Les Saveurs du Palais

Haute Cuisine is a 2012 French comedy-drama film based on the true story of Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand. The original French title is Les Saveurs du Palais. Plot Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot), a renowned chef from Périgord, is astonished when the President of the Republic (Jean d'Ormesson) appoints her his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Élysée Palace. Despite jealous resentment from the other kitchen staff, Hortense quickly establishes herself, thanks to her indomitable spirit. The authenticity of her cooking soon seduces the President, but the corridors of power are littered with traps... The story is framed by Laborie's later role cooking at a French Antarctic research station. Cast Catherine Frot as Hortense Laborie Arthur Dupont as Nicolas Bauvois Jean d'Ormesson as The Président Hippolyte Girardot as David Azoulay Jean-Marc Roulot as Jean-Marc Luchet Brice Fournier as Pascal Le Piq Arly Jover as Mary Joe Sheridan as John Laurent Poitrenaux as Jean-Michel Salomé Hervé Pierre as Perrières Manuel Le Lièvre as Loïc Steve Tran as Grégory Thomas Chabrol as The prefect of the Chief Production Parts of the movie were actually filmed at the Élysée Palace, in a three-day shooting window where filming was only allowed when then President Nicolas Sarkozy was not at the palace.