- 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 1: Tomorrow at 7:25am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 2: Tomorrow at 8am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 2: Thursday at 7:30am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 3: Thursday at 8am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 3: Friday at 7:35am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 4: Friday at 8am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 5: Monday at 8:40am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 5: Monday at 1:20pm on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 6: Tuesday 3rd November at 8:05am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 6: Tuesday 3rd November at 12:40pm on GoldShow all repeats
- Series 2 Episode 7: Wednesday 4th November at 7:15am on Gold
- Series 2 Episode 7: Wednesday 4th November at 12pm on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 1: Thursday 5th November at 8am on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 1: Thursday 5th November at 12:40pm on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 1: Friday 6th November at 7:30am on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 2: Friday 6th November at 8am on Gold
- Series 3 Episode 2: Friday 6th November at 12:40pm on Gold