Bradley Cooper gets back to foodie roots in new film

Bradley Cooper loved getting back to his roots in the kitchen for a new chef role in the film Burnt. Photo / Getty

Hollywood heartthrob Bradley Cooper loved getting creative in the kitchen for his new film.

The Oscar-nominated actor shed blood and sweat to play a troubled executive chef, who leaves Paris to make a name for himself in London in the film Burnt.

It took the star back to his roots, working in food outlets as a teen.

"I love food - I worked in kitchens growing up. I was a prep cook but never anything like this," Cooper said.

"I love peeking behind the curtain of what restaurants are like at this level, two-star going to three. It really is quite a love event. Being able to attend a service at Gordon Ramsay's Hospital Road or watch Marcus Wareing's brigade is incredible."

"We are actually doing the cooking in the movie for better and for worse and cutting ourselves quite a bit."

The American Sniper actor, 40, and his co-stars including Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl and Omar Sy were given culinary advice by chefs Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing, the latter of whom was a consultant for the film.

Bradley Cooper plays a chef in new role Burnt and loved learning from chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing.

Cooper also did a stint flipping burgers in one of Burger King's West End branches to prepare for the role.

Miller said getting the opportunity to receive training from Wareing was a dream come true.

"Marcus is one of the greatest chefs in the world and I love to cook," she said.

"To be able to have that training by him was just the kind of thing you dream about and I had to do it for work. I was forced to! But I would do that in my spare time it was great."

The 33-year-old actress did however admit being in kitchens constantly was not an easy task.

"It's exhausting with the focus it required. You can't drop the ball for a second because you've got 100 degrees going so you would hurt yourself so it was tiring. But we understood the intensity of the environment so we loved it," she said.

Burnt, directed by John Wells and written by Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight, is in New Zealand cinemas now.

- AP