And “The Wing or the Thigh” does it very well. The spectators laughed a lot when they saw pimples appear on the face of Louis de Funès, forced to swallow industrial food. They also savored the anthology sequence where he identifies a Saint-Julien 1953, uttered a disapproving “aaah” when seeing Coluche put an effervescent tablet in a glass of Romanée-Conti, sought to recognize Gérard Lanvin or Marie-Anne Chazel in their very debut on screen, but in the end, what they saw was a plea for creative cuisine against junk food. Still relevant in 2026.
And particularly during the tastings which followed the screening, during which the three chefs had a great time. A square egg referred to those seen in the Tricatel factory. Her squid ink mayonnaise recalled the oil-based cooking of the same sequence. A chocolate rock was actually made from chicken and squid ink (again). A rounded panna cotta recalled the buttocks of Louis de Funès and the fruit coulis was served with a syringe, echoing an injection scene from the film. Funny but sought after. Or the other way around.
Challenge
And for wines, we wandered between France, Greece and Italy. “We test the associations a few days before the screening,” explains Chef Jésus. There, they had to adapt to the dishes, but for the next meeting, around ”What binds us” (1), it will be the wines which will take precedence. It all depends on the films actually. We don’t choose them, and that’s the real challenge. »
