Haute Cuisine

2012

91 mins

French comedy based on the story of Danièle Delpeuch (Catherine Frot), a modest provincial chef and restaurant-owner who in the... More

French comedy based on the story of Danièle Delpeuch (Catherine Frot), a modest provincial chef and restaurant-owner who in the late 1980s was summoned by President François Mitterrand (Jean d'Ormesson) to be his personal cook at his official residence, the Elysée Palace. Having developed a hankering for the traditional regional cuisine he knew in his youth, the President has decided that the chef is just the woman he needs to provide him with "the best of France."

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Haute Cuisine | Ratings & Reviews

69_%32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
56_%1,515 reviews
Audience score rating

"Lovers of gastro-porn and fine French dramedy will lap up this amiable tale which feels like a cross between the Child portion of Julie and Julia, Germany’s Mostly Martha and Conversations with My Gardener. Catherine Frot makes for a fine grand dame of cuisine (mushrooms a speciality), while her scenes with d'Ormesson’s President represent the film’s highlight as they swap Ratatouille-esque stories about their favourite childhood meals."

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Flicks

"An airy comedy-drama whose preparation, with its conspicuous lack of Hollywood-style conflict and catharsis, is particularly French."

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Variety

"Haute Cuisine is like a scrumptious slice of pastry - there's enough to stimulate the taste buds but not enough to satisfy the appetite."

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Urban Cinefile

"Offers all the ingredients for a great feast of enticing visions and thematic concerns, only to have them be prepared, plated, and served with the grace of Elmer Fudd."

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