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Chef

Famous chef Gareth Blackstock struggles with dividing time between wife Janice and the restaurant. Its a good thing he can let off steam with his remarks.

11 Votes (8.3)

1993 HD 30min United Kingdom English Ended
Comedy
sitcom workplace comedy workplace

Credits:

Caroline Lee-Johnson

Janice Blackstock

Roger Griffiths

Everton Stonehead

Lenny Henry

Gareth Blackstock

Jeff Nuttall

Gustave LaRoche

Lorelei King

Savannah Concord

Dave Hill

Cyril Bryson

S1E1 - Personnel 1993-01-28

The premiere episode serves primarily to set up the series and introduce the main character, Gareth Blackstock, a master chef with an obsessive drive for culinary perfection, no friends or outside interests other than his wife Janice, and remarkable verbal talents used primarily to creatively abuse his unfortunate staff of assistant cooks, although he is perfectly prepared to give the same treatment to waiters, management, suppliers, bankers, and, occasionally, customers. As the show opens, Gareth is shown verbally lacerating his kitchen staff as ""easily the most bone-idle bunch of useless toe-rags I have ever encountered in any kitchen anywhere. You are sloppy, lazy, half asleep, late, and, at the moment, only giving about 12 1/2 per cent."" Gareth is then shown with the restaurant manager who insists that he must reduce his staff to save money. He replies that the staff is dedicated, superbly efficient, and already impossibly overworked and underpaid. Gareth announces he is quittin

S1E2 - Beyond the Pass 1993-02-04

After Le Chateau Anglais is forced into receivership, Gareth and Janice prepare to buy the restaurant. To make the purchase, they have to sell their home and car, as well as meet with a banker to arrange a loan. Janices fears that Gareths notorious temper will be unleashed on the banker prove justified.

S1E3 - Subject to Contract 1993-02-11

Chefs plan to buy Le Chateau is stalled by inability to sell the house. A sentimental conversation about living in the house turns into an argument between Gareth and Janice when Janice finds out that Gareth remembers exactly what she ordered the night they first met in a restaurant but cant remember what she wore. The kitchen is in disarray when Everton loses a band-aid and thinks it might be somewhere in the food hes prepared. The purchase of the restaurant moves forward again after an article about the house in a local publication brings in new buyers.

S1E4 - The Big Cheese 1993-02-25

Gareth is busy perfecting his salmon mousse to prepare for a visit to Le Chateau Anglais by celebrity chef and gourmet Albert Roux. At the same time, he is trying to find a source for unpasteurized stilton cheese. His search leads him to an encounter with the local police, when he learns that the farm where he found the cheese is also growing marijuana, and selling it to an employee at Le Chateau. Gareth assumes that Everton is the culprit, but discovers that his assumption was incorrect.

S1E5 - Fame is the Spur 1993-03-04

Gareth does interviews with journalists and agrees to have a documentary filmed in the kitchen to publicize the restaurant. When Everton accidentally releases some live crawfish, Gareths vigorous and obscene rant is caught on film, drawing further media attention.

S1E6 - Rice and Peas 1993-03-11

Gareths father, who left the family when Gareth was a child and has never been close to him, stops by the restaurant. He makes fun of the French high cuisine style of Le Chateau and taunts Gareth into declaring a special Jamaican Cuisine day. Thats trouble because Gareth, although raised in Jamaica, is trained in European and particularly Franch gourmet cooking and doesnt actually know how to do Jamaican dishes. He is forced against his better judgment to turn to Everton, who has cooked in a family Jamaican takeout restaurant and knows the food. Everton helps Gareth prepare the Jamaican menu, but refuses to tell him the secret ingredient for his Uncles famous dumplings, the mainstay of the family restaurant. Gareths father stops by for the Jamaica Night at Le Chateau only to announce that he wont be eating there, but is going to a local curry house instead.

S2E1 - A River Runs Thru It 1994-09-08

Le Chateau is in desperate need of new personnel and Gareth stumbles upon the name of a chef he once ate at. He decides to visit him.

S2E2 - Time Flies 1994-09-15

Janice is late and tells Gareth she may be pregnant. The revelation sets off inquiries into the cost of private school and other child-related expenses. Janice and Gareth discuss bringing in outside investors for Le Chateau to ease their own burdens. Meanwhile, Gareth is working on perfecting a signature dish, Ouef le Chateau Anglais.

S2E3 - Do the Right Thing 1994-09-22

After an argument with a health inspector, Gareth goes with Everton and Janice to buy game birds from a poacher. After buying the birds, Gareth is stopped by a policeman. He is certain they are about to be arrested, but instead the policeman tells Gareth he can provide birds and other game animals at a lower price. A salmon Gareth buys from the policeman is tagged and traced to Le Chateau by a warden from the National Rivers Authority.

S2E4 - A Diploma of Miseries 1994-09-29

Janice arranges for Gareth to appear on a popular television chat show (talk show in American), whose host is a fan of Gareths cooking. Gareths remarks about her on the show leave Janice furious, and Gareth is forced to stay temporarily at Evertons apartment. Gareth makes up by having an apology to Janice broadcast on the show.

S2E5 - Masterchef 1994-10-13

Everton makes a partridge terrine that is so good, Gareth has to put it on the menu. The chef of Le Chateau doesnt like it all that Evertons star is rising.

S2E6 - Private Lives 1994-10-20

Gareth has to spend the entire day sorting out the private lives of his staff.

S2E7 - England Expects 1994-10-27

Gareth is invited to a cooking contest in France. Hes forced to use English ingredients and needs English wine.

S3E1 - Gareth's True Love 1996-11-25

What changes at La Chateau Anglais! Gareth has to transfer ownership to a loudmouth named Cyril. Savanna is a new American chef in his kitchen. Janice really turns Gareths life around when she decides Gareth loves the restaurant more than her and leaves him.

S3E2 - Reeny/Renee 1996-12-02

When Renee, Cyrils spoiled daughter arrives at the restaurant, Gareth is forced into letting her help out in the kitchen. Everton is smitten by Rene and will do anything to keep her from being removed from her position

S3E3 - Lessons in Talking 1996-12-09

With Janice having moved out on him and with talk of divorce in the air, Gareth takes his temper out on the diners when Cyril has made a policy decision that Gareth should mingle and chat with the diners at La Chateau Anglais. This is decidedly not what Gareth would prefer.

S3E4 - Love is in the Air 1996-12-16

The arrival of Gareths father is not the tonic he needs to help him overcome his failed marriage. Especially when he brings along his new, very attractive and very young, girlfriend.

S3E5 - Rochelle 1996-12-23

Gareth meets up with a childhood sweetheart when a wedding reception is held in the restaurant. This just further complicates his already precariously balanced emotions. A romantic evening between Gareth and Rochelle is interrupted by Janice, who has some very surprising news to share with them.

S3E6 - Paris? Jamaica? 1996-12-30

Gareth is at a cross road. He must decide whether to accept Rochelles invitation to join her in Paris for the weekend or to fly off to Jamaica to try to patch things up with Janice. Gareth foolishly relies upon the advice of Everton to help him make a decision on his future.