Episode 171 - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover (1989)
Reel Britannia
- Published
- July 1, 2025
- Duration
- 59:29
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
Discusses Welcome to Le Hollandais, the most fashionable restaurant in town, where the food is divine and the …
Summary
Welcome to Le Hollandais, the most fashionable restaurant in town, where the food is divine and the clientele is dreadful! Meet Albert, a gangster with Michelin-star vulgarity, and his elegant wife, Georgina, who’s desperately seeking a more palatable main course. She finds it in a quiet bookworm, and soon they’re having their cake and eating it too, righ…
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Welcome to Le Hollandais, the most fashionable restaurant in town, where the food is divine and the clientele is dreadful! Meet Albert, a gangster with Michelin-star vulgarity, and his elegant wife, Georgina, who’s desperately seeking a more palatable main course. She finds it in a quiet bookworm, and soon they’re having their cake and eating it too, right under Albert’s nose! What follows is a deliciously decadent tale of high fashion, haute cuisine, and hilariously unsubtle revenge. It’s a vis