Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Gusteau means it as an invitation, and the film spends two hours proving it, with a rat at the stove. The line is easily misread as 'everyone is a great cook', which is exactly how Ego takes it; the film's answer is that great cooking can come from anywhere. It is now a stock phrase for gatekeeping-free hobbies, cooking videos and any beginner being told to start.
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In context
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In Pixar's Ratatouille (2007), the late Parisian chef Auguste Gusteau is the idol of Remy, a rat who longs to cook. Anyone Can Cook is the title of Gusteau's bestselling cookbook and his personal motto, and Remy takes it as a creed after reading it in the attic. Critic Anton Ego sneers at the motto in a review that costs the restaurant a star, Gusteau dies soon afterward, and an imaginary Gusteau later encourages Remy to follow his dream. At the end Ego tastes Remy's cooking and finally accepts what the motto means.
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- Pixar Wiki: Auguste GusteauRatatouille sectionReference checked
- Pixar Wiki: Anton EgoRatatouille sectionReference checked
- Wikipedia: Ratatouille (film)Plot sectionReference checked
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