Gareth Blackstock, chef at Le Château Anglais, is infuriated when his budget is cut.

Personnel

Gareth Blackstock is infuriated when management cuts his budget. He is one up on the budget when Everton shows up and volunteers his service as sous chef for no compensation in order that he can train in the most famous kitchen in England.

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Lenny Henry is a top chef with a bad attitude in this culinary sitcom

Lenny Henry stars in this culinary comedy about a top chef whose personal and management skills are far from his cooking abilities. No one must get in the way of perfection!

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Gareth and wife Janice are presented the opportunity to purchase Le Château Anglais.

Beyond the Pass

Gareth and wife Janice are presented the opportunity to purchase Le Château Anglais. Unfortunately, to achieve this, he must first face the bank manager. This is no easy task for someone with a pathological hatred of bank managers.

To raise the profile of the restaurant, Gareth decides to open his kitchen to the press.

Subject to Contract

To raise the profile of the Le Château Anglais, Gareth decides to open his kitchen to the press. But Everton has lost track of something very personal and rather unpleasant in the veal stew, or perhaps it was in the pie, or even the ravioli.

Gareth is thrown into a panic when chef Albert Roux reserves a table for lunch.

The Big Cheese

Gareth is thrown into a panic when celebrity French chef Albert Roux reserves a table for lunch. Gareth goes in search of the perfect unpasteurised English Stilton. But beware the cheese police!

Janice arranges for Le Château Anglais to be featured in a television food programme.

Fame Is the Spur

Janice arranges for Gareth and Le Château Anglais to be featured in the television food programme, Kitchens Live. The producer has a few surprises in store for Gareth, and Everton manages to release 50 pounds of live crayfish in the kitchen.

Gareth has to learn about Caribbean cuisine for a special evening at Le Château Anglais.

Rice and Peas

Gareth has promised his father a Caribbean evening at Le Château Anglais. The trouble is, he knows nothing about Caribbean cuisine and must endure the ultimate indignity of requesting Everton's assistance in the matter.

Gareth has promised his father a Caribbean evening at Le Chateau.

A Bird in the Hand

A River Runs Through It

When the Kitchen staff at Le Château Anglais become overwhelmed Gareth decides to hire another chef. It appears that one time culinary legend Gustave Laroche is available, so why is he working at a third rate dive?

Janice tells Gareth there may soon be the pitter patter of tiny feet around Le Chateau.

Time Flies

Gareth gets the shock of his life when Janice tells him there may soon be the pitter patter of tiny feet around Le Château Anglais. Can he adjust to fatherhood when he has the all-consuming task of creating perfect food at the restaurant?

Gareth and Everton find a rather questionable supplier of partridge.

Do the Right Thing

In search of the best raw materials for preparation, Gareth and Everton go in search of a dodgy old geezer who offers partridge. But the long arm of the law is quickly in pursuit. Will Gareth land in the soup?

Publicity-shy Gareth is hounded by Janice to appear on a chat show.

A Diploma of Miseries

Publicity-shy Gareth is hounded by Janice to appear on a chat show, but she soon wishes she hadn't bothered. When Gareth bad mouths Janice's cooking to the television audience, he might as well make arrangements to move in with Everton.

Everton has created his own signature dish, which provokes Gareth's anger.

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Everton has created his own signature dish, which provokes Gareth's anger. Everton is achieving some notoriety of his own, which provokes Gareth's anger even more. Perhaps Everton should consider leaving to avoid his boss's now considerable wrath.

All the staff have brought their troubles to work, leaving Gareth in a stew.

Private Lives

All the staff seem to have brought their troubles to work, leaving Gareth in a stew. With the restaurant fully booked for lunch and dinner, he reluctantly plays social worker in order to get them all back on the job.

Gareth will be flying the flag for Britain in an international cookery exhibition.

England Expects

Gareth will be flying the flag for Britain as he is invited to an international cookery exhibition. The team troop to Lyon where Gareth will settle for nothing short of being named the number one chef.

There is a new owner and a new American chef at La Chateau Anglais.

Gareth's True Love

Gareth has to transfer ownership of the restaurant to a loudmouth named Cyril, and has a new American chef in his kitchen, Savanna. Janice turns Gareth's life around when she decides he loves the restaurant more than her.

Cyril forces Gareth to employ his horribly spoilt daughter, Renee, in the kitchen.

Reeny/Renee

Cyril forces Gareth to employ his horribly spoilt daughter, Renee, in the kitchen. Disaster looms quickly but Everton is smitten by Renee and will do anything to prevent her being removed from her position.

Much to Gareth's annoyance, Cyril decides that he should mingle and chat with the diners.

Lessons in Talking

Cyril decides that Gareth should mingle and chat with the diners at La Château Anglais, much to his annoyance. He is still trying to salvage his marriage with Janice and continues to find the going very tough.

Gareth finds that his father is about to make a reappearance in his life.

Love in the Air

Gareth thought that things had been rough up to this point, but now he finds that his father is about to make a reappearance in his life. Meanwhile, Cyril hires a private detective to seek out the 'love interest' an older man is showing in Renee.

An old flame of Gareth's makes an appearance at La Château Anglais.

Rochelle

Gareth's life is about to change as an old flame, Rochelle, makes an appearance at La Château Anglais. However, a romantic evening between Gareth and Rochelle is interrupted by Janice, who has some very surprising news to share with them.

Gareth must decide between Rochelle and Paris or Savannah and Jamaica.

Paris? Jamaica?

Gareth must decide whether to accept Rochelle's invitation to join her in Paris for the weekend or to fly off to Jamaica and try to patch things up with Janice. He also has to convince Savanna to take charge of the kitchen in his absence.

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Series 1

1. Personnel

2. Beyond the Pass

3. Subject to Contract

4. The Big Cheese

5. Fame Is the Spur

6. Rice and Peas

7. A Bird in the Hand