The film premiered at the 2022 L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival where it won the Prix d'intérpretation féminine (best female actor award), and it was released in theatres in France on 23 March 2022. It was released in 24 countries during 2022 and 2023, including in the United Kingdom in December 2022 and as a Samuel Goldwyn Films limited release in the U.S. in January 2023.
The New York Times described it as a "feel-good drama set in a hostel for undocumented minors - with a kick of cooking-competition-show excitement" and called it "a white-savior story par excellence, though at least it's not difficult to swallow - the young people are lovely, and so is the food."
Kitchen Brigade (French: La Brigade (2022)), is a French comedy-drama film directed by Louis-Julien Petit. The film was based on an original idea by Sophie Bensadoun. The screenplay was written by Bensadoun, Petit, Liza Benguigui and Thomas Pujol. It stars Audrey Lamy, François Cluzet and Chantal Neuwirth.
Its international (outside of France) revenues in six (five) countries in December 2022 (May 2023) alone were 150,055 euro (1,356,545 euro), and it then ranked 17th (15th) in admissions among French films.