Munch the movies: hosting a dinner party movie screening
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A warm welcome humans and rodents alike to our series DINNER AND A MOVIE, where we recreate recipes from the silver screen, so you can eat along with your favourite characters, as you host epic dinner party movie screenings. With tablescape ideas to set the scene, and timecodes for when to serve each course, you can create an immersive and cinematic culinary experience from the comfort of your very own home.
In this edition, we pull focus on Pixar's most delicious offering, RATATOUILLE! 🐀 Set against the stuffy backdrop of the Parisian Haute cuisine restaurant scene, this is the beautiful tail of a young rat and aspiring chef called Remy, who despite his species being considered a nuisance in the culinary world, overcomes a mountain of obstacles, and follows his dreams. Way to go, Little Chef.
Sure, Ratatouille is a love letter to food, but really it's a morality tale of the importance of talent, creativity, and determination, over expectation. It teaches that anyone can achieve greatness if they have the courage to follow their dreams ✨ As Remy's idol Gusteau says...
"You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul. What I say is true - anyone can cook... but only the fearless can be great"
We've pulled together our fave food moments from Ratatouille to put on this cinematic spread, and you can find all the recipes linked below, BUT if you haven't watched the episode yet, go give it a watch, and like, subscribe and show it a little amour.
Cast aside your Anton Ego, strap on an apron, chuck a rat under your hat, and let's get to it because remember...
... ANYONE CAN COOK! 🧑🍳 🐀
THE TABLE:
Using things we already had at hand, with a few little DIY moments, created a table-setting which embodied the theme, but didn't break the bank. Here's what we did...
We went for a red, white and blue theme for the table, in honour of the French flag 🇫🇷 White plates, on a red tablecloth, with blue napkins. Vive la France!
We printed a menu for each guest, made on the free version of Canva, and then printed on card, this is such a great and inexpensive way of having a nod to the theme, you're definitely going to see this from us again!
These gold stars are an ode to the sign for Gusteau's restaurant in Ratatouille. In the movie, we see 3 complete stars, and 2 additional stars which now sit empty, showing how the restaurant has declined since its namesakes passing. We found these star stickers, some full, and some outlines only, which we stuck all over the tablecloth, an easy an inexpensive detail that perfectly replicates those seen in the movie!
For this little DIY centrepiece, we cut a silhouette of Remy out of an old cereal box, and placed it in one of these paper chef's hats with a light behind it. This only works when viewed from straight on, so you may want to angle it towards your guests lol.
THE MENU
AMUSE-BOUCHE
We've substituted the lightening for a blow torch,
to bring to life Remy's infamous pairing of mushrooms and fancy
French cheese 🧀
MUSHROOM & TOMME DE CHEVRE
VOL-AU-VONT
Served at 5 mins & 40 secs
CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE
STARTER
Our interpretation of Linguini's disastrous soup,
which was saved by Remy in the nick of time!
NEAR DISASTER SOUP
Served at 20 mins & 34 secs
CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE
MAIN COURSE
Not only the most iconic food moment of the movie, but one of the most iconic food moments in all of cinema, this fancy twist on a homestyle French classic brings the perfect amount of nostalgia to the table.
CONFIT BIYALDI
(RATATOUILLE)
Served at 1 hour, 35 mins & 30 secs
CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE
DESSERT
In answer to Anton Ego's request for a ✨ surprise ✨ dessert,
we went for a simple but spectacular French dish...
CREME BRULEE
Served at 1 hour & 42 mins
CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE
