Les Saveurs du Palais

On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, I went to see the movie Les Saveurs du Palais, featuring Catherine Frot and Arthur Dupont.

This movie is about Hortense Laborie, who is a celebrated chef living in the Perigord region.  She owns a farm where she grows her own vegetables and trains chefs in the art of home-styled French cuisine.

One day, she gets an invitation from the president of France to become his personal chef.  She accepts reluctantly, and is whisked off to the private kitchen.  However, things don't necessarily go the way she planned...

The way this movie is shot, the story of Hortense working as the President's personal chef is intertwined with her finishing a one-year assignment in a base in Antarctica.  There's also a bit of humour thrown in with an Australian film crew and news reporter trying to interview and find out more about her "previous life".

A nice heart-warming comedy.