Carême: Season 1

TV-MA

2025

Created by Ian Kelly, Davide Serino
Recommended
95%
85%
8 episodes
Drama
True Story & Biography
Apple Original

The story of the world's first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême, who rose from humble beginnings in Paris to the height... More

The story of the world's first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême, 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.

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Where to watch Carême: Season 1

Carême: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand... More now on Apple TV+ and Apple TV+ on Prime.

Carême: Season 1 episodes

The Infernal Machine

Carême declines a coveted cooking job, putting a target on... More his back and endangering his father. Talleyrand offers to help, for a price.

Blackmail

An attempted bombing of Napoleon's carriage goes under investigation. Carême... More and Talleyrand devise a plan to save divorce from being outlawed.

A Recipe for a Disaster

Protests rage across the streets of Paris. To stop the... More violence, Talleyrand sends Carême to confront a revolutionary who may be fanning the flames.

Buy the Crown!

France's fate hinges on a dinner with the rightful king,... More Louis XVIII. Carême must improvise in a foreign kitchen. Henriette's secrets come to light.

The Contest

Talleyrand hosts France's ultimate culinary competition. Carême's revenge plot is... More set in motion as the tables are turned on Fouché.

Trompe l'oeil

With the bombing's top suspect imprisoned, Carême tries sending him... More a hidden message—using only food.

Confession

The Pope's arrival and a perilous childbirth upend Hôtel de... More Galliffet. Carême grapples with his faith after discovering who Talleyrand really is.

The Coronation

As alliances are redrawn, Carême prepares his most daring meal... More yet in a massive feast for Emperor Napoleon.

Carême: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

A Gallic The Bear

A mad delight, a Gallic The Bear, if they traded its bickering “cousins” and Italian beef sandwiches for blackmail, orgies, Empire waist dresses with a militant attitude towards cleavage, and endless vol-au-vents. Full article

Clarisse Loughrey

95_%19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
85_%10 reviews
Audience score rating

"Favoring lusty fun over weighty realism..."

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Boston Globe

"Freed from the shackles of accuracy, the show is instead able to indulge in being spry and fun..."

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The New York Times

"It's always enjoyable when period dramas undo their top buttons and hitch up their hemlines."

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The Guardian

"Makes for a transportive experience. In that sense, at least, it’s akin to a great meal."

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Variety

"Bridgerton gets into bed with Bake-Off."

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Daily Telegraph

"...this biographical series about [Marie-Antoine Carême's] ascent is such an enjoyable and resplendent adventure that it’s worth suspending your disbelief."

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