Apple TV+ Unveils French-Language Drama Carême

Today, Apple TV+ shared a first look at Carême, the upcoming French-language drama starring César Award winner Benjamin Voisin (Lost Illusions, Summer of 85), César Award nominee Jérémie Renier (My Way, Saint Laurent), César Award winner Lyna Khoudri (Papicha, November) and Alice Da Luz (Hanami, And the Party Goes On).

The series is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Martin Bourboulon (Les Trois Mousquetaires: D’Artagnan, Eiffel). Carême will make its global debut on Apple TV+ on April 30, 2025, with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly every Wednesday through June 11, 2025.

Apple TV+ Unveils French-Language Drama Carême

Carême follows the thrilling story of the world’s first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême (Voisin), who rose from humble beginnings in Paris to the height of culinary stardom in Napoleon’s Europe.

While he dreams only of becoming the most famous chef in the world, his talent and ambitions attract the attention of renowned and powerful politicians who use him as a spy for France.

Apple TV+ Unveils French-Language Drama Carême

Determined to escape poverty and fulfill his dream, Carême can choose revenge, or he can have it all — women, wealth, fame — but at what cost? His love? His soul? His life?

Inspired by the book Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Carême, the First Celebrity Chef by multi-award-winning historian and actor Ian Kelly (The King’s Man), Carême is created by Kelly and Davide Serino (The Bad Guy, M. Son of the Century, Esterno notte).

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Carême is executive produced by Vanessa van Zuylen with VVZ Production and Dominique Farrugia with Banijay’s Shine Fiction for Apple TV+. The series was shot on location in and around Paris.

The series is the latest in French Apple TV+ programming, which also includes La Maison, where high fashion meets high drama in a behind-the-curtain look at an iconic French haute couture house, starring Lambert Wilson and Carole Bouquet.

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The French programming includes Liaison, a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green.

There’s also the recently renewed multilingual French-Japanese drama Drops of God, inspired by the bestselling manga from award winners Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto, starring Fleur Geffrier and Tomohisa Yamashita; and newly announced thriller A l’ombre des forêts, starring Benoît Magimel and Mélanie Laurent.

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