小老鼠雷米在嗅觉方面有着无与伦比的天赋，不想过与垃圾堆为伴的生活，心怀成为五星大厨的梦想。 　　一个偶然的机会，他认识了古斯特餐厅的学徒林奎尼，这个倒霉的学徒生性害羞，在厨艺上更是没有什么天赋，并且遭到餐厅大厨的排挤，即将被解雇。这一人一鼠结成了奇特的联盟：雷米奉献自己极富创造力的大脑。操作林奎尼前台“表演”。 　　在雷米的帮助下，林奎尼不但成为新的“天才厨师”，获得了美女同事的爱情，还挫败了大厨的阴谋，成为古斯特餐厅的合法继承人。突如起来的成功让林奎尼有些不知所措，想摆脱自己的傀儡身份，把雷米赶出了厨房。 　　古斯特餐厅的成功，引起了苛刻的美食评论家科隆的注意，准备一尝林奎尼的手艺，重新为餐厅评定星级；而不甘失败的前大厨，蠢蠢欲动，想要找到林奎尼一夜成名的秘密。失去了雷米，林奎尼该如何面对这些问题……A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.