This is a true story about Nigel Slater who rose to fame with cuisine expertise as a Chef and well-known Commentator on Television especially the BBC. Nigel Slater's rise to fame was marked by tragedy in his youth as a boy, teenager and young adult. The boy star - Oscar Kennedy - was a display of precocious Genius who portrayed a lonely boy who lost his Mother to illness and clung to his Father in despair. However, his Father portrayed by Tim Stott was a successful professional and re-married. Helena Bonham Carter played the part of the Step-Mother in superb fashionwho Nigel could never bond with. Then the next prodigy of the young Actors, Freddie Highmore, portrayed Nigel as a Teenager. Young Nigel in High School excelled in Home Economics as a Chef apprentice - and even had part-time jobs in nearby local residents. He had a very positive friendship with one of the chefs, whom he turned to in grief when his Father died suddenly. There is one scene where Nigel the grieving Teenager had a session of kissing his friend the chef and begged not to be left alone. But his friend, the Chef is married and sent Nigel off to the prestigious Savoy Hotel with a reference to be apprenticed. Nigel goes home, packs his suitcase and leaves his Step-Mother - Mrs. Potter - never to be seen again. He is accepted as an apprentice chef and Nigel's career began and succeeded due to his merits of character, young lad maturity and self-earned accomplishments. The young boy actor, Oscar Kennedy and the young lad actor Freddie Highmore are exemplars of true genius in acting out their roles in the film. I found this film a real asset to show to a young boy who lost a parent and he could carry on with life. Furthermore, the most accomplished persons worthy of fame and success are those who earned it by their own merits, abilities, character and accomplishments. No one has to be born into economic and social privilege with the right last name. This DVD has real value in my collection. This biographical DVD of Nigel Slater should be an inspiration to all who learn tragedy can visit any age of a person but can be overcome.