The red carpet was rolled out for the United States premieres of Julie & Julia, which hits theaters August 7th.


Le Cordon Bleu VIPs and alumni were in attendence at the Mann Village in Westwood for the Los Angeles premiere on July 27th and at the Zeigfield Theater for the New York World Premiere on July 30th. President & CEO of Le Cordon Bleu International, Mr. André Cointreau and Le Cordon Bleu International Executive Corporate Chef, Patrick Martin made special appearances at the premieres.

Julie & Julia New York Premiere

_{Top trio of photos: Left to Right: Photo 1: Isaure Cointreau, Meryl Streep, Patrick Martin, André Cointreau; Photo 2 top inset: André Cointreau, Eric Powell, Julie Powell, Patrick Martin, Isaure Cointreau; Photo 3: Patrick Martin, André Cointreau, Amy Adams, Isaure Cointreau. Center Photo 1: Patrick Martin, André Cointreau, Chris Messina, Isaure Cointreau, Eric Powell, Julie Powell. Center Photo 2: André Cointreau, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Martin, Isaure Cointreau.}

Julie & Julia Los Angeles Premiere

_{Left Photo: Patrick Martin; Right Photo: Patrick Martin and Giada de Laurentiis}

Le Cordon Bleu in association with Sony Pictures is celebrating the release of Julie & Julia worldwide with special advance screenings in the US, Canada Mexico, UK, France and Australia. Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa hosted the Red Carpet reception and a special day of events for the Canadian premiere on July 27th. Stay tuned for more Le Cordon Bleu special events as Julie & Julia opens worldwide.

Visit the Le Cordon Bleu Julie & Julia micro site: http://www.cordonbleu.edu/julieandjulia

Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron’s adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme.