An rat named Remy fantasies of becoming a French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious issue of being a rat in a profession. When fate places Remy at the sewers of Paris, he discovers himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant created by his own enthusiast, Auguste Gusteau. Inspite of the dangers of being an improbable - and - certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, a hilarious and exciting pit of debt Paris' culinary realm turns down is so on set into motion by Remy's passion for cooking.