“Haute Cuisine” has no grand conflict or important ... which is all we ask of a food movie. (That, and lines like “Concentrate on your crumble!,” as Madame Laborie admonishes a young ...

Catherine Frot shines in Christian Vincent's film for foodies in which haute cuisine meets politics in Paris and spartan life in the wastes of Antarctica By Bernard Besserglik Warning: this film ...

The unnamed president in “Haute Cuisine,” an ode to traditional French ... Francois Mitterrand’s chef for two years of his presidency, the movie intercuts between Hortense’s palace stint ...

Loosely based on the true-life experiences of presidential servant Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, Haute Cuisine follows Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot), a masterful but obscure cook from the bucolic ...

A succulent account of the life of French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) who made the simple act of cooking food a true art by creating the modern concept of haute cuisine, and who also became ...

(For more about the movie, see page 65.) The chef, who is engaged to actress-producer Maria Bello, helped train the talent on the ins and outs of working in a fine dining environment, from how to ...

Haute Cuisine is an appealing film, with loads of French charm and a commanding performance from Catherine Frot, who carries it all with aplomb.