What is "vatel"

Vatel may refer to:

• the 17th century French chef François Vatel,
• Vatel (film), the 2000 film starring Gérard Depardieu as the chef above or
• the 18th century Swiss philosopher, diplomat, and legal expert Emerich de Vattel.

Vatel is a 2000 French-British historical- drama film directed by Roland Joffé, written by Jeanne Labrune and translated by Tom Stoppard, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Julian Glover and Julian Sands. The film, based on the life of 17th-century French chef François Vatel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Set Decoration. The film opened the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.