“OBSESSED” is a film series about the mind of a culinary master and what makes it tick.

I have a passion for food and drink. It’s experiential. It communicates. It inspires. It transports. It’s an adventure. To quote the great Anthony Bourdain, “Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's inseparable from those from the get-go.”

Those who dedicate their lives to the culinary discipline inspire me. Why do they do it? What drives them to create? What pushes them to evolve? Are they obsessed?

In this film series, I ask some of my favorite culinary masters this question.

Ted Kilgore is a James Beard nominated mixologist and owner of Planter's House in St. Louis, MO.

P+S Technik KOWA 2x Anamorphic Lenses
Red Helium

director BRIAN CUMMINGS
producer AMANDA BJÖRNSON
dp AUSTIN McCARDIE
gaffer CURTIS McCARDIE
sound engineer PHILLIP McCARDIE

editor & colorist RYAN BURY
original music & sound design MIKE RADENTZ
post production coordinator RACHAEL ROBERTS
post production ANTIDOTE STUDIO

Spot for Black Arrow Exchange Co., a purveyor in quality antiques and vintage items that focus on craftsmanship, rarity and made in the United States of American (USA).
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Side Project Skateboards is a brand of vintage-inspired, handmade skateboards launched by Jake Eshelman—a designer, woodworker and multi-disciplinarian who handles virtually every aspect of the brand from product design to packaging.

*Official BFFF (Berlin Fashion Film Festival) 2016
Mercedes Benz Bokeh Fashion Film Festival 2017