However, she remembers Gusteau's motto: "Anyone can cook" (a phrase she deeply believes in) and returns to aid Linguini and Remy in the cooking.Įgo is successfully dealt with, and he requests to see the chef. Feeling betrayed, she tearfully leaves him. When Linguini defends Remy, Colette listens to his admission that the rat is the real cook. When Linguini suddenly inherits the restaurant when Remy successfully steals papers and will that testify that Linguini is Gusteau's secret son, he and Colette run the restaurant.įood critic Anton Ego arrives with a challenge for the restaurant, and Colette prepares only to discover that Linguini had no ability to cook. A romantic relationship quickly blossoms after this incident. Colette is equally surprised as Linguini, but quickly falls in love, dropping the mace. Remy desperately makes Linguini fall onto Colette to prevent him from talking further and the two kiss. Initially, Colette is puzzled by his actions and raving behavior and slips a hand into her bag for a canister of mace. Linguini awakes and struggles to tell her the truth. The next day, she tells a sleepwalking Linguini (puppeteered by Remy at the time) that she likes him, and storms out after mistaking his lack of reaction for snobbishness. Initially unaware of Linguini's admiration for her, Colette realizes her affection for the russet-haired chef after Skinner takes a personal, albeit feigned, interest in him. She was defending Linguini from being fired as a garbage boy when Skinner caught him "cooking" the soup in which Remy had made.Ĭolette takes Linguini under her wing and teaches him the skills necessary to survive in the fast-paced kitchen. She is a capable, hardworking cook, who braves the intimidating masculine world of haute cusine. Colette is the only female cook in Skinner's kitchen at Gusteau's.