- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1993 - 1996
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 20 (3 series)
- Creator
- Lenny Henry
- Starring
- Lenny Henry, Caroline Lee Johnson, Roger Griffiths, Claire Skinner, Gary Parker, Erkan Mustafa, Elizabeth Bennett, Ian McNeice and others
- Writers
- Peter Tilbury, Geoffrey Deane and Paul Makin
- Directors
- John Birkin and Dewi Humphreys
- Producer
- Charlie Hanson
Gareth Blackstock, executive chef at posh restaurant Le Chateau Anglais deep in rural Oxfordshire, is a minor culinary genius and obsessed with producing perfect cuisine.
Unfortunatley for Gareth, his wife, and not to mention his staff, his management and interpersonal skills don't quite match his abilities in the kitchen or his ambitions. Food is his world, his raison d'être, and everything else comes second...
- Production companies
- Laugh track
- Recorded at screening
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 28th January 1993 on BBC One at 9:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Monday 30th December 1996 on BBC One at 8:30pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Upcoming repeats
- Series 2 Episode 7: Tomorrow at 12:20pm on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 1: Friday at 11:35am on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 2: Monday at 12:30pm on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 3: Tuesday at 12:25pm on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 4: Wednesday 23rd October at 12:30pm on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 5: Thursday 24th October at 12:30pm on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 6: Friday 25th October at 12:25pm on Gold