Lent: the sweet trailer for the new Apple series
Benjamin Voisin becomes Bonaparte’s pastry chef in this historic fresco by Martin Bourboulon.
He was not just the first chief who became a star. Marie-Antoine Lent was a character, seducer and committed, what Martin Bourboulon In the new Apple series. The director of the diptych The three musketeers Remains in the history of France to paint the beginning of the 19th century, post-revolutionary and while Bonaparte got their hands on power. Benjamin neighboralready in costumes in Lost illusions (César of best male hope), this time puts itself under the toque of the great pastry chef, pioneer of French gastronomy, in a sensual pop fresco, like the first trailer revealed by Apple.
The rest of the casting is impressive, with Jérémie Renier in Talleyrand and Lyna Khoudri (Constance in The three musketeers) in the casting.
“”Lent Tells the incredible story of Antonin Carême, the first chief in the world to know glory and to become, after modest beginnings in Paris, master of culinary art at the beginning of the 19th century “ details the synopsis. While he is carried by a single goal, to become the most famous chief in the world, his talent and his ambitions attract the attention of politicians as renowned as it is powerful who will make him a spy at the service of France. Determined to get out of his condition and fulfill his dream, Lent has the choice between taking revenge or having everything – women, money, glory – but at what price: love? His life? His soul? “
Inspired by the book “Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Lent – The First Celebrity Chef”, the series is written by English Ian Kelly and Italian Davide Serino.
The first two episodes of Lent will be available on Apple TV + on April 30, 2025, followed by an episode each week until Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Also in France on Canal +.
