Portland chef Gabriel Rucker dishes on his role as a food consultant on the acclaimed indie film.
“I thought someone was f—ing with us, to be honest.”
If you were overly pretentious, you would get laughed out of town."
Nicolas Cage serves pan-roasted squab in ‘Pig’.Courtesy Neon
“As cooks, as chefs, that’s something that we always enjoy eating and cooking.
And also, it’s [set in] Oregon, and we’re known for our mushrooms here.
But he’s a very, very respectful person.
Gabriel Rucker (right) helps Nicolas Cage prepare for ‘Pig’.Courtesy Le Pigeon
He was like, ‘I looked into you, it seems like you’re a very respected chef.
This is great.’
And he listened to what I said, he asked questions, and he was very engaged.”
Nicolas Cage and Gabriel Rucker on the set of ‘Pig’.Courtesy Le Pigeon
“But you don’t go into that being like, ‘This dish is my pride and joy.’
The number one thing is, it’s gotta look good.
The chef remains proud of the end result “Nic looked good on screen!”
Chef Gabriel Rucker and Nicolas Cage.David Reamer
But I do think that they did the city proud, and that makes me happy.”
It was the greatest thing for him."
Then in February, beforePigwas released, Reamer wasdiagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer and died.
I couldn’t be happier."
