TV series
The Cooks
2004–2005 · 1 season
A warm, talky ensemble drama about rival restaurant crews, mixing romantic entanglements with kitchen politics in a low-key, character-driven way.
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Bojana Novaković, Emma Lung, Nicholas Brown
- Overview
- The Cooks was an Australian television drama series that ran for one season on Network Ten during the summer of 2004/05. It was a co-production with subscription television and screened on the UKTV channel on Foxtel. It was produced by Penny Chapman and Sue Masters. The directors were Tony Tilse, Ian Gilmour, Brendan Maher and Ian Watson. The Cooks was about the love and war involving the staff of two restaurants on the same street. R&R's Restaurant was run by chefs Rita and Ruth, with waitress Argentine Carmelita. Across the road at Snatch and Grab, its chefs are Gabe and Sachin, who's of Indian descent, with Dishpig at the sink. The Cooks was a spin-off of a telemovie called Temptation, which screened in 2003, starring Colin Friels as Roberto Francobelli.
- How it feels
- Warm, romantic, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, work, friendship, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Bojana Novaković, Emma Lung, Nicholas Brown






