boys” you must have, “The Girls”.
Patty, Aurie’s girlfriend, loves Aurie the way Daisy loves Onslow.
Ali’s girlfriend, Gia, is a Wall Street financial consultant.
Lesje, Rammy’s girlfriend, is a lawyer.
Aside from Patty, the girls wonder if their boyfriends will ever grown up.

2. At the end, the girls bail the boys out, and make them repay the victims of their well intentioned
but misguided efforts. Except for a few dollars that Aurique had concealed in a hidden
compartment of his briefcase: just enough to finance his next venture.
But can he pull it off? Can he! Aurique grabs a large sketch pad and a marker, and with a few
bold strokes, reveals the sketch for the sign for his new enterprise.
Chez D’Aurique
Maison de Pouvant être Façonné
Except for a few outside shots, most of the scenes take place in an apartment, an upscale
restaurant, or the kitchen of a restaurant. This, to keep the set costs down.
The final scene is intended to segue into the sequel A Guide to High Fashion—easily timed to
coincide with Fashion Week. This leaves only the third in the trilogy: A Guide to High Finance.
By that time, the US economy should have recovered enough to make Finance a hot topic.
Regards,
Slim
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