Overview
- Carême premiered on April 30, 2025, with the first two episodes now streaming on Apple TV+, and new episodes releasing weekly through June 11, 2025.
- The series stars Benjamin Voisin as Antonin Carême, alongside Jérémie Renier as Talleyrand and Lyna Khoudri as Henriette, with a focus on food, espionage, and sensuality.
- Voisin and Alice Da Luz underwent two months of rigorous culinary training at Paris's Ferrandi School to authentically portray the high-pressure kitchen environment.
- Critics highlight the show's lavish production design, inventive culinary creations, and its intertwining of historical drama with steamy romance and political intrigue.
- Carême is based on Ian Kelly's biography and dramatizes the chef's innovations in haute cuisine, his role as a spy, and his rise to fame in Napoleonic Europe.