Toscana

Brothers and sisters.

We are all gathered together today,

to say our last farewell to our dear, departed brother, Geo

and to pray for him to Our Lord.

Merciful God, I look to you,

praying you will forgive the sins of this humble servant today,

and you greet his soul in the highest of the Heaven.

With the glory of all your saints and of your blessed.

And may he rest

In the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

You shouldn't be sending this letter.

Look, I have to. It's my duty. You know?

He requested in his will and I have to do it.

I'm sorry.

This place will never be the same again.

DOVE IN NEST

Okay?

- Yes, chef. - Yes, chef.

Hopefully you've all learned from all of your mistakes.

It's an important night.

We have a potential investor.

He stands between us and our new restaurant.

Theo, let's talk for a minute.

Lai, blackberry, and beets

- Yes, chef. - Melanie, doves.

Yes, chef.

- Svend, redwood sorrel. - Got it.

Come on.

What's up?

Well, we got mail.

Are you sure we shouldn't reschedule with Zeuten?

- Why the hell should we do that? - Just asking.

It's important.

You know?

If this evening is a failure then our financing is back to nothing.

Tell us when he gets here.

You're looking good.

Dear Mr. Theo Dahl.

It is with great sadness that I inform you

that your father, George Dahl, has passed three weeks ago.

Your father leaves behind a rather large estate,

amongst it the Castello Ristonchi.

He appointed me as the executor of his estate.

Can I show you something?

Feel free to contact me. Yours truly, Pino Conti.

What is it?

I know that it wasn't on our list, but...

I made a panna cotta with rosemary.

How is it? Any good?

Are we chasing fads?

This is nothing.

Just do your mis en place, hmm.

Yes, chef.

Behind.

Yes, chef.

Okay, everybody. No room for any bull today. Okay?

Yes, chef.

- New sauce. Two new doves. - On it.

- Come on. - Yes, chef.

Where the hell is my food?

I can't wait all night, man.

Time's money, right?

- Yeah. - Got it?

- I got it. - Yeah?

- This here, this is Lila. - Hi, Theo.

Shit, man. Place is on fire.

We should discuss all this after dinner, shouldn't we?

Hey. Hey, you. How we doing?

Jonas Zeuten. And you are?

Melanie.

Melanie? Very cool. Hello, everyone.

What's up? Killing it?

Looking good.

The look out there, it is a beauty right now,

but you had a whole Bauhaus-thing going on before, didn't you?

Yeah. Golden Age.

It was very cool, very cool, but this is really just...

...next level.

Right?

Theo, look at me. Let's hammer this out.

Merle, she calls this place the wildest adventure.

And I want to be part of it.

You know?

- Well, it really all starts with the food. - That's right.

Right?

- Hey, big guy! Hi! - Lai. Hi.

Can you shut up and sample the food? You fucking ass!

- Sorry. - Do you wanna know something?

All of us are working to give you a fantastic meal tonight.

- And you come in here to impress your... - What's going on?

I think I... somehow offended Theo Dahl.

- No, but... - Yeah, yeah.

- Jonas. - Theo, it's fine. I get it.

- So long. Enjoy your work. - Yeah, I'm very sorry for that.

Fine. These doves are going to table two.

They left.

Hello! Are you gonna take these to table two?

- Theo. - Goddamn fucking shit!

Huh.

Have you called them?

No.

Go do it.

Why?

It says you're inheriting Ristonchi.

Yeah, I really don't care that I am.

Come have a seat

I had a talk with Merle.

I think you talk too much, Ma.

Hmm.

She said that you just turned totally ballistic.

I'm just stressed out.

Because of the new restaurant?

Yeah.

I wonder about this then.

Does this latest restaurant do anything for you

that the old one didn't do?

Look, Ma, this is just something totally new and...

This is my dream.

Make an escape that will just...

A restaurant that will totally change the way of appreciating meals.

- That'll make history. - Then that'll satisfy you?

You don't get it.

You are simply so...

- Simply so... - You're so satisfied with the ordinary.

Mm.

And you are exceptional.

But even exceptional people need to be happy too.

Yeah, I feel good.

You're so angry.

I think we should fix that thing.

Theo.

Okay. I can fix it for you next week.

And we can talk more then.

I love you.

I love you too.

Are the rest around?

I let them go. They don't clean up after me.

Okay.

I heard you're being stupid.

You know that land, villa, or castle your mom says you just inherited.

I really don't care.

Zeuten's out.

We lost nine million euro.

A lot.

And, yeah, that castle isn't worth anything more than five or seven hundred.

But that's enough money to get it started.

It gives time to look for more funds or to cut back on the restaurant.

It's only one or two days,

you get set up with a lawyer and a real estate agent,

and then you have control of your future.

Merle, I really can't be bothered.

No.

Not for yourself. For your crew.

I thought you said they don't clean up after you.

LAWYER

CONTI, LAWYER

Shit. Okay...

Good morning, you have reached Pino Conti.

I cannot take your call now. Please try again later, thanks.

RISTONCHI PARKING RISTONCHI CASTLE

- Whatever you recommend. - Good. Okay. Perfecto.

But water from the bottle, please.

And no one's helping as usual.

No, ah, no, no. What are you doing?

- You said water. - Yeah, from the bottle.

- This is a bottle. What do you think? - But then you pour into the ice cubes...

So?

Then whatever shit water the ice cube is made from is mixed with the bottled water

- Are you kidding me! - Are you kidding me?

- I don't understand... - You get sick from this.

Crazy. God, he's convinced that I'm poisoning him.

- Listen, I know what we should do. - Please relax, Sophia.

No problem. We'll solve this right now.

- There you go. - Oh. That's very nice.

A bottle of water. Just for you.

Wow.

I'm terribly sorry, sir.

- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.

Here you go.

Buon appetito.

Okay, any decisions made?

How about an entree? You wanna start there?

Wonderful.

I'll get you bruschettas, cheese, a couple cold cuts...

Then I suggest some wine too. Okay?

Okay.

Sounds perfect.

Enjoy.

- Ah, fantastic. - Thank you.

- It's good, huh? - Mm.

Excuse me, is Pino Conte here?

- What do you want with him? - Nothing. Private matter.

Well, he's not here. His office is in town.

Okay, can I have the cheque then, please?

Finally, he's leaving.

It's about time...

Get this over with. Okay.

You're Theo Dahl.

Yes.