Tasty | Gardute: Baltic Film Festival 2025

This lively culinary comedy mixes cheesy TV drama, witty satire, friendship melodrama and lively folk songs. Best friends Ona and Saule work as chefs in a small canteen in Kaunas, called Tasty. Always going out of their way to please their customers, one day, Saule signs them up for a televised cooking contest by creating fake restaurant profiles, and they miraculously get in. The prize? The winner will receive their very own restaurant. Turning up to the show, the unlikely pair are the clear underdogs, struggling to compete with their idol, chef Madame Brukne – and they are not sure how to handle even the simplest requests like cooking “operatives” (aka aperitifs). Despite this, their simple but pitch-perfect dishes get them noticed and stand out from the crowd, and they successfully get through the first rounds supported by adoring fans – that is, until Ona falls for charismatic French judge Emanuel. 

Šioje nuotaikingoje kulinarineje komedijoje susipina šmaikšti televizijos drama, satyra, draugystes melodrama ir nuotaikingos liaudies dainos. Geriausios drauges Ona ir Saule dirba virejomis nedideleje Kauno valgykloje „Gardute“. Visada stengdamosi itikti klientams, viena diena Saule, sukurusi netikrus restoranu profilius, u?registruoja jas i televizijos rengiama maisto gaminimo konkursa, i kuri jos per stebukla patenka. Prizas? Nugaletojas gaus nuosava restorana. Televizijos konkurse neitiketina pora yra akivaizdi autsaidere, kuriai sunku konkuruoti su savo dievaite - virtuves šefe Brukne, nes dalyves ne?ino, kaip ivykdyti net paprasciausius u?sakymus, pavyzd?iui, paruošti „operatyva“ (dar vadinama aperityvu). Nepaisant to, ju paprasti, bet puikus patiekalai išskiria iš minios, ir jos sekmingai iveikia pirmuosius turus, palaikomos gerbeju, kol galu gale Ona isimyli charizmatiškaji teiseja prancuza Emanueli. 

"The screenplay feels especially workshopped and pored over, with each scene providing a particular beat or shading in another character’s motivation or pulling back the rug to provide us with another twist or comic moment.” Redmond Bacon 'Journey Into Cinema’

There will be a reception at 17:30 prior to the screening.