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A Foodie Film Giveaway – Haute Cuisine

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As a foodie, I love all things food related. I love cooking, baking, eating. I also love watching foodie films. The story line can be about anything just as long as the main feature or character is food.

I was fortunate enough to attend the media preview of Haute Cuisine (French title: Les Saveurs du Palais) at Cinema Nova in Carlton. Haute Cusine is a delicious drama with a generous pinch of comedy, based on the extraordinary true story of President Francois Mitterand’s private cook, Daniele Delpeuch.

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Hortense Laborie, a renowned chef from the Perigord, is astonished when the President of the Republic appoints her his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Elysee 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.

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It’s filmed on location at the Elysee Palace, in regional France and Antartica and full of mouth watering dishes and incredible foodie imagery.

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Haute Cuisine opens at selected cinemas nationally on April 25th.

You too, can watch this delicious movie. I am giving away 5 double passes to the movie. All you need to do is leave a comment telling me which Foodie movie you love the best. The passes can be used at any participating cinemas across Australia so only Australian residents can enter.

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Competition closes April 23, so get on it!

Hubby and I attended the media preview of Haute Cuisine thanks to TM Publicity.  The double passes and images are courtesy of  TM Publicity.

Bon Appetite,

Cherrie

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My Week In Pictures: Jamie and James

This week is all about Jamie and James. The whole week Hubby and I have been cooking dinner from Jamie Oliver’s 30 minutes cookbook. We’ve been getting inspriation from also watching his series that accompanies the book. It’s a great book to get dinner ideas from as there are serveral dishes to complete one meal.

Roast beef with mini yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and braised zucchini.
Piri piri Chicken, dressed potato and Portuguese custard tarts.
We also cooked a pasta dish with sausage and salad. Somehow, I forgot to take a photo of it. Hubby made the frangipani tart. It was sooo good and easy to make that he made it again a couple days later.
We made the rogan josh curry, carrot salad, lemon pickle and yoghurt dip.
Definitely the highlight of the week was a tweet from Jamie Oliver himself. He commented on Hubby’s great effort on the frangipani tarts he made.
On Sunday January15th it was Hubby’s birthday. I surprised him with a delicious cake from Luxbite. It was the stoned Meringue Monster. A cake he called “Best cake of the year” last year. I think it’s still the best cake he’s tasted. Thanks guys at Luxbite.

Bon appetite,
Cherrie